To: yarddog
Joseph Johnston didn't think so. Commanding a Confederate army against McClellan's much stronger force in the Peninsular Campaign, he commented that nobody but McClellan would have hesitated to attack.
To: Christopher Lincoln
Yes he did. Great quote.
I sometimes wonder if old Joe J. ever imagined that his offhand comment would go down in history.
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09/18/2005 6:54:23 AM PDT by
bill1952
("All that we do is done with an eye towards something else.")
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