[TLI]

for whatever reason, preferred to wear the colonel's rank on his uniform during the war.

Could be why his men were so loyal. In his heart and in his actions he was really just one of them, a southern American fighting for his home against an encroaching federalist government.

[Non-Sequitur]

Could be why his men were so loyal. In his heart and in his actions he was really just one of them, a southern American fighting for his home against an encroaching federalist government.

I think his men were loyal to him because he won far more often than he lost.