Kevin Levin

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• "No Hired Hessians or Negroes in the Southern Army" (11)
  • Kevin Levin { The value of the account has nothing to do with Fall's position. The interesting point is that he apparently did not think twice about making... } – Jun 18, 7:42 AM
  • BorderRuffian { What does Fall have in common with Clark Lee? Neither has a Confederate service record. * Fall: "I was ADC with rank of Colonel on... } – Jun 18, 7:24 AM
  • Matt McKeon { At some point you have to realize: they don't care if its true or not. BCS exist to support an certain set of ideas. To... } – Jun 18, 6:50 AM
  • Kevin Levin { Thanks for passing this along. Once again you missed the point of this post. } – Jun 18, 6:37 AM
  • BorderRuffian { Here is Fall's description of his service. The only thing that can be confirmed from contemporary records is that he was a telegraph operator- Autobiographical... } – Jun 18, 6:33 AM
  • Pat Young { Forgot that "D" in Django". } – Jun 18, 5:39 AM
  • Pat Young { The "hired Hessians" rhetoric was common among secessionists even during the war. It would typically be combined with the phrase "and the sweepings of the... } – Jun 18, 5:30 AM
  • Barb Gannon { I blame this all on a lack of military historians in Civil War. (Barb what do you mean--there are lots of military historians in Civil... } – Jun 18, 4:51 AM
  • Andy Hall { Fall was followed at the podium by Katie Daffan, President of the Texas Division of the UDC. Katie Daffan was also (1) Secretary of the... } – Jun 18, 4:43 AM
  • Kevin Levin { Perhaps. I don't know since you don't provide any additional references. I guess you are going to suggest that if it is that he was... } – Jun 18, 4:28 AM
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