In fact, noted Civil War historians have declared him to be, “The most man there ever was, in some ways”. Having read 12 books (pro and con) on the man, I feel I know the man much more than most.

I must say, calling him a racist is a modern interpretation of another time and era.

Although I had the same gut-wrenching reaction to you when you blogged about a subject that is most offensive…the Philadelphia Phillies. I tried listening to the game this afternoon (against the Nationals) on my lunch break and almost fell asleep. 🙂

Seriously though, I would like to applaud Craig’s sentiments. Its good to see that we all stand up for each other, even when we don’t always agree. (Like on quality baseball teams for instance.) 🙂

Like you, I’ve recently received several off-color “comments” on my blog. These never have much, if anything, to do with me or with the subjects of my posts. Rather, the comments set out to attack other personalities within the Civil War blogosphere. I used to be annoyed by the fact that I had to use software to catch spam masquerading as comments. But now I’m glad that such safeguards are in place, so that my website doesn’t become a forum for personal attacks against others.

Good for you Eric, call em like you see em. It’s your blog.

Regards,

Rick