A Rich Man's War And A Poor

Longevity Conquers Scandal Every Time.

People Want To Know Why The South Is So Interested In The Civil War. I Had Maybe, It's A Rough Guess, About Fifty Fistfights In My Life. Out Of Those Fifty Fistfights, The Ones That I Had The Most Vivid Memory Of Were The Ones I Lost. I Think That's One Reason Why The South Remembers The War More Than The North Does.

And I Really Do Think That The Difficulty Of Research Makes It More Real To You Than Punching A Thing To Find Out How Many Men Were Killed At This Particular Action.

Getting Close To Books, And Spending Time By Myself, I Was Obliged To Think About Things I Would Never Have Thought About If I Was Busy Romping Around With A Brother And Sister.

But The Same Thing Was True In The Army. You Slept In A Barracks With All Kinds Of People Of Every Nationality, Every Trade, Every Character And Quality You Can Imagine, And That Was A Good Experience.