Comments on: The Straight and Narrow http://finermanworks.com/your_rda_of_irony/2010/02/04/the-straight-and-narrow-3/ Crafting Words with Impact Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:15:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Steve Katz http://finermanworks.com/your_rda_of_irony/2010/02/04/the-straight-and-narrow-3/comment-page-1/#comment-1973 Steve Katz Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:35:43 +0000 http://finermanworks.com/?p=3383#comment-1973 He lived and worked in NYC after the Civil War and after his presidency. He worked there as a stockbroker/financier and lost everything he had. He wrote his memoirs (a wonderful read) while dying of cancer so he could leave an estate to his family. He lived and worked in NYC after the Civil War and after his presidency. He worked there as a stockbroker/financier and lost everything he had. He wrote his memoirs (a wonderful read) while dying of cancer so he could leave an estate to his family.

]]> By: Rothgar http://finermanworks.com/your_rda_of_irony/2010/02/04/the-straight-and-narrow-3/comment-page-1/#comment-1972 Rothgar Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:15:03 +0000 http://finermanworks.com/?p=3383#comment-1972 Perhaps they buried him in NYC to keep the smell of liquor and military success from bothering all the worthies at Arlington. Actually according to LTC Herbert (in Soldier) he felt that the mostly reservist US Army in Korea (where everyone was there just to get the job done and got home) was far superior to the professionalized officer corp we fielded in Vietnam. Interestingly he was a Sargeant in Korea and a LtCol in Vietnam. Perhaps they buried him in NYC to keep the smell of liquor and military success from bothering all the worthies at Arlington.

Actually according to LTC Herbert (in Soldier) he felt that the mostly reservist US Army in Korea (where everyone was there just to get the job done and got home) was far superior to the professionalized officer corp we fielded in Vietnam. Interestingly he was a Sargeant in Korea and a LtCol in Vietnam.

]]> By: Leah http://finermanworks.com/your_rda_of_irony/2010/02/04/the-straight-and-narrow-3/comment-page-1/#comment-1970 Leah Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:04:25 +0000 http://finermanworks.com/?p=3383#comment-1970 Or good alcoholic family men, like the guy who's buried in Grant's tomb? By the way, why is he buried in NYC rather than Arlington or Ohio? Or good alcoholic family men, like the guy who’s buried in Grant’s tomb? By the way, why is he buried in NYC rather than Arlington or Ohio?

]]> By: Bob Kincaid http://finermanworks.com/your_rda_of_irony/2010/02/04/the-straight-and-narrow-3/comment-page-1/#comment-1969 Bob Kincaid Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:59:45 +0000 http://finermanworks.com/?p=3383#comment-1969 Well, maybe not gay, but T.J. Jackson was delightfully sociopathic ("Kill them. Kill them ALL") and was no slouch at moving infantry at nigh the speed of cavalry and having same apply a serious whoopin' on whomever he found when he got where he was going. Then again, maybe that was altogether too much the influence of incompetent officers on the other side. One of Jackson's frequent opponents, a General Banks, so frequently had his troops whipped and his supplies stolen that the southern boys took to calling him, instead of General Banks, Commissary Banks. Jackson's life was cut short by the combination of a trigger-happy TarHeel and the not-so-tender mercies of the field hospital bonesaw at a time when antiseptics were more frequently taken internally by the surgeon than applied topically on the patient. Well, maybe not gay, but T.J. Jackson was delightfully sociopathic (”Kill them. Kill them ALL”) and was no slouch at moving infantry at nigh the speed of cavalry and having same apply a serious whoopin’ on whomever he found when he got where he was going. Then again, maybe that was altogether too much the influence of incompetent officers on the other side. One of Jackson’s frequent opponents, a General Banks, so frequently had his troops whipped and his supplies stolen that the southern boys took to calling him, instead of General Banks, Commissary Banks.

Jackson’s life was cut short by the combination of a trigger-happy TarHeel and the not-so-tender mercies of the field hospital bonesaw at a time when antiseptics were more frequently taken internally by the surgeon than applied topically on the patient.

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