139 Years Ago Today... Bobby Lee gives it up to US Grant!

[DivinBreuvage]

Sorry if somebody posted this earlier, but it is one of the greatest dates in our history, IMO. And I proudly say this as a native of the state that produced Grant, Sherman, Sheridan, Harriet Beecher Stowe and John Brown, and that gave a higher percentage of its population to the Union Cause than any other state. Ohio kicks ass!

Just a little historical detail, we also hosted the true "high tide" of the Confederacy, suffering a cavalry raid in 1863 by John H. Morgan, who got as far north as Salineville before the Ohio milishy and Union cavalry ran him down. (I don't count the Vermont raid because the Confederate agents came in from Canada, they didn't fight their way up from down South).

To our Southern DU brethren who find something to cherish in the memory of the Confederacy, I do not condemn you on this day. Any fair and honest person must concede that Lee had some truly great moments as a general, and that the Army of Northern Virginia was one of the finest armies in the history of man.

To some other of our Southern DU brethren, I do not forget that Nat Turner and Denmark Vesey were great men also, and worthy a better fate and a more prominent place in the national pantheon than they have received.