In the opinion of Lafayette McLaws, ranking major general in the Army of Northern Virginia, General Longstreet had nothing to recommend him as a commander but the possession of a certain bullheadedness. On a June morning at Memphis his words would be put to the test. The Christiana Riot of September 1851 was a milestone in the growing conflict between the sections. Margaret Mitchell used two short stanzas from a poem in Gone with the Wind.
Few people know the full history of that poem.
The movie Glory told the story of the 54th Massachusetts and its gallant attack upon Fort Wagner. Here is an account from the defenders viewpoint, written by a Confederate staff officer who was there. In Eighteen Days Outnumbered and in the midst of enemy territory, the Army of the Tennessee won five victories, defeating the enemy in detail. You are visitor 01128 since June 23, 2000.