Re: Job Offer

On Mon, 24 Mar 2025 10:04:18 +0700, John B. <slocombjb@gmail.com>
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On Sun, 23 Mar 2025 19:36:54 -0700, Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com>
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On Sun, 23 Mar 2025 09:43:48 -0500, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
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(chomp)

At Gen Sherman's funeral, CSA Gen Johnston stood in a
freezing rain as the cortege slowly passed, holding his hat
over his heart with his remaining arm.  When encouraged to
step inside he replied, "He would do the same for me."*

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"List of Confederate States Army officers educated at the United
States Military Academy"
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Confederate_States_Army_officers_educated_at_the_United_States_Military_Academy>
Many of the Confederate generals attended West Point Military Academy
at the same time as many Union generals and probably knew each other.
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Of course they new each other as most served in the U.S. army for some
period.
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Yup the spell checker failed again and "new" should been knew,
which is pronounced "Kanoe" I suppose :- ?

Robert E. Lee, for example, graduated from West Point in 1829 and his
first assignment was to build a fort on a marshy island which would
command the outlet of the Savannah River.
When Virginia declared its secession from the Union in 1861, Lee chose
to follow his home state.
That's 36 years service in the
U.S. Army.
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I have no particular feelings about Gen Bragg one way or the
other but a case could be made and not frivolously.

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When it was changed back to Fort Bragg, it was not to honor
Confederate general Braxton Bragg.  Instead, it was renamed in honor
of World War II paratrooper Roland L. Bragg. 
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Bragg#Name_changes>
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_L._Bragg>
"... the change to Fort Liberty was calculated to cost the Department
of Defense $6,374,230, making it the most expensive name change."
I couldn't find a price tag for the cost of changing it back.
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*Chilled and exhausted at his age, he died shortly thereafter.

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Cheers,

John B.