McHenry County CWRT June 8-- Part 3: Poltroons, Patriots & Politicians

Our speaker was Bruce Allardice and his topic was "Poltroons, Patriots & Politicians:  Civil War Generals.  Well, I had to look up "Poltroons" to see what it meant.  In case you also don't know, it means an utter coward.

So, we were going to hear about Civil War generals.  This presentation could also have been called "Civil War generals:  The Good, the Bad & the Ugly."  After hearing the talk, it was amazing that these generals could have fought their way out of a paper bag, even with some help.

But, anyway, he handed out a Civil War Generals Fact Sheet and is was of interest, so I will write it down here.  These numbers taken from Ezra Warner's "generals in Blue" and "Generals in Gray" with, as he says, slight modifications.

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PREWAR MILITARY EXPERIENCE   The first number will be Union generals and the second Confederate.

West Point Graduates:    217  //  146

West Point Non-Graduates:     11  //  10

Attended Other Military Schools:      9  // 23

Regular Army/Navy Officers:    36  //  22

State Militia:    40  // 10

And More.  --Old Secesh