CRANKY REBEL
Jul 23, 2019
2 minutes
REVIEWED BY ROBERT K. KRICK
amiliar nicknames for many Confederate generals sprang from readily discernible origins. Nathan G. “Shanks” Evans reportedly had remarkably skinny legs as a West Point cadet. Everyone knows about the genesis of Thomas J. Jackson’s renowned nom de guerre. Some others are not so obvious. Why,
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