tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7827905110534990587.post2559952778972992324..comments2023-11-02T05:33:13.330-04:00Comments on Hoofbeats and Cold Steel: Guest Blogger: William Fuzia visits grave of Alfred PleasontonJ David Petruzzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14212575393266360359noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7827905110534990587.post-41712049380779401992011-09-12T12:52:58.206-04:002011-09-12T12:52:58.206-04:00Chris, that interview is extremely revealing. Also...Chris, that interview is extremely revealing. Also shows that Pleasonton's personality traits during the war seemed to continue long after.<br />J.D.J David Petruzzihttp://www.jdpetruzzi.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7827905110534990587.post-5228818798652568902011-09-11T11:15:42.825-04:002011-09-11T11:15:42.825-04:00Interesting post.
The interview with Pleasonton c...Interesting post.<br /><br />The interview with Pleasonton contained in 'Generals in Bronze' is really fascinating and helps bring him to life.<br /><br />ChrisChris Evansnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7827905110534990587.post-68824037582654745202011-09-09T12:47:20.581-04:002011-09-09T12:47:20.581-04:00Pleasonton was a bloviating self promoting liar wh...Pleasonton was a bloviating self promoting liar who dishonored Peter Keenan`s death at Chancellorsville by claiming to have ordered him to charge the head of Jackson`s column. There was in fact a charge but it was a completely inadvertent occurrence, as anyone with an ounce of knowledge about that particular incident knows full well.<br />As has been pointed out, it is entirely appropriate that Pleasonton, who retired with the permanent rank of major (just major, no "general") has a memorial the "size of a hubcap."<br />My surname is Huey, a name with which Pleasonton was abundantly familiar.....J. W. Hueynoreply@blogger.com