Confederate HR

[rattleback]

"I have stood your meanness as long as I intend to. You have played the part of a damned scoundrel, and are a coward, and if you were any part of a man I would slap your jaws and force you to resent it. You may as well not issue any orders to me, for I will not obey them, and I will hold you personally responsible for any further indignities

Comments

[selki]

Is that the Bragg the fort was named after?

[rattleback]

Yeah. Maybe also the inspiration for Jubilation T. Cornpone in Li'l Abner:

http://civilwar.bluegrass.net/OfficersAndEnlistedMen/braxtonbragg.html

Also, from the Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, via Wikipedia:

Bragg had a reputation for being a strict disciplinarian and one who adhered to regulations literally. There is a famous, perhaps apocryphal, story about him as a company commander at a frontier post where he also served as quartermaster. He submitted a requisition for supplies for his company, then as quartermaster declined to fill it. As company commander, he resubmitted the requisition, giving additional reasons for his requirements, but as the quartermaster he denied the request again. Realizing that he was at a personal impasse, he referred the matter to the post commandant, who exclaimed, "My God, Mr. Bragg, you have quarreled with every officer in the army, and now you are quarreling with yourself!"

[beachrat]

This is a favorite quote of Ken's, as you may already know.

[rattleback]

I didn't know that, but I sure did figure it.