Thomas F. Harney

[BettyO]

Quote:...attitudes like this really irritate me.

I totally agree. These were indeed human beings - yes, they made mistakes; awful, horrid mistakes - but unless you've researched indepth, please don't just assume they were all ill bred, ill educated idiots. They were not.

Quote:Powell incarnadined the Seward home and came within an inch of murdering William and Frederick. The real Lewis Payne said he had the reputation of having killed a great many men. Doster said he seemed dull, "his mind...of the lowest order...and his moral faculties equally low."

"The REAL Lewis Payne?!" Were there TWO men, Mr. Fazio? (Please...no more Vaughn Shelton theories!) There was only one Powell (alias Paine/Payne) and I don't find any reference anywhere to the fact that he "killed a great many men." He told Dr. Gillette in the death cell that before entering the Seward House, "As far as he knew, he had never shed human blood before." In battle, one usually does not, in the heat of conflict know where one's bullets fly. While with Mosby, Powell showed the exact opposite; saving the life of a Union soldier.

As to being dull; put a bag over anyone's head in the heat of a Washington summer and see how long he retains his senses.....