Alben W. Barkley [*] in his book, That Reminds Me, told this Civil War story about two old Confederate veterans who were being interviewed by a local Kentucky newspaper reporter about a battle that took place nearby.
‘"I remember,’ one veteran said, ‘when we pushed those damn yankeees all the way across the Ohio and up into Illinois!' The other old soldier regretfully corrected him: ‘I was there, old friend,’ he said, ‘and I’m afraid that wasn’t the way it happened at all. Those Yankees drove us off the field and almost to the Tennessee line.' The first veteran reflected a bit, then sourly remarked, ‘Another good story ruined by an eyewitness!’" [1]
This was one of the millions of forgotten stories from the Irrepressible Conflict.
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[*] Alben W. Barkley was an American lawyer and politician from Kentucky who served in both houses of Congress and as Harry Truman’s vice president from 1949 to 1953.
Works Cited
[1] Barkley, Alben W. (1954). That Reminds Me. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co., Inc. p.35.
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