dave, i think i get it –what you’re driving at, the full, enveloping quadrophonic panavision of a certain sort of political disaster.

Here complete on-line (see the fullbooks or Gutenberg sites) a great memoir of confederate combat infantryman Sam Watkins of Tennessee (or, as they said back then, “TEN uh see”).

BTW the Gutenberg site reminds me, there’s very very strong, in fact all but irrefutable, circumstantial evidence that Mr. Gutenberg ah, ”nationalized”, the idea and 1G tech specs for moveable type –the printing press, in the vernacular –from one Laurens Janszoon Koster, a Dutchman, and sans any pertaining agreement or discussion a priori. More later on that, if anyone wants. Bad form to puncture willy nilly a cultural icon, but in this dry secular case, Mr. Koster could fill the gap quite painlessly, esp. given that his name is shorter & easier to spell. And strooth there’s Justice that need be hewn to.