The society has discovered the Valley Forge of the Union army in Stafford, commemorated a Union military unit that killed the Confederates protecting Fredericksburg from destruction, and now, in its historical exhibit in the new hospital, gives to Lincoln an amount of space equal to that given to George Washington ["Wall is museum sampler," Town & County, Nov. 21].
Any legitimate historian would call the comparison of the Valley Forge of Stafford
The descendants of those Confederates killed attempting to protect Fredericksburg might find it less than tasteful to commemorate those who did the killing.
Abraham Lincoln was not worthy of holding the bridle of George Washington's horse. Comparing Lincoln--who destroyed half of the country, closed more than 300 newspapers, ignored the Constitution, and locked up more than 40,000 people in the North--to George Washington, the father
Considering the size of the Union army and its resources, a 16-year-old commander could have destroyed the South in four years.
If the size of the army and its resources had been reversed in favor of the South, the war would have been over in 90 days, and thousands of lives would have been saved.
Some might believe that the Stafford Historical Society has become the agent of the Union army and Lincoln. Can't they find anything Confederate or Southern to honor?
Taking the example of the Stafford Historical Society, I would encourage
Ted Humphries
Stafford