John Kelly just called Robert E. Lee an "honorable man"

[Journeyman]

12. Well said. There could never be enough statues for Gen. Thomas, nor enough praise . . .

heaped upon his name. Unfortunately, however, outside of the history books -- and even then, rarely in those books not exclusively about Union military tactics in the West -- the "Rock of Chickamauga" is largely unknown and unsung. He holds the distinction, however, as the only Union commander who drove a major Confederate army away from a prepared position in a complete rout -- and he did it twice, first at Chattanooga, later at Nashville.