Cinco de Mayo
Threadmarks: The Grand Consensus: The Longstreet Machine, Reconciliation and the Dawn of the 20th Century in Dixie
"...the chaos that engulfed the convention in Nashville came close to fisticuffs on the floor of the Pantheon Auditorium as Fitzhugh Lee's angry delegates shouted down those of Roger Mills. The Texans even suggested duels in the mud outside, a proposition wisely refused by those there. Lee being...