Im not sure all you want to know, but ill start with a brief biography. Mahone is a native of southampton county, virginia, which he is growing up in the era of the imagery of the slave insurrection of 1832. Graduates from Virginia Military institute. Enlists at the beginning of the war. Not anything superb as brigade commander, but somehow really knows how to handle a division, so his troops absolutely shoot James Longstreet near where jacksons mortal wound had been. Richard anderson is moved up to first corps command. Mahone is moved up to division command. And right after this battle, lee praises ma hones ability to recapture the lines and promoted to Major General. So hell remain Division Commander until the surrender. What about the his showing of humaneness . Oh, yes. So, yes you know, several people comment on this. He, you know, stops his soldiers from killing blacks as best as he can, and obviously he cant stop them all even when theyre right in front of him. Mahone is a slave
The men dropped dead from heat exhaustion. Then they marched 6 months southwest of the capital and then burned the capital and tramped almost a mile down pennsylvania avenue to where they were now. They were famished and thirsty. Admiral George Coburn was the driving force. His superior, Major General robert ross had second thoughts and he wanted to return. And coburn forced him by the influence of his occupants, to proceed. He said weve only got militia men ahead of us. Thats nothing. Weve come so far, we have to continue. He had been recognized by nelson. He acknowledged coburn ability and knowledge and zeal. He was naugt of so highly by the british admiralty, that he was chosen to take the great napoleon into exile on the island. And i got ahold of his diary. And he said this man, napoleon, sometimes, wants to play the sovereign. I wont allow it. That is the fiber of a man who grabbed an american who was innocent. He took him and grabbed him for the white house as a british ban dit.