When This Cruel War is Over (2011)
“A volunteer for our cause whose name will give us political legitimacy in the East and whose West Point training will help us shape our military strategy in the West.”
Gabriel Todd’s smile suggested he could not imagine a negative response from his five-man audience. Janet was tempted to cast her vote by applauding. Her father had made a masterful case for accepting Major Paul Stapleton in the upper ranks of the Sons of Liberty.
But the man whose vote counted for more than the other four votes ...combined was not impressed. Rogers Jameson, his broken jaw wired shut, seized a piece of paper and scrawled on it: I DONT TRUSTE HIM.
Gabriel Todd had surrendered most of the active leadership of Daviess County’s George Rogers Clark Brigade to Jameson. He had recruited most of the junior officers and enlisted men. He knew how to talk to them in the taverns and fraternal societies where they spent their free time. He used his reputation as a fighting captain in the Mexican War to impress them.MoreLess
Gabriel Todd’s smile suggested he could not imagine a negative response from his five-man audience. Janet was tempted to cast her vote by applauding. Her father had made a masterful case for accepting Major Paul Stapleton in the upper ranks of the Sons of Liberty.
But the man whose vote counted for more than the other four votes ...combined was not impressed. Rogers Jameson, his broken jaw wired shut, seized a piece of paper and scrawled on it: I DONT TRUSTE HIM.
Gabriel Todd had surrendered most of the active leadership of Daviess County’s George Rogers Clark Brigade to Jameson. He had recruited most of the junior officers and enlisted men. He knew how to talk to them in the taverns and fraternal societies where they spent their free time. He used his reputation as a fighting captain in the Mexican War to impress them.MoreLess
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