I have asked a couple times now what changed in Andrew A. Humphreys that he could perform credibly as commander of an army. How could he have performed credibly with his history of mental breakdowns. This is what he said in a letter to his wife in August, 1863:
How well I have got through with the summer thus far and what a change in my condition of health this year has made. I should never have recovered my physical strength without this sort of life; and no doubt my mental vigor has been increased by the rest my mind has had, for rest is has been, compared to my former labors.
What a singular unfolding of character this war has made, at leas of some characters!
I'm thinking...
How well I have got through with the summer thus far and what a change in my condition of health this year has made. I should never have recovered my physical strength without this sort of life; and no doubt my mental vigor has been increased by the rest my mind has had, for rest is has been, compared to my former labors.
What a singular unfolding of character this war has made, at leas of some characters!
I'm thinking...
