Some reviewer questions the "private arrangement" - coffee for tobacco - between Union and Southern soldiers on opposite sides of a river in a quiet sector. From my readings, this occurred frequently.
And Mosby was very much a thorn in the Union's side. His mounted commando raids could be devastating ... and devastatingly disruptive.
And the child soldier might rightly concern us. There were of course drummer boys in the war, but for a young kid to kill others ... maybe creating orphans ... seems obscene.
The equipment seems very authentic. Mosby's kidnapping of General Stoughton is an historical fact. And regular army officers did not like Mosby's unconventional warfare tactics, as the film shows. The mockery of West Point professionals seems unjust..
And the film leaves us with the open question of whether or not James MacArthur's Union soldier would survive ... although it was a Disney movie, so ....
And Mosby was very much a thorn in the Union's side. His mounted commando raids could be devastating ... and devastatingly disruptive.
And the child soldier might rightly concern us. There were of course drummer boys in the war, but for a young kid to kill others ... maybe creating orphans ... seems obscene.
The equipment seems very authentic. Mosby's kidnapping of General Stoughton is an historical fact. And regular army officers did not like Mosby's unconventional warfare tactics, as the film shows. The mockery of West Point professionals seems unjust..
And the film leaves us with the open question of whether or not James MacArthur's Union soldier would survive ... although it was a Disney movie, so ....
