michael kamen is a really good book if you have free time.f you have free time to read "mystic chords of memory," it talks about this phenomenon about the natural phenomenon where people will remember things that are happy and positive. right? you always go back and you talk to your grandparents and you listen to the stories about when they were kids, they were always locking up hills both ways, and they do not have shoes. i never understand. you are remembering it fondly, creating this nostalgic view where you look back at something and remember it fondly. that is what the civil war veterans are doing. so instead of talking about the reality of combat, the visceral experience of being at close range, hand to hand combat at 300 yards or less, we will talk about these generic ideas of heroism and valor. we will erect a monument, shake hands, and we will all have a good feeling about the civil war. this theme, and you are exactly right the veterans create this. , we deal with us today. we deal with this legacy today. are they narrowminded? and