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Quote[/b] ]He was a graduate of 1 of the military academies, can't think of the name of it right now
West Point

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Quote[/b] ]I thought I read somewhere he did not support slavery, but fought to defend his state
He called slavery a "moral and political evil in any country" and was resolved to aid its abolition with "his prayers and all justifiable means in our power" tho he didn't believe that war was the way to do it

"The abolitionist must recognise that he has neither the right nor the power of operating except by moral means and suasion; and if he means well to the slave, he must not create angry feelings in the master".

After the war he also tried to promote forgiveness and understanding between North and South

"I have fought against the people of the North because I believed they were trying to wrest from the South dearest rights. But I have never cherished toward them bitter or vindictive feelings and have never seen the day when I did not pray for them".

So I don't know what Tachikaze has against him, unless its the fact he was a Bible believing Christian?