"sissy" during the Civil War?

[Wilson Gray]

On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 5:08 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Mitchell appears to be mistaken.

Youneverknow.

OTOH, why did anyone bother to challenge her on this beyond-trivial
point, anyway, I wonder. Was someone under the impression that this
novel was, in fact, history?

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