THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, February 19, 1995 TAG: 9502170039
SECTION: COMMENTARY PAGE: J4 EDITION: FINAL
TYPE: Letter
LENGTH: Short : 21 lines
Columnist Guy Friddell was 50 percent correct when he wrote that J.E.B. Stuart and George Henry Thomas should be honored as Virginians on postal stamps (``The war that divided a nation proves divisive once more,'' Feb. 9).
J.E.B. Stuart fought and died with pride for Old Virginia and should be honored. However, George Henry Thomas took up arms against his ``brothers'' and is no less than a traitor.
W. D. STEPHENSON
Virginia Beach, Feb. 9, 1995 by CNB