Why did Civil War Confederate General Richard Ewell think he was a bird?
That would be Confederate General Richard Ewell who sometimes behaved like a bird, and was known as “Old Baldy” to his men. He was at Gettysburg under Robert E. Lee and served admirably. However, he was a true eccentric, partial to surreal jokes and nonsensical nonsequiturs. But there may have been a reason for his very odd sens
