Here we are back in the Civil War again.
Did you know that General Ulysses S. Grant had to hold up the fighting because he had lost his false teeth? This near tragic event occurred during the seige of Vicksburg. General Grant placed his headquaraters aborad a Mississippi steamboat near the town of Vicksburg. After retiring one night, he placed his false teeth in a wash basin.
His orderly came during the night and emptied the basin, along with the teeth, into the Mississippi River. Grant was understandably upset. He couldn't eat. He couldn't chomp on his favored cigars without his teeth.
Hence, the battle was temporarily suspended until a dentist, summoned by a rush call, made the general a new set of teeth.
How is a man supposed to fight on an empty stomach? And what would he do to relieve tension without his cigar? Well, alcohol in his case, probably, but that's not a very battle-worthy solution.
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