I received the following comment on this post from my friend Sam Elliott. Sam is the author of a fine biography of A. P. Stewart, Soldier of Tennessee.
Harry, Montgomery Clift was also the descendant of Col. William Clift, a famous (or notorious, depending on which way you shot) Southeast Tennessee Unionist who had sons serving on both sides. A. P. Stewart, who, as an old man lived in Chattanooga in accordance with his duties relative to Chickamauga Chattanooga NMP, lived with one of Clift’s sons after his wife died.
Pretty cool! I’ve always felt a little sorry for Clift, such a tragic figure, physically broken and internally conflicted. But all this time I thought his only claim to fame other than the movies was on The Clash album London Calling. The song is The Right Profile.
Harry Smeltzer
Bull Runnings 
[…] Elizabeth and Phil lend their name to the combined Blair-Lee house across the street from the White House, which has had many uses over the years; currently it house visiting heads of state. The left half of the house was first a wedding gift from Blair Sr. to his daughter and son-in-law. I wrote a little bit about the Blairs and the house here and here. […]
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