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This thread is dedicated to those whose words somehow came back to somehow bite them in the behind. Those which one might have regretted,
which later caused extream embarrasment, or which portentent future outcomes which events determined to invalidate.
I'll start with these words from South Carolina governor Francis W. Pickens:
"I would be willing to appeal to the gods of battles if need be, to cover the state with ruin, conflagration and blood rather than submit."
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One southern boy could whip ten Yankees with cornstalks.
Now where do you suppose he would find 10 yankees with cornstalks?
Ole
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Ole, you been in the Rupert again? (Look that one up if you are a brewing enthusiast) One of the worst tasting yankee beers ever made. As for this thread, it has excellent possibilites. Sam's active brain is a great asset to this board. It's a shame he's a northerner? I'll look for some Confederate quotes, I'm sure we had much to regret.
Dangling metaphor. I considered that Ole. OK, one southern boy armed with cornstalks could whip ten yankees. Only trouble is that the Yankees didn't arm themselves with cornstalks when they came down south. Warn't ah fair fite ah tell you'uns.
I cannot find the exact quotation at this time, but South Carolina senator James Chesnut offered to "drink all of the blood" that would be spilled as a result of secession. His comment was a bold response to warnings that secession would result in a massive and bloody war.
"Colonel, I will bring back these colors in honor or report to God the reason why."
Color Sergeant Anselmas Planciancois, 1st Regiment, Louisiana Native Guards. Killed at Port Hudson, May 27, 1863
Source: Like Men of War, by Noah Andre Trudeau
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Union Ancersor: Pvt Arnuah Norton, 60th Ohio. (G-G-G Grandfather) Died at Salisbury NC, November 3, 1864
Confederate Ancestors: Captain Thomas A. Morrow, 29th Texas Cavalry (G-G-G- Uncle) and 2LT George W. Morrow, 31st Texas Cavalry (G-G-G Grandfather). Both survived the war
This thread is dedicated to those whose words somehow came back to somehow bite them in the behind. Those which one might have regretted, which later caused extream embarrasment, or which portentent future outcomes which events determined to invalidate.
1866: "With eighty men I could ride through the entire Sioux nation." Captain William J. Fetterman to Colonel Carrington, post commander at Fort Phil Kearny
On December 21, 1866, Captain Fetterman rode over the ridge, out of sight of the fort, and was destroyed by the Sioux, the Cheyenne, and the Northern Arapahoe bands that ambushed him. He had 80 men with him.
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