War Crimes Against Southern Civilians

[Ozark Iron John]

Originally Posted by Ozark Iron John

I'd like to hear from some of you other Southern minded men. Stand Up!

If I'm full-o-crap, say so. If these kinds of things went on in your neck of the woods, say that too.

Southerners! Your silence speaks volumns. I take it from your silence that you do not agree with my assertions. Pity.

Northerners! I beg your forgivness.

I apologize to my northern brothern. I apologize for slandering the memory of your fallen comrades. I regret that my assertions were nothing but figments of my over zealous imagination. They never happened. They didn't play those games.

I shall slip back into the dark and lurk with the rest of the mice.

Adious Amigos. Long live the Republic!

[Ozark Iron John]

I wish I could make myself come back to this forum, but I can't. I've broke the habit and I doubt very seriously that I will ever pick it back up again.

[matthew mckeon]

OIJ,
It's a g-d shame if you don't continue to contribute. I for one, enjoyed reading your posts and getting your point of view.

[PINCKNEYUSMCRET]

OIJ, you show passion and that is a good thing. My mother used to say that when passion is gone from a marriage it is over, and when it is gone from life even though you still breath you are dead. Stay aboard.

Pinckney

[ole]

Yes. Please!

Ole

[unionblue]

OzarkIronJohn,

You left all by yourself, you can come back all by yourself. No one forced you to leave. No one is going to beg you to come back.

Others here think you have a story to tell, or something to contribute to the board. That's fine, as I hope you do.

The key thing to remember here is, this is a board with many members and many points-of-view, and sometimes those points-of-view may conflict with your own.

If you can live with that, you should have no problem.

But make up your mind, fish or cut bait.

Sincerely,
Unionblue

[Ozark Iron John]

Originally Posted by ole

Yes. Please!

Alright. Thanks ya'll. All ya'll.

In respose to your Dang Yankee Stone Mason comment in that Confederate Mounment thread I will say that around these parts the Invaders liked to play a little game they called "Rollin' Over the Grave".

It weren't a game played by Yankee soldiers. It was something local Union League boys liked to do.

When a southern boy would come home from the war all beat up and shot up, rode hard and put away wet, more'n often he'd find his family scattered to the winds and the local Union League boys and their Dang Yankee Carpet Bagger cronies in possession of the prime real estate in the county. He'd commence to gatherin' his children about him and scratchin' out what meager existence he could on whatever hard scrabble piece of ground was open too him. He'd work hard and die young and his family would bury him in a little country cemetery out in the county somewhere's.

A few year's later, along would come the Union League scavengers.

In some cases they'd dig him up, chop him up and pitch his remains in the creek. In some cases they'd just toss the stone.

My Great Great Great Grandma wouldn't bury her husband in his finest Dixie Grey uniform cause she didn't want her neighbors "Rollin' Over the Grave".

[unionblue]

OzarkIronJohn,

Your story above reminded me of something very similar when it came to desecrating graves of Civil War dead.

Dastarldy Dancing.

http://www.ohiocivilwar.com/stori/dancing.html

Sincerely,
Unionblue

[Ozark Iron John]

Originally Posted by unionblue

Dastarldy Dancing.

Good'n unionblue. I deserved it. I am sure that kinda thing went on on both sides of the track for many years after the great unpleasantness.

I might've told this story before, but it deserves to be replayed here in this thread.

I was at a weddin' in middle Tennessee back about 10 years ago. We were hosting a reception near the Stones River national cemetery and I had led a group of my friends and family on a tour of the battlefield and the historic sites.

One of the guests piped up, "Do you know what we call them Civil War Monuments in Wisconsin?"

"No." I said.

"Second Place Trophies" he shouts and laughs out loud.

I admit, I was taken aback. I thought it was rude.

I pointed over towards the cemetery and said "There's 30,000 Yankees buried in that cemetey. One more won't make a difference." and drew my thumb across my throat from ear to ear.

I can't remember that guy sayin' another word the whole weekend.

[matthew mckeon]

I remember a visitor from the South refering to the Union Memorial in the town square as "monuments to confederate marksmanship." I didn't make any death threats however, because I'm sane.

No matter what the doctors say.