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__________________ I never knew a man who wished to be himself a slave. Consider if you know any good thing that no man desires for himself. A. Lincoln
Yeomanry. Loyal Southerners. Come to Your Country's Call!
To put down TREASON and REBELLION and hand down to our Children, unimpaired, the Rich Legacy of the Glorious Union achieved and sealed with the blood of our forefathers.
DO NOT CAST YOUR LOT WITH THE REBELS.
The secessionists, the flatlanders, the planters, the so-called gentlemen whose fine daughters do not acknowledge your existence would have you fight their RICH MAN'S WAR. If you join their rebel army it will be a POOR MAN'S FIGHT.
TROUBLESOME TIMES IN ALABAMA FOR UNION MEN.
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"It was a very peculiar time." - Franklin D. Cossitt
Ancestors in USA Army: 6th IA Inf, 11th IL Cav, 1st AL Cav; 122nd NY Inf; 6th MI Cav; 35th MA Inf; 100th IL Inf; 1st CO Inf/Cav; 22nd IN Inf
Yohann. The smoke from your pipe is clouding your perspective. (Shoot! Went to "quick reply" and don't have the crutch of an emoticon.) Nevermind. Couldn't resist the noodge.
ole
__________________ I never knew a man who wished to be himself a slave. Consider if you know any good thing that no man desires for himself. A. Lincoln
The Confederacy made many mistakes, at the start of the war. One was thinking it was a short war and recruiting soldiers, for one year.
Conscription left a taste of "servitute" in the mouths of the veterans, who were now "volunteered" for more service.
The problem the Confederacy had in the mountains of the South is well documented. As the war went on and the Confederacy was unable to protect their territory, desertions increased. As families in areas with small numbers of slaves were having problems getting enough food, soldiers, previous loyal, would leave the army and head home. Some areas became solid 'Union' areas in the Confederate backyard. The deserters and conscription avoiders, soon held more power than the 'home guard.'
As the tide was turning against the Confederacy, the soldiers from the mountains had less and less reason to defend slavery. Many a private and his family at home had concluded the war was lost, long before the generals let such thoughts cross their mind.
Just read an observation on "desertion" that I thik is worthy to add -- just to put a perspective on the desertion statistics. It seems that in the regular army, in 1856, the desertion rate was about 32 percent. Forty and fifty percent doesn't look all that high any more.
ole
__________________ I never knew a man who wished to be himself a slave. Consider if you know any good thing that no man desires for himself. A. Lincoln
Thank you, Shane. "No lutefisk" sounds good to me. (My brother might come looking for you, though.)
For you poor, misbegotten easterners, westerners and southerners, lutefisk is cod soaked in lye to dissolve the bones, rinsed, dried and sold as a brick to be boiled for a day or two when it's warm enough to stay outside when it is being prepared.
Scandihoovians eat it at least once per year to remind themselves why their ancestors left the old country.
Shane has characterized it has having the consistency of snot. He's mostly spot on. What texture it has is negligible. The pot you boil it in becomes unusable for any other purpose. My brother-in-law (a Bavarian) dislikes it intensely. But he likes sauerkraut, so that works against his taste in food.
ole
__________________ I never knew a man who wished to be himself a slave. Consider if you know any good thing that no man desires for himself. A. Lincoln
We eat sauerkraut with our cornbread down here in Dixie. Could be my preponderance of German genes.... Good source of fiber. That other stuff we can probably do without.
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Ancestors in US Army: 13th TN Cav; 10th TN Cav; 3rd NC Inf
Ancestors in CSA Army: 48th VA; 63rd VA, 5th NC Cav; 37th NC
Wife and Grandson's CSA: 15th AL, 51st GA, 41st TN; 36th TN; GA Mil 1197 Dist
Different strokes for different folks, Larry. Ain't no telling what people will eat. On another board, we're arguing about gumbo and buttermilk. Ought to make you some krumkaka. Doubledog guaranteed to make you an overnight convert.
On the other hand, sauerkraut and cornbread? EEEEEooooew!
ole
__________________ I never knew a man who wished to be himself a slave. Consider if you know any good thing that no man desires for himself. A. Lincoln
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