Civil War History - Secession and PoliticsWas it Slavery, or was it States Rights? Perhaps it was the election of Lincoln? What were the real reasons for Southern Secession and what were the political issues in this time of war? Find your answers here in the Secession and Politics Disussion.
Dawna, with all the information provided by Prof. Grimsley's views on how basically Northern soldiers pretty much held their destruction in check and that no recorded murders or other violent acts took place during the march to the sea, would this modify in any way your view of that army's later actions in South Carolina?
Neil:
My mind is always open for modification, especially since I haven't been strapped to any railway ties of late. :-)
Such an image has formed in my mind concerning Sherman's 'neckties' and railway ties.
I am of the opinion, dear lady, that you would grace either situation with style and aplomb and still keep an open mind.
Sincerely,
Unionblue
__________________ "The American people and the Government at Washington may refuse to recognize it for a time but the inexorable logic of events will force it upon them in the end; that the war now being waged in this land is a war for and against slavery." Frederick Douglass
"Loyalty to our ancestors does not include loyalty to their mistakes." George Santayana
What I meant to suggest is that the lady could pretty much be thrust into any kind of circumstance and still keep an open mind.
After all, she has since her joining this board, been placed in many a circumstance, and she has always conducted herself with the style and grace I have mentioned.
It's just that one's imagination tends to spring unbidden at times.
Sincerely,
Unionblue
__________________ "The American people and the Government at Washington may refuse to recognize it for a time but the inexorable logic of events will force it upon them in the end; that the war now being waged in this land is a war for and against slavery." Frederick Douglass
"Loyalty to our ancestors does not include loyalty to their mistakes." George Santayana
Q. How many Yankees does it take to change a light bulb?
A. None. You can change a light bulb but you can't change a Yankee!
Q. How many Canadians does it take to change a light bulb?
A. Twelve. Four to form a Parliamentary study committee to decide how to solve the problem, one Francophone to complain that this joke wasn't translated into French, one Native Canadian to protest that the interests of Native Canadians have been overlooked, one woman from the National Action Committee On the Status Of Women to say that women have been underrepresented in the process, one to go over the border to the Niagara Falls Factory Outlet Mall and buy a new bulb and not pay duty on it on the way back, one to actually screw it in, one to collect taxes on the whole procedure so the government can afford it, one to buy a case of Molson for everybody to drink, and one to drop the puck.
Now that was just too funny. Canada does have a sense of humor. Thank you so much for renewing my faith in all Norteamericanos.
And shouldnt' that be Snively Whiplash?
__________________ 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
So my recollection is wrong. You want to step outside or something?
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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