[jmacusa]

The grunts were hood winked into fighting for a bunch of slave-owning poltroons on the idea of ''states rights''. What rights were those? The right to own slaves. The conscientious objector who does one valorous thing isn't on the same level as the man who risks his life and sometimes sacrifices it so the conscientious objector can object. In my book that puts him way above the objector.

[DUMBGRUNT]

The grunts were hood winked into fighting for a bunch of slave-owning poltroons on the idea of ''states rights''.

Around ONE MILLION to 1.5 Million men served with the C.S.A. and all of them hoodwinked you say?

The conscientious objector who does one valorous thing isn't on the same level as the man who risks his life and sometimes sacrifices it so the conscientious objector can object.

Thomas W. Bennett
Desmond Doss
Joseph G. LaPointe, Jr.

Three conscientious objectors that happen to be Medal of Honor recipients. Note that Sp4 LaPointe also received: Silver Star, Bronze Star, Army Commendation Medal He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.