Posted on 04/03/2006 2:37:14 PM PDT by stainlessbanner
see below immediately below -- meant to include your name too.
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"By the way, I have a historical fact I can share that I know would truly astound many FReepers as well as most Americans -- about our Civil War. Anyone curious?"
Bring it.
Go back to 18 -- to stainlessbanner. Were you surprised?
You might be interested in this link - it has casualties broken down the sides, battles, and percentages.
No. I would be surprised if most people on the Dixie ping list were unaware of it.
Very interesting link! I agree with what you say about those who denegrate and dispise the bravery and sacrifice of our heroes of the past. I've never been a Civil War buff but (in my opinion) one of the best and most comprehensive histories is the 3 volume work by Shelby Foote. What's remarkable about this is that it's so readable and it captures the humanity of the struggle. To me, it takes a great writer to capture your attention, make history "real", and write in a style that's engaging -- but without oversimplifying a complex subject. Anyway, that's my two cent commentary!
This is a little off topic, but it's our common history that we love. A very easy-to-read first hand account of the war is Co Aytch by Sam Watkins. Fantastic read, one of my favorite WBTS books.
I lost count of how many different Florida Tags there are.
In the past I have fought for the right to display the Confederate flag but no more.
I've decided that history needs to be re-written to condemn all those that now use that flag for their purposes. It has become soiled and stained with hate and rage.
If you want it so badly on your car, paint it there, if you want it on your license plate, put it there, but don't ask the rest of us to fund a special plate for your entertainment.
These vanity plates were mean to champion good causes not lost causes.
Yes, he's talking about military casualties. By the way, who was the "log cabin" president born in a Kentucky log cabin? Answer: Jefferson Davis. Yes, he and Lincoln were both born in Kentucky log cabins within 8 months of each other and less than 100 miles apart. Another one of those facts that would surprise many!
Can I ask some simple questions here about the Confederate Flag?
Which party designed it?
Which Party used the Klu Klux Klan to target and intimidate Blacks from Voting for republicans while using the Confederate Flag as a symbol of that party's White dominance of the south?
Which party still uses the confederate flag as a symbol of racial hate today to make Black people vote for the very party that has spent decades oppressing and enslaving them?
I Know the answer I would just like for once to hear those that profess such intence love for the confederate flag to admit for once that those that created it and have used it as a weapon of terror since the end of the civil war were and are the same people that freely condemn it to insure that they continue to get the votes of those they once lynched for voting republican.
You may love it as a symbol of your heritage, but that party is the creator of that heritage, do you really want to embrace how they have used that flag?
Well, to the extent any of these men took oaths to protect and defend the United States of America, they were traitors to the USA and to their oaths. They may have found such treason to be justifiable, in the same way the Founding Fathers' treason against the British Crown was thought by them to be justified, but it was objectively treason. That being said, no one should spit on anyone's grave.
Is that where you hang out when you aren't flying the Flag of the Democrats' Rebellion in here?
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