Posted on 01/05/2010 3:28:41 PM PST by BigReb555
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Before I retired fron the railroad I made a notation on a calender at the depot in Alpine of Lee's BD and Stonewall's birthdays. Martin Luther King Day happened to fall on Jan 20 that year. My next trip, the entire calendar was gone!
Thanks for sharing that story. “May you live in interesting times” is a Chinese curse. The “sixties” must, indeed, have been an interesting time for your ancestor, who, from your description, seems to have lived near some of the war’s bloodiest battlefields.
That's a pretty tall assumption there. Here's my tall assumption, If Grant had a chance to fight the battles he wanted to back in the early days of the Civil War, Lee would of probably never had a chance to become famous. Lee probably didn't really become famous because he was good, but because he was lucky and those he fought were pretty incompetent.
Even though I side with the North on most of the issues involved, I've at least have got to agree with you on that.
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So tell me mo or you other confederates what was so great about his state that was worthy of fighting for. Was it the States right to sell slaves to the other slave states.
No, it’s not nuff said.
The war between the states was about money. Most wars are. It was also about state’s rights.
Of course the government has stripped the states of their rights.
“Robert E. Lee was a traitor.” Then what in the hell is Barack Hussein Obama, Jr.?
“Robert E. Lee was a traitor.”
To whom? The United States or the united States? Lincoln was a traitor to all things concerning liberty and freedom.
Jesus said that if you were a slave, then be a good slave.
I guess you say that Jesus was evil because he supported slavery.
I pity your ignorance.
The war was about political power by southern demoncraps. Slavery was just one of their methods to make money.
Back then, you were citizen of your state first. We used to be called “These United States”. Lee followed his state.
Lee did have some serious flaws. He knew that the Cause was lost when Lincoln was reelected. He knew at Petersberg in the trenches, that the Cause was lost. He refused to accept responsibility and try to end the war. He caused enormous suffering and death by continuing the lost cause for five more months.
If you would read other materials other then the typical Confederate propaganda that has been handed down from your cousins etc and republished and republihed over and over you just might of learn something. You might of learned that one of the first big pills the Confederate states had to swallow was they had to listen to the Jefferson Davis, who it a nut shell said you states have no rights, please send all your men, money, and food to Richmond so we can defend Richmond, never mind that you states that are further away from Richmond will be conquered, Richmond is all that matters and is more important then all you states out west growing cotton.
They knew after the Emancipation Proclamation that Britain would not actively help the Cause.
Amazing Grace is the movie that proves this. GB was proud of banning slavery in the Empire.
And rightfully so.
I live in the North, but thanks for asking. I’m merely pointing out the fact that the Lincoln’s war doomed all of us that love freedom and liberty.
DING DING DING DING DING.... you're the winner! Congrats! LOL
It took 51 posts for the first Lincoln hating, Dixiecrat-Slavocrat, confederate seccesionist rebel jackass to show its ugly head. At least you're honest.
Jesus didn’t support slavery, moron.
Lee literally perceived himself as defending family. Hundreds of years ago the physical relationship to land was far stronger than any can imagine today-such that British lords took the names of their lands as their own.
Lee was a descendent of the two oldest and storied names in the colonies and in Virginia-the Carters-Robert “King” Carter of the Northern Neck in Virginia was literally the world’s first billionaire,and the Lees- governors of Virginia and congressional representatives, two of whom signed the Declaration of Independence. He refused to participate in the active offense of the Union against family and state...and only reluctantly took up arms in defense. These were clearly HIS motivations in the War Between the States.
In the General’s own words...
“So far from engaging in a war to perpetuate slavery, I am rejoiced that Slavery is abolished. I believe it will be greatly for the interest of the South. So fully am I satisfied of this that I would have cheerfully lost all that I have lost by the war, and have suffered all that I have suffered to have this object attained.”
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