“Should the descendants of families of Maryland and southern Pennsylvania ask reparations for Confederate foraging?”
No, you got what you paid for, the destruction of half of the nation, the death of 10% of the male population and a century of regional colonialism. BTW, who would you submit your claims to?
"Makes you realize how," murmured a woman standing beside me as Simpson's grave marker was unveiled. She had a pronounced Southern accent and was wiping her eyes, clearly moved.
Aiming her Canon camera at the whiskered Union and Confederate re-enactors standing at attention beside the graves, she cleared her throat and added, "Every American ought to be here this morning to see this. If they did, we might not be in such a big ugly rush to tear each other apart."