The late Shelby Foote was the star of that documentary. Far more insightful and objective in his commentary on the two combatants than leftist historian Barbara Fields who came across as your typical angry lefty.
The late Shelby Foote was the star of that documentary.
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Yes, he was outstanding.
Yep. He’s the only reason for watching it again.
The first time through left me in tatters. The Antifa PUKES living in Mom’s Basement are 100% CLUELESS as to the spark they are fanning. (And so are their Mothers!)
*SPIT*
I read some of Shelby’s essays when I was a student in university about 1990. I’d shudder to think what would happen to him nowadays if he were to try to set foot in the insane asylums that are supposed to be universities. Places that have rooms painted pink with stuffed animals and videos of puppies but would probably have very little or no tolerance for his writings on the Civil War and South.
I seem to recall that a healthy male slave at auction would cost around $2,000 in 1860 dollars. That's around $55 thousand in current dollars, or well beyond the reach of any but the most wealthy.
My great grandfather was a Union soldier but I would never dispute the fact that the last thing on Confederate soldiers' minds was slavery or its extension to the west. They were defending their homeland and they were as American as their opponents.
This was all laid to rest a long time ago until the ignoramus press and leftists decided to make something a hundred and sixty years ago (ironically, committed by Democrats) a 21st century issue.
[The late Shelby Foote was the star of that documentary.]
He sounded like he just walked off the battlefield with first hand observations. He was excellent.