“In freeing the slaves, Yankee soldiers shot and blew up and starved many a Confederate. “
Yet, on the other hand, civil war veterans from BOTH sides had reunions and BBQs at old battlefields. They posed for photos and handshakes. There was a lot of healing afterwards that rarely gets mentioned. Nathan Bedford Forrest was a leader here, gave a very kind hearted speech denouncing race hate and accepted some flowers from a black woman and kissed her cheek (unheard of in public then).
US Grant worked hard for healing. Grant invited Lee to the White House and they met in private. General Lee became president of a University. He recruited students from the north and demanded everyone treat everyone with brotherhood and respect.
This list barely scratches the surface.
So my question...by what right does some modern ignorant fool have a right to hold onto more bitterness than the actual people who fought and suffered?
Pure asshattery.
Eloquent and well put. See my later post about other
“cultural” enemies statues of American history that have been taken down. This has got to stop.
Start with the college dissertations that require contrarian views of what is known history— for the sake of a phd.Scatterbrained idiots and their empowering leftie professors with an agenda, and.... tenure.
I wish more freepers remembered these acts of reconciliation and kindness when discussing events of the Civil War.
The present anti-American, anti-historic- commotion is a contrived attack on the American Future, and should be recognized as such: War On An American Future
There were examples of the soldiers acting as pall bears for a soldier from the other side.
To me this shows the mutual respect the opponents had for each other (also shown by the fraternization during the war when battles paused) and that they realized they had been a part of something of great historic importance.