We Were Made for Civil War

The American Conservative ^ | October 29, 2018 | MICHAEL VLAHOS

[BroJoeK]

DuncanWaring: "united” not capitalized."

Sure, but "the United States" was first used long before the Civil War and "these United States" did not fade from usage until after Congress made "the United States" official in the early 1900s.
The Civil War had little or nothing to do with it.

[BroJoeK]

"My great Uncle rode with Forrest as a member of the 5th Miss Cav . Maybe mine and yours crossed paths . "

Only if, like Forrest at Tupelo, he was attacking the Union supply train.
My great grandfather's regiment was not considered reliable enough for the front lines and so was assigned to protect the rear.

In one of the war's last battles they were finally moved to the front at Fort Blakely, Mobile Bay, and my great grandfather was seriously wounded in the attack, almost died of infection in a New Orleans hospital.
Thankfully he was as ornery and tough as any in those days!

[BroJoeK]

Central_va: "Except when Lincoln arrested the Maryland State legislature and countless journalists.
That was kind of a control thing."

I think statistically there were as many Southerners arrested by Confederates for such things as there were Northerners arrested by Lincoln's government.

[LeoWindhorse]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7dZk5g9Hl4

[PLMerite]

“No Step On Snek!”

That would be awesome on a t-shirt.

[PLMerite]

“Trump is just postponing it for 8 years. After he’s gone it’s a sure bet.”

I sadly agree. This is but a breather to allow people to get ready, whatever that means to folks.

[Jack Black]

so don't be all butt hurt about that.

OK. I'm over it.

[BroJoeK]

My Dad’s WWII division began its training in 1942 at Camp Forrest Tennessee.
He was so smitten with a young girl he first met in Tennessee that after the war he married her.
They raised a big family, most of whom live in the South.
Today Mom & Dad are buried side by side in Pennsylvania, just a few miles from my home.

Forrest was a complicated figure, but I admire him.

[dljordan]

“That would be awesome on a t-shirt.”

I’ve got one.

[MileHi]

Well that took a while.

BTW, I largely agree with the premise of the article.

FReegards

[PLMerite]

Found it on Amazon, just ordered one!

[BroJoeK]

central_va: "That is absolutely not true and a lie. Confederate soldiers has to pay for supplies..."

You're talking about Lee's Gettysburg campaign only, there were many others with no such orders.
But even at Gettysburg Confederates kidnapped any freed blacks they could for sale in Confederate slave markets.
They also destroyed:

"During the American Civil War on October 10, 1862, Confederate Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart, with 1,800 cavalrymen, raided Chambersburg, destroying $250,000 of railroad property and taking 500 guns, hundreds of horses, and at least "eight young colored men and boys."[43]
They failed, however, to accomplish one of the main targets of the raid: to burn the railroad bridge across the Conococheague Creek at Scotland, five miles (8 km) north of town.[44]

"During the early days of the 1863 Gettysburg Campaign, a Virginia cavalry brigade under Brig.
Gen. Albert G. Jenkins occupied the town and burned several warehouses and Cumberland Valley Railroad structures and the bridge at Scotland."

All that was before Confederates returned in 1864 to burn the entire town.

Plus, I'll repeat, Stuart paid nothing for the wagon train loads of stuff he scarfed up in 1863 when he should have served as Lee's eyes & ears.

[dljordan]

You can also get the velcro patches too. I had guys at the range taking pictures of my patch at the last shoot.

[dljordan]

“I still have a soft-spot for Forrest, he let my great grandfather live when others would not have. “

Two of my greats rode with Forrest in the 10th Tennessee. The 10th started out as Napier’s Regiment.