[Russ]

Why sympathy for the South?

1. I like to root for the underdog

2. I like their uniforms

3. Their Generals had some colorful names: Beauregard, Stonewall, J.E.B. Stuart, Longstreet.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

These reasons are also the reasons why my neighbor is a New England Patriots fan.

[thinktwice]

Jubal Early -- Almost took Washington after leading a lightning cavalry expedition up the Shenandoah Valley.