[artichokegrower]

Yup, the Confederacy was a foreign enemy that attacked the United States of America

So was Great Britain... an we got over that

Not so both of you. For shame you don't even know the life of General Lee.

Please read about Robert E. Lee, one of the greatest generals in the history of western civilization.

You'll see that the Federals, not the United States, attacked Virginia. When Virgina seceded he went home from West Point because Virginia, in the modern parlance, was his HOMELAND.

The Federals marched on Virginia, and the war was begun. It became the war of the 'United States' when Lincoln drafted unwilling soldiers fto fight on the behalf of the Federals. He literally had to send in the militia in New York city, to subdue the unwilling draftees.

That did not happen in Virginia, where Virgina's sons willingly came to her defense, unlike today's citizenry.

[Dick Holmes]

The Federals marched on Virginia, and the war was begun. It became the war of the 'United States' when Lincoln drafted unwilling soldiers fto fight on the behalf of the Federals. He literally had to send in the militia in New York city, to subdue the unwilling draftees. That did not happen in Virginia, where Virgina's sons willingly came to her defense, unlike today's citizenry.

Of course, not all Virginians willingly came to her defense, or there would be no West Virginia.

[muawiyah]

Still, Lincoln didn't need to send the militia to Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania.

Instead he had one of the largest volunteer armies in history show up at his doorstep ready to whuth somebody.

[Non-Sequitur]

You'll see that the Federals, not the United States, attacked Virginia. When Virgina seceded he went home from West Point because Virginia, in the modern parlance, was his HOMELAND.

Actually he was living there at the time. He hadn't been at West Point for years.

The Federals marched on Virginia, and the war was begun.

That's like saying "The U.S. marched into North Africa and World War II was begun." You ignore little tidbits of history like Fort Sumter and Pearl Harbor.

It became the war of the 'United States' when Lincoln drafted unwilling soldiers fto fight on the behalf of the Federals.

You might want to tone that claim down. A far larger percentage of confederate soldiers were conscripted or forced to remain in the army for the duration of the war than were Union soldiers.

That did not happen in Virginia, where Virgina's sons willingly came to her defense, unlike today's citizenry.

Right.