[Homer_J_Simpson]

I have an early dentist appointment tomorrow so I’m getting a jump on my posting.

Hang Out your Banners: Union Victory! Peace! – 2-3
The Victory: Thanks to God, the Giver of Victory – 3-6
News from Washington– 6
Editorial: Peace! The Surrender of Gen. Lee – The End of the Great Rebellion – 6-7
Editorial: Harmony Among the Generals of the Army – 7
The Amendment Abolishing Slavery – 7
Secretary Seward – 7-8
John Bull’s Obstinacy and Stupidity – 8
A Rebel Ex-Congressman in Search of Peace – 8

[BrexitBen]

Now that you’ve reached the end of The New York Times cheerleading for an unnecessary, bloody slaughter in the 1860s, you can now move on to World War One.

The New York Times was extremely excited about lying to the populace about why that insane conflict needed U.S. involvement.

Mountains of New York Times ink is available on that as well.

[nathanbedford]

So there is nothing left now for my great-grandfather and great uncle and assorted ancestors who found themselves starved, exhausted, beaten and surrendered at Appomattox but to make their way the hundred miles to home and take up responsibilities of law-abiding, if reluctant, United States citizens, all as admonished by their General, Robert E Lee. There they would mourn their dead and thank God for their survival, miraculous considering the perils of their service, and, toward the end of the century, they would erect monuments in honor of their dead comrades and of the campaigns they waged against great odds. One can argue that America has produced many great generations but these men stand shoulder to shoulder with the founding patriots and the "greatest generation" of the Second World War. I repudiate every fashionable modern tendency to demean their character or their devotion.

[Pikachu_Dad]

Thank you.

And thank you General Custer for cutting off Lee’s army !

[Stosh]

One thing that’s interesting is that individuals who had taken up arms against the federal authority back then were treated with more dignity than a bunch of civilians who had the temerity to wander around unapproved inside the Capital building a few years ago.