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To: FLT-bird
As I understand it, New Orleans was becoming a much bigger deal by 1860.

LOL. Yep, in another 30 years, it might have been as big as Boston.. New York… not a friggen chance in hell.

You Neo Confederates are a hoot.

158 posted on 03/18/2026 5:21:35 PM PDT by Ditto
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To: Ditto

Thank you for posting that map. It shows how much money the North was getting from the South. It shows why there was a war to keep the Southern states under Northern control.

160 posted on 03/19/2026 6:48:27 AM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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