[Scott Mahrle]

Good to set the story straight about the flag. But for Mr. Winbush to say he would have fought alongside his grandfather strikes me as offensive, knowing what he knows now. Would he prefer the Confederacy had won the war? It is a fact that the war ended the immoral practice of slavery. And though some slaves were content with their conditions, this does not excuse the practice.

[4CJ]

But for Mr. Winbush to say he would have fought alongside his grandfather strikes me as offensive, knowing what he knows now. Would he prefer the Confederacy had won the war?

Considering that Mr. Winbush states that his grandfather fought for the Confederacy and 'had plenty of chances to make a break for freedom, but never did', and that he [Mr. Winbush] 'would shudder to think what would happen if somebody tried to do something to this particular flag' [that draped his grandfather's coffin], I would guess that he does not consider the Confederacy offensive.

Regarding your latter comment, I would think that his statements would answer that, but only Mr. Winbush could answer for certain.

[dwills]

thanks for injecting some sanity into this thread

the rebs were not American heroes

[flying Elvis]

Human nature being what it is, there's always someone who wants to go against the tide. Last summer I worked at a national park where we had kids from the local junior high schools help us as volunteers. We had both Union and Confederate uniforms to supply the kids, and to avoid any controversy we allowed the kids to choose which uniforms they would wear. Being in the South, most of the white kids chose Confederate. All of the black kids chose Union uniforms except for one. That young man could not wait to get into a Confederate uniform and was very proud of it. So my guess is, that a small number slaves or freedmen went against the prevailing view among their race and sided with the Confederacy during the Civil War. I'm not basing this on any sources other than my observations of human nature.

[Armed Civilian]

You have learned at the knee of revisionist history, not at the knee of those who fought.

[Leatherneck_MT]

Because you like most yankees, don't understand that the war had nothing to do with Slavery. It was States Rights and states Rights alone that caused that war.

I'm offended that you are offended, now we can all be offended together.

Good god get a life and grow the hell up.

[Leatherneck_MT]

Because you like most yankees, don't understand that the war had nothing to do with Slavery. It was States Rights and states Rights alone that caused that war.

I'm offended that you are offended, now we can all be offended together.

Good god get a life and grow the hell up.

[stand watie]

i KNOW Nelson. and YES, he/we, wish that the CSA had won his/our LIBERTY from the hatefilled, arrogant, racebaiting LIBs & REVISIONISTS out of the northeast.

free dixie,sw