Great story. And I am proud that Americans managed to come together after the horrible slaughter to be one nation and let our common foes beware.
Peace be with you and your honorable dead.
I asked my good friend, Linda, who was born and raised in Atlanta, how long it took the south to recover from the Civil War, and she replied, "Subtract 1865 from 2005. . . . That's how long it is taking........."
I don't know if all true southerners feel that way or not.
I was born and raised in Baltimore, but that's not southern enough for me to have an accurate sense of what southerners really feel, still.......to this day.
Char