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OUR "revolution" against the HATEFUL, MEAN-spirited, sanctimonious, SELF-righteous DAMNyankees was/IS RIGHT.

in 2004, a number of DAMNyankee extremists (NOT at all unlike the arrogant, REVISIONIST, DYs on these WBTS threads, philosophically!!) threatened to have the "blue states" secede from the union.

should that HAPPY incident occur, i've openly said that i would take off work & make a pilgrimage to the new international border to wave, BYE-BYE! (and GOOD RIDDENCE!)

then they could have the sort of LEFTIST, hate-FILLED, socialist,godLESS, "nanny state" that the DAMNyankees seem to want AND we southrons would be: "FREE at last,FREE at last, thank God Almighty, FREE AT LAST!"

free dixie,sw

Brothers (and sisters if you're here). This is what the Civil War wrought on the individuals in this nation a century and a half ago:

Casualties in the Civil War

At least 618,000 Americans died in the Civil War, and some experts say the toll reached 700,000. The number that is most often quoted is 620,000. At any rate, these casualties exceed the nation's loss in all its other wars, from the Revolution through Vietnam. The Union armies had from 2,500,000 to 2,750,000 men. Their losses, by the best estimates:

Battle deaths: 110,070

Disease, etc.: 250,152

Total 360,222

The Confederate strength, known less accurately because of missing records, was from 750,000 to 1,250,000. Its estimated losses:

Battle deaths: 94,000

Disease, etc.: 164,000

Total 258,000

The leading authority on casualties of the war, Thomas L. Livermore, admitting the handicap of poor records in some cases, studied 48 of the war's battles and concluded:

Of every 1,000 Federals in battle, 112 were wounded.

Of every 1,000 Confederates, 150 were hit.

Mortality was greater among Confederate wounded, because of inferior medical service. The great battles, in terms of their toll in dead, wounded, and missing is listed on this site:

http://www.civilwarhome.com/Battles.htm

I've bitched, pissed, wailed and moaned about the cost of that war. Is anyone even remotely with me on that?