>>Kalamata wrote: “Acts-of-war are acts-of-war, Joey. Major Anderson’s dumb move was the first. The second was when Buchanan ordered the reinforcement and resupply of the Fort”
>>BroJoeK wrote: “Right, Danny-child, you insane Democrats, then as now, were calling every defense of America “illegal”, “impeachable”, “acts of war”, etc., etc. When it comes to hating America, Democrats were just as rabid in 1860 as you are today.”
You are such a Drama Queen, Joey! Lincolnites (e.g., big-government progressives) tend to downplay the fact that about 350,000 United States Soldiers died during Lincoln’s war, as well as about 300,000 Confederate Soldiers (who are also U.S. Military Veterans;) along with tens of thousands, perhaps hundreds of thousands of civilians, which included tens of thousands of blacks. Lincoln really wanted those taxes.
Mr. Kalamata
(who are also U.S. Military Veterans;)
No, they are not veterans of the armed forces of the United States.
They are entitled to a VA provided head stone, which is not the same head stone provided to U.S. veterans.
In 1958, surviving widows of Confederate veterans became entitled to a pension based on their husbands service in the Confederate Army or Navy.
Neither of these actions make Confederate soldiers U.S. Veterans.