[Non-Sequitur]

Some of them go off the deep end, it's true. Anyone who has read a stand watie post when he is in full, mouth-foaming mode (which is just about all the time, come to think about it) knows that. But still, I think we can disagree on the cause that they fought for but still accept that most of those who fought for it did so honestly believing that they were right. Walt, my respect for you is immense but we have to agree to disagree on this one. Just like we agree to disagree on marines vs. Navy.

[WhiskeyPapa]

Walt, my respect for you is immense but we have to agree to disagree on this one. Just like we agree to disagree on marines vs. Navy.

You mean Marines vs. navy. ;-)

Perhaps the worst part of the whole neo-reb phenomenon is the way that President Lincoln and General Sherman and the loyal Union men are vilified on FR, on newsgroups and websites. The League of the South website used to have a "humor" link that would take you to a website idealizing John Wilkes Booth.

Have I said anything worse --or untrue-- about Stuart than you read here about President Lincoln almost every day?

Walt

[Heyworth]

But still, I think we can disagree on the cause that they fought for but still accept that most of those who fought for it did so honestly believing that they were right

And John Walker Lindh honestly believed in the righteousness of his cause, too. What do you call it when an officer of the United States Army resigns, then joins an army fighting against the United States Army? Honor? Or treason?