[dixierat22]

That may be. The fact is that most of the men who made up the Confederate Army were, in their minds at least, fighting for the independence of the South from the Union.

The major travesty of the war is that 600,00+ Americans died.

[stand watie]

the actual number is about 1,000,000 dead.

there were about 400,000 civilan casualties, mnostly caused by the damnyankees!

free dixie,sw

[Agnes Heep]

The major travesty of the war is that 600,00+ Americans died.

We may not be perfect, but we always try to right our wrongs, even at such horrific cost.