[LadyX]

What a wonderful presentation of one of my favorite subjects, Mama_Bear!

Like dixie, even though I grew up in Florida, my mother was a South Carolinian and I was 'properly educated' about my forebears and their history and that of this vital Original State.
(I qualify to be both a Daughter of The Revolution and a Daughter of The Confederency.)

As Miss Cuzzin Dixie points out, at the time of the War of Northern Agression, we were not the only state comtemplating secession!

It was masked as "about slavery," but there was that in the North, too - but more importantly, the South had more actual wealth, and was being heavily and unfairly taxed on its productivity to benefit the Nawth...

What did it therefore gain South Carolina to be part of the Union, the North intent upon in effect "redistribute the wealth of South Carolina?"
(Heard of that before??!!)

Far better to "go it alone" to those bearing the unfairly borne financial burdens of heavy taxes only on Southern goods....think about it...

Was out of town until after 3 p.m. - then had to shop and cook dinner, read the thread, and now am settling in to learn how to operate a "newfangled electronic computerized Gizmo" that I must initiate in another hour - - gotta do intensive 'homework.'

{{{{{ Hugs to everyone }}}}}

[WVNan]

Prayers for total recall Sistah. Not easy for us "old...er...recycled...seasoned persons" to learn new-fangled contraptions.

[LadyX]

Dixie spoke of more battles being fought here in South Carolina than any other state.
After General Sherman marched to Savannah and was heading back, he approached this small town where I reside - Barnwell, SC.

There is a beautiful Episcopal Church here, made of lovely cypress, and when the townsfolk heard Sherman was coming through, they took out the stained glass windows and hid them beneath soil in woods away from town.

In fact, Sherman used the church for his stable for his horses, hoofprints still on the wooden floor, and the baptismal font was filled with water for the horses to drink!

I have attended services in it.

Here is the only picture on Google, that does not show the lovely light wood. It recently has been expanded in size.

[Mama_Bear]

Maggie, I was so hoping that you would be able to make it to the thread today. I knew you would have much to offer on this subject, and you never disappoint. :-)

Hugs to you Lady Maggie! Thanks for your insight and contibutions to the Finest.

Good luck mastering that newfangled gizmo, whatever it is. ;-)

[TexasCowboy]

Sadly, the accepted history of the War Between the States was written by Northern historians.
People educated in the North still don't know what it was all about.