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But the 'southern wipe out' is BS.

That's fair. But don't minimize what it was either. I sure as hell wouldn't have wanted to be some woman with a couple of kids out on an isolated farm while the husband was off with the Union Army in Virginia. It was a tramatic time for those people.

143 posted on 02/07/2005 4:00:46 PM PST by Ditto ( No trees were killed in sending this message, but billions of electrons were inconvenienced.)

Yep, 400 confirmed deaths in all of Minnesota [ best count by Satterlee, a historian of the day] is still a goodly bit.
But the 'southern wipe out' is BS.

That's fair. But don't minimize what it was either.

I didn't.

I sure as hell wouldn't have wanted to be some woman with a couple of kids out on an isolated farm while the husband was off with the Union Army in Virginia. It was a tramatic time for those people.

Gee, no kidding? Who would have figured if you hadn't mentioned it.. Got any other pearls of wisdom for us all?

145 posted on 02/07/2005 4:18:29 PM PST by jonestown ( Those who give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither --- Ben F.)