[Ursus arctos horribilis]

If any is interested in the civil war, here is link to collection of old "Confederate Veteran Magazine" issues. Some great articles from those who were there.

http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ga/topic/military/CivilWar/confvetmagazine.htm

Also an interesting letter from General W. T. Sherman to his brother in 1862. Seems the idea of ethnic cleansing is not a new one.

http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ga/topic/military/CivilWar/shermanscheme.htm

[stainlessbanner]

Sherman, Grant, and Abe liked the colonization idea for Southerners (black, white, or Cherokee/Seminole)

[Colonel Kangaroo]

Interesting quote from General Gordon in the 1896 Confederate Veteran Magazine:

"The decision made by the arbitrament of war was that slavery should no longer exist, that the right of a State to secede should no more be asserted; that there should be on this continent the one great republic and one flag over all forever. But the question of which side was right in the conflict was not settled. No result on the field of battle can ever settle a question of right, and I can no more consent to deny my children the privilege of believing that their father was right than I can consent to write dishonor in my mother's dust."

Too bad General Gordon didn't have Free Republic in 1896 or he would have known that the Civil War wasn't about slavery at all!