Posted on 01/19/2006 11:20:56 AM PST by sheltonmac
When is George Thomas' birthday? He was the most consistently successful of any major Union field commander, but then I am prejudiced being a Virginian.
Sure...you might notice that the day goes practically uncelebrated or unnoticed in our state. Much to my dismay.
I however am flying my flag :)
Typical ignorant statement, from a typical ignorant Yankee.
Sherman....one of the greatest I agree
Typical ignorant statement, from a typical ignorant Yankee.
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Don't kid yourself. There were plenty of mostly poor white Southerners who did not want to fight to maintain the southern aristocracy.
Hardly. The generals of the Confederacy came closer to upholding the ideals of the U.S. Constitution than most of those following the Unionist dictator.
I would not presume to claim to know which most of the founding fathers would have joined alongside. But we do know which was raised by Revolutionary War hero *Lighthorse Harry* Lee.
Every constitution, then, and every law, naturally expires at the end of 19 years. If it be enforced longer, it is an act of force, and not of right.
--Thomas Jefferson
No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.
Any people whatsoever have the right to abolish the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better.
This is a most valuable, a most sacred right.'
--Abraham Lincoln; 1848
Though I disagree with the southern cause, I hold Lee in very high esteem. He was a rare and wonderful man. I'm so pleased I have a son who shares his birthdate today!
Read my posts. Andrew Jackson threatened to invade South Carolinia for the treasonous act of secession. Central Texas (the hill country) and Eastern Tennessee provided more troops to the Union than to the confederacy.
Born on July 31, 1816, in Southampton County, Virginia.
Happy birthday to your son! My youngest is 2 today.
Andrew Jackson threatened to invade South Carolinia for the treasonous act of secession. Central Texas (the hill country) and Eastern Tennessee provided more troops to the Union than to the confederacy.
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Well known facts. Poor southern whites understood that the war was being waged by the rich planters (with many exemptions) and the poor were fighting it. It's a complex issue but glorifying the Confederacy and its supporters both in the North and Sought makes no sense.
Awwwwww, a sweet 2 year old! Mine is 24....does that mean I'm getting old? I hope not! Lol! Happy birthday to yours as well!
I did not know today was Confederate Heroes Day. That would explain the flags being at half-staff. Thanks for clearing that up for me. It always makes me happy when the Glorious Cause in the War of Northern Aggression is remembered.
And here we go...
None of us is old - conservatives only "mature." :-).
*spit* NOT likely...
That is WHY he was successful! (Because he WAS a Virginian)
:)
That is WHY he was successful! (Because he WAS a Virginian)
:)
If it weren't for the traitors to the crown in the 18th century who took us to war over manufactured causes, there would have BEEN no Civil War as Slavery would have already have been ended, and the Northern Electoral Bloc could not have cut the South out of the ability to have any say in the choosing of the President.
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