[Non-Sequitur]

The movie Ride With The Devil, about the border wars around Missouri and Illinois has some lines that explain the whole sorry mess very well.

Watch it, Heyworth. Can quotes from "Gone With The Wind" or "Gods and Generals" be far behind?

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Good morning.
"Can quotes from "Gone With The Wind" or "Gods and Generals" be far behind?"

I haven't seen Gone With The Wind since I was a little kid. It must have been boring to me since the only thing I remember is the burning of Atlanta.

I'm continually amazed that a leftist lunatic like Ted Turner can produce excellent works like Gettysburg and Gods And Generals. Somehow the tragedy of the war for all sides came through without too much rancor. The novel Killer Angels, which provided the basis for Gettysburg was good too.

I have to admit that to Heyworth that I was mistaken about Ride With The Devil. The fighting mostly between Missouri and Kansas, not Illinois.

I've read stuff here that claims some FReepers say the Yankee sympathizers had it coming. Most people I know understand that the cruelty on the border came from both sides, fed by people whose homes had been burned and whose loved ones had been murdered by the other side. In fact, most of the people I've been exposed to who view the Civil War in absolutes are the South haters.

Michael Frazier