Posted on 10/12/2012 11:00:08 AM PDT by BigReb555
America mourned the death of Gen. Robert E. Lee on Wednesday, October 12, 1870 and Friday, October 12th marks the 142nd anniversary of his death.
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Better check your history. Uh. Correction. Better check history Books.
Well done.
It's an interesting book, albeit hard to read. Martial law was declared and habeas corpus was suspended throughout much of the war and in all corners of the Confederacy. Men like General Hindman abused the powers throughout the areas they were in charge of. Local authorities in the form of Habeas Corpus Commissioners operated at will, and often used their authority to retaliate against business and political opponents. Very little control was exercised from Richmond, and it might be that there was little interest in doing so.
It is, of course, entirely possible that the commissioners you mention often operated without congressional authorization.
There is no doubt that you are correct to some extent. Original authority did come from Richmond, and little or no attempt was made by the Davis government to safeguard the population from their excesses.
I was curious as to what you based your opinion on. I think you've answered that.
As I’ve said many times, the rebels were out numbered 4 to one and the union had an endless supply of immigrants to enslave...I mean, enscript...and they brag ab kicking reb butt? Lol. How pathetic.
I know of no one who claims that the north held the moral high ground in absolute terms but (until now) never met anyone who didn’t acknowledge that they held more of the moral high ground than the slavers.
Interesting and telling.
Well, bless your little heart!
I see no one here “bragging ab(sic) kicking reb butt” and have seen more than a few offering a tip of the hat to the competence and ferocity of the rebel fighters.
I suppose I should apologize for interrupting your fantasies by asking you to explain yourself. I promise I won’t do it again.
Well, Bless your little pea-picking heart!! Thank you.
The number of times you might have said it does not constitute evidence that it is true.
According to the American Research Data Base there were 2,822,689 soldiers in the Union armed forces. The Confederate figures show 1,435,623 combatants.
Or just about 2:1. It should be noted these are estimates, as the records, particularly on the CSA side, are incomplete.
http://www.civil-war-journeys.org/the_civil_war_at_a_glance.htm#How many soldiers served in the Union and Confederate armies
the union had an endless supply of immigrants to enslave...I mean, enscript..
You're not doing too well tonight.
Percentage of foreign-born males of military age in the Union states: 30%. Percentage of foreign-born soldiers in the Union armies: 25%.
I would honor Colonel Lee, for his service to the Unites States, but that his acts of treason seem to obscure them.
The south went to war to further and extend the institution of Human slavery, and the rapes, and kidnappings, and child abuse that that that institution required and supported. Slavery was “The Cause” for the south. For the United States, it was about whether a small minority of slave owners should be permitted to destroy the Union. And the answer was no, they couldn’t. Colonel Lee resigned his commission in the US Army. His service before that was exemplary. His service to the insurrection were horrific, and he destroyed the deluded men who served in the pretended Army of Northern Virginia, murdering many as ‘deserters’ to that illegitimate and pretended organization.
Davis did everything he could to permit excesses by the pretended southern national government. Per their written constitution, there should have been a counterpart to the Supreme Court. Davis never appointed anyone to that body, so their were no legal restraints on the southern government.
It was common for southern officers to use US uniforms on reconnaissance. That was how Jackson got shot by his own men.
As you see, many things can be spun into sounding evil. It doesn't make them true.
I agree with Grant, that the war could not have been won by the US without the services of over 40 regiments of southern men who fought for the US.
General Thomas, from Virginia, in particular gave stellar service. By contrast, Pendleton, from Pennsylvania was henpecked by his wife into supporting the south, and he was aware that he was under suspicion, so refused to leave Vicksburg to strike against Grants inferior forces until it was far too late.
After the fall of Vicksburg, “The Cause” was so discredited that Grant didn’t even hold the prisoners, giving them parole and sending them home.
Difference: Washington won. That is the only exception to the general fact that insurrection is treason.
So had the south been victorious, you wouldn’t consider the actions of General Lee to be “treason?”
Moot. They lost, in part thanks to 40 regiments of southern men who fought for the US.
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