the wrong side won in 1865
Both sides were wrong in several ways....
I do not have a single male relative who served in Union Blue. Many, many served in the Grey. Two of them entered politics after the war, one of them a Member of Congress and Chairman of the Indian Affairs Committee. The other State Governor and United States Senator. Both lost their fortunes during the war, but both have written that the war was tragic and that the preservation of the Union was a good thing.
Another, a 3d generation descendant of President Thomas Jefferson's family was killed in action in 1863. His family were all loyal to the Lost Cause, but firmly supported the decision ratified by the blood of so many Americans.
I know that these people would not support your view. They learned many bitter lessons and they worked to heal the nation, not divide it in the years following. Let Obama be the America hater, he plays that role so well.
Deo Vindice
Johnny Rebel: (chorus) He was the symbol of those before the gun, who died for what they thought was right in eighteen sixty one.
(Can't remember first line) He left his home in Caroline', his wife and children three, he left them all behind him to march with General Lee.
This is the chorus and some remembered parts from a song a folk duo in my area used to do back in the early 70s. I searched it under 1861, eighteen sixty one, and Johnny Rebel but could not find the lyrics, and memory don't work so good at my age, only bits and pieces come back! If anyone knows it or can find it, I'd like the link, please.
They buried Johnny's body 'neath the weepin' willow tree, but his story still lives on in the land of liberty, 'cause
He was the symbol of those before the gun, who died for what they thought was right in eighteen sixty one.
Ghostdance religion.