I liked the part best about Lee. It's true. If Lee had listened to good advice, then the south probably would've continued it's string of victories and could've prevailed in that war.
But god had his hand on us then, that day and determined that the south would lose that day. I honor those in traversed that field under General Pickett. I have no respect for those Americans who don't. I feel the same way about Lee.
I am descendent from those who fought on both sides, although mostly from those who fought for the north. Regardless, real americans honor both sides.
Some people believe that because the south allowed slavery think that they were somehow bad guys. The north allowed slavery until 1820. They're not bad guys.
George Washington, Lincon and MLK counseled us as a people to work hard at binding ourselves together. Lincoln's wife was a southerner and he counseled immediate forgiveness. Real Americans follow his advice.
Some sour people in the northeast wish the south weren't even in the US, that's how bigoted they are. I much prefer living in the south. I live in AZ and very much like the fact that some NE elite consider it a redneck state even though we weren't even in the US at the time of war. US Army that was in AZ served for union side, they call us a redneck state because some southerners live here. It is a big compliment that we made redneck status in their minds.
A lot of us in the South feel the same way!
Nebraska elite? I don't think so.....
Or were you referring to Johnny Carson, Dick Cavet, Bob Kerry, Gerald Ford etc?
What is the north anyway? I live in Colorado, and couldn't imagine living anywhere else.
People often forget that Lincoln himself was a southerner before moving to Illinois, born in Kentucky.
Some League of the South/Southern Independence Party types won't agree. Thankfully, they are only a minority. But for some people, saying that the rebels weren't the bad guys is only the first step on the way to making the union or the Yankees the bad guys.
Some sour people in the northeast wish the south weren't even in the US, that's how bigoted they are.
That's much more of a class or elite or ideological thing. I doubt you'd hear much talk of that apart from liberal activists and Democrat contributors There are plenty of country music or NASCAR fans in the Northeast. A lot of them even identify more with the South than with their own part of the country.
Ummm - categorically false.
Slavery was legal in the Union during the war and well after it.
The EP declared freedom for slaves in some areas of the South, but not all. I recommend you read the actual text. It is enlightening to many.
Regards,
GEN U.S. Grant held HIS slaves until 1866 (june 10th,if i remember correctly!). damnyankees are nothing if not the world's greatest hypocrytes!
TWBTS was about just ONE main cause = FREEDOM for dixie.
free the southland,sw
The South lost the war when Stonewall Jackson died.