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To: Lattero

This “more through” NY times piece is just that....a piece of pure garbage. Although the story is mostly true, the author goes into “la la land” to tell the story as if he were there.

Read the article closely and you will find absolute bias against the confederates and pure love for the traitors...and that was exactly what they were.....TRAITORS!

In his article you would think he was actually at the battle.

(...A trigger-happy Confederate fired a rifle shot that shattered the summer night stillness. One of the watchmen crumpled dead into the dry grass and caliche soil.)

He even cites two remarkable incidents: One was the fact that he knew of a “trigger happy confederate” that was too quick on the trigger during the initial face to face conflict. The other was that the “trigger happy” shooter shot the man on the banks of the Nueces river and the man fell dead on the caliche ground.

Well, for you that don’t know the territory, the banks of the river are not caliche, they are limestone!

So much with this “Yankee” author’s detailed and non-biased story.


9 posted on 08/14/2012 4:40:45 AM PDT by DH (Once the tainted finger of government touches anything the rot begins)
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To: DH

Wait a second. These guys who just wanted to farm their land and raise their families were “traitors” because they wouldn’t join the Confederacy??? Explain the logic behind that, if you would, please?


10 posted on 08/14/2012 5:34:48 AM PDT by IronJack (=)
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To: DH; Cletus.D.Yokel
Read the article closely and you will find absolute bias against the confederates and pure love for the traitors...and that was exactly what they were.....TRAITORS!

These immigrants never pledged allegiance to the Confederacy. So in no way can they be considered traitors. To claim so is to use the same manipulative tactics our current administration uses against us.

12 posted on 08/14/2012 7:20:42 AM PDT by bcsco (Bourbon gets better with age...I age better with Bourbon.)
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