What message does taking all the statues down send to the descendants of the brave men?
That they were bad men?
They weren’t. That’s why this is SO WRONG!
The north was so noble that 300 bucks could buy you out of the war and Irish guys escaping famine were sent from the ships to the battlefield to fight a war they knew nothing about.
That was real noble of the north /s
Just because this is where most of us Italians stayed (northeast) and just because I can’t take weather above 70 doesn’t mean I’m not a southerner at heart!
I have old letters written by Confederate soldier ancestors and they comment upon this. They honestly thought they were fighting Hessians again, just as their grandfathers and great grandfathers had in the Revolution. They pitied them, being marched right into the line of fire. Cannon fodder.
Your common sense, insight and kindness are refreshing!....Thanks!