Illbay, you seem to also be dwelling on the secession as unlawful, illegal, immoral, distasteful or whatever...so was it unlawful, illegal and immoral for our common forefathers to "seceed" from England in the 1700s? I believe even Abe Lincoln himself said something to the effect that when a people find their government has become oppressive and tyrannical, it's their "duty" to throw off the shackle. Something to that effect.
Guys, there have been millions of Southerners born since the end of the institution of slavery...it's NOT part of MY Southern heritage, or that of any other Southerner drawing breath today. But old prejudices die hard, don't they? I guess you Northerners still think we don't pave our roads, walk around barefoot, are toothless and illiterate, have never heard of refrigeration or air conditioning, or electricity for that matter, and that the Reconstruction-era military occupation should still be in effect. So if the South is so damn awful, Illbay, why don't you take I-10 to Mobile, hop on I-65, and don't stop until you're somewhere north of Indianapolis?
This is all I'm saying on the matter. It's obvious we'll never see eye to eye on the subject of Southern heritage, so why belabor the point? I'll say good-bye and look for y'all's ignorant and misinformed posts the next time someone posts a positive article about the South.
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
Anyone who admits that an attempt to establish a nation based on human slavery is at the bottom of the CSA's motives any will get no complaint from me.
It's the lies that grate on me.
Walt
Don't pervert the readily available record.
That is the point.
Walt