[sarasmom]

"Too much of the History of the Civil War has been written by self-serving historians. For example, the myth of Southern culture. No doubt, up to 1800 the Southern had a great intellectual culture. It is unbelievable had rapidly such disappeared and can be tracked by measures like state funding for universities and in numerous other ways. The principle lesson, today, is how rapidly things can change."

Is it so very hard for you to acknowledge the utter devastation the war caused to the Southern states? The rapes, pillage and horrible destruction was of course unimportant to the Northern states ,where it did not occur.I would guess by your posts you think the South should have just shrugged off the ruthless,wanton destruction.So be it.I was thoroughly enjoying this thread untill I came across your vicious "defense of lincoln" posts.

So to you-and those like you, who pick and choose the parts of history you will believe, here is my favorite NATIVE AMERICAN rebuttal.

"Yall get off my lands and take your slaves with you"