I've always been of the opinion that if states joined the Union voluntarily,
they should be allowed to leave it voluntarily. I'm not a Lincoln admirer. He
invaded the South and started a war that killed nearly a million men. My
grandmother absolutely hated him. Just go to Gettysburg and around sunset stand
on the hill overlooking where Picket's charge got slaughtered. If you know the
history of the Civil War, I guarantee you that you'll have tears in your eyes.
There were over 51,000 casualties in that one battle. More of us Murkins were
killed in the War of Northern Invasion than in WW1 and WW2 combined.
Walt
--
"Anything more than 500 yards from
the car just isn't photogenic." --
Edward Weston
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From: "Scott Peden" <scotpeden@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
> Except that Grant won by using terrorist tactics that were beyond
> gentlemanly, he waged a war on the population, not on the armies.
>
> He who wins the wars writes the histories that get taught to the future
> generations. Should the North have lost their bid to physically enforce the
> southern states to return to the Union of States, and do as the new
> industrialized leaders wanted, the history would not have painted Grant so
> nice.
>
> Honestly, wars like this (well, any war) should only be written by impartial
> observers, but then few will read them as no one side is glorious and all
> parts of war then suck.
> That's the picture I see, but then again I got to listen to my great uncles
> rendition of their recollections of the Civil War, the three youngest were
> still alive after the Second WW was over and a genealogist recorded their
> recollections for future generations education, my Uncle who has the 78 RPM
> records stopped the project as they didn't sound like they were supporting
> what he wanted to hear. Yes, they were Yanks, went on in the latter part of
> the War as bounty soldiers (My uncle is a Korean War Vet, the only family
> member that went into Korea and returned alive, except my Dad who was on a
> anti aircraft cruiser off the coast and didn't see any action) but they just
> hated the Bankers and industrialists that were running the northern
> politicians.
>
> Here I am rambling as I am trying to clean out my inbox.
>
> Scott
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Walt Wayman
> Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2007 4:50 PM
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [OM] Re: E-series quality problems
>
> I'm a devoted, dedicated and loyal Confederate, a distant relative of Gen.
> Nathan Bedford Forrest, and my great grandfather wore the grey, and I've got
> his 1861 Colt pistol, but I've long been an admirer of Ulysses S. Grant. I
> just finished reading another biography, "Grant," by William S. McFeely.
> Gen. Robert E. Lee was a more genteel and honorable man, but Grant came in a
> close second, except for the fact his bunch won the war.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Bedford_Forrest
>
> Walt
>
> --
> "Anything more than 500 yards from
> the car just isn't photogenic." --
> Edward Weston
>
>
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> >
> > Reminds me about those who complained to Lincoln about Grant's drinking.
> > He asked what brand Grant was drinking, so he could send a case to each
> > of his other generals.
> >
> > Moose
> >
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