Originally Posted by
HKGuns
All of my known ancestors fought for the North and my G-Grandfather died as a Cavalryman in Sherman’s March to the Sea acting as a rear guard defending a Union withdrawal.
The Civil War was more about States rights than the single issue of slavery. Lincoln made it about slavery. The more I read about him, the less I like him.
Don’t believe me? Read some Jefferson Davis quotes. Also, why was he never tried for “Treason?” - Don’t want judicial precedent for secession now do we?
These days I truly wonder which side I would have fought on and if the just side prevailed.
Maybe that’s simply a bit of the Rebel in me rising to the surface…….
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