Confederate flag flies again..

desertstriker · 08-11-13, 10:43 AM

of a little from the current discussion trend but my 2 cents
My opinion is an unpopular one to say the least. and even though i am a yankee (live in ohio) my family fought on both sides and i proudly display both flags stars and stripes on top stars and bars on the bottom why the heritage. at first the simpletons would accuse me of being racist then saying i condoned slavery you know the whole shabang. finally i got the neighborhood educated enough that they have no probleme with it and infact send their children to borrow from my civil war library for papers but i do get the accasional knock at the door by another simpleton that isn't local who decided to take offense.
Edit forgot to mention state rights which many felt where being trampled on by the north but that is another subject that will take to much time. to discuss

Now there were many reasons for the civil war. much of it as with any war was econamics. slavery is claimed often by those who do not understand what actually happened during during the war and during some battles and after. even president Lincon made some contrary decisions about the treatment of slaves; some captured slaves where assigned to the northern units as "pillage" and "tactical assets" but this was as much to keep them from returning to their masters and being sent back to the lines. but to the average person yeah the war was about slavery and the politicians knew this and used it for propaganda.

anyways done with my 2 cents.

08-11-13, 10:43 AM	#11
desertstriker Eternal Patrol Join Date: May 2012 Location: mod soup bar and grill Posts: 1,756 Downloads: 998 Uploads: 0	of a little from the current discussion trend but my 2 cents My opinion is an unpopular one to say the least. and even though i am a yankee (live in ohio) my family fought on both sides and i proudly display both flags stars and stripes on top stars and bars on the bottom why the heritage. at first the simpletons would accuse me of being racist then saying i condoned slavery you know the whole shabang. finally i got the neighborhood educated enough that they have no probleme with it and infact send their children to borrow from my civil war library for papers but i do get the accasional knock at the door by another simpleton that isn't local who decided to take offense. Edit forgot to mention state rights which many felt where being trampled on by the north but that is another subject that will take to much time. to discuss Now there were many reasons for the civil war. much of it as with any war was econamics. slavery is claimed often by those who do not understand what actually happened during during the war and during some battles and after. even president Lincon made some contrary decisions about the treatment of slaves; some captured slaves where assigned to the northern units as "pillage" and "tactical assets" but this was as much to keep them from returning to their masters and being sent back to the lines. but to the average person yeah the war was about slavery and the politicians knew this and used it for propaganda. anyways done with my 2 cents.