A “Civil War” Lesson for the Uneducated
- Thread starter Big Sleazy
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If you wish to consider his opinion as legitimate with this conclusion, go ahead.....
Also funny that he decided to not include the link to secession documents that implicated slavery, not the tariff, as the reason for Southern secession.
PS you're welcome
Also funny that he decided to not include the link to secession documents that implicated slavery, not the tariff, as the reason for Southern secession.
Oooh! The American Civil War! As if there'd never been any other, and forgetting the battles of the English Civil War were mirrored and echoed by fighting in its American colonies.
And as if us Canucks should care which version of the history one American is trying to foist on the rest of his fellow citizens. Wake me when he gets to his promised fables about the World Wars they tried to ignore as long as they could.
But if it's just another anti-progress, racist whine that only proves there's always another resentful self-anointed victim of the uncaring majority to be heard from, don't bother.
And as if us Canucks should care which version of the history one American is trying to foist on the rest of his fellow citizens. Wake me when he gets to his promised fables about the World Wars they tried to ignore as long as they could.
But if it's just another anti-progress, racist whine that only proves there's always another resentful self-anointed victim of the uncaring majority to be heard from, don't bother.
J
jazzbox
Let's not forget The European Civil War, better known as The Thirty Years War.
That one was about breaking the power of the Catholic Church and The Holy Roman Empire. Nothing in the Puritan and American Civil War matched it in terms of epic slaughter.
That one was about breaking the power of the Catholic Church and The Holy Roman Empire. Nothing in the Puritan and American Civil War matched it in terms of epic slaughter.
Like most of history it is more complex than it is made out to be, and that includes the comments by Paul C. Roberts, where he seemingly views causes of the war as an either or matter.
As to whether Canadians should care. It is interesting that although the Imperial Government mildly favored the Confederacy, Canadians quite clearly favored the Union, indeed a not insignificant number joined the Union Army.
As to whether Canadians should care. It is interesting that although the Imperial Government mildly favored the Confederacy, Canadians quite clearly favored the Union, indeed a not insignificant number joined the Union Army.
I remember being told this fact in detail by a Union Army reenactor about 20 years ago. Every bored farm boy and apprentice in trouble with his boss must have scraped up the cost of rail fare to Buffalo and headed out for "adventure".
