Originally Posted by hillbillybear
Originally Posted by Bristoe
The problem America has today is that our entire society is being intentionally demonized and corrupted. The conditions in America prior to the civil war makes for an easy target and those who are contaminating our country with their extreme leftist ideology are using that history to expedite their agenda.

This is *ONLY* possible because the Civil War destroyed the individual sovereigntny of the states and put us under the thumb of a central power.




The Marxists are doing their best to hang us and we are helping to knot the rope.


Brother, you are not kidding! They, never, ever disengage, either.

Another book about the Civil War I've enjoyed is "Mary Chesnut's Civil War," edited by C. Vann Woodward, Yale University Press, © 1981. Mary Chestnut is very well educated and highly articulate. This is complied from the many years daily diary of Mary Chestnut, a South Carolinian lady from an old, prestigious southern family, a plantation owner and slave owner.

It's a day-to-day observation by Chestnut, whose husband, James Chestnut, was a well known, influential politician, very high up in the Confederate Administration. Mary and James knew many of the very heavy hitters, including high level generals and colonels, southern senators, congressmen, governors, etc. She noted from her perspective the beginning of the War, its horrendous course, and its tragic ending.

It's a very interesting read of the era, from the perspective of one who was there.

L.W.




"Always go straight forward, and if you meet the devil, cut him in two and go between the pieces." (William Sturgis, clipper ship captain, 1830s.)