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Being a general, Lee wasn't considered a soldier?

That photo was after the war and I’m pretty sure those were his sons who were also Confederate generals in their own right.

Actually, post Civl War in the United States is pretty unique in that you would see both sides work toward commending the enemy as best that they could after such a long and hard war. It is one of the reasons you'll find enemy monuments inside enemy territory throughout the country. You'll even find streets named after enemy officers inside enemy territory. It was something both sides worked toward so we could reunite and move forward.

The idea that the south was evil and deserving of no recognition is part of revisionist history and not the fault of the victors of our Civil War.

Pretty neat pictures. Really makes it look different in color. But I caught one error near the end. I doubt the surrender at the Appomattox courthouse was on April 9'th, 1965.

Thank you.

The pictures sort of personalize the men who fought. Many were just kids. It was a hard fought conflict for both sides.

Almost all the pictures are of traitors and their President.

Some people still haven’t gotten over the war. Nothing would have been any better had the south won, can you imagine carpetbaggers heading north to plunder?

And this is coming from a northerner who has ancestors buried at Missionary Ridge and the Battle of the Wilderness.
I wish your side had won.

So you saying the United States we be much better if the Southern states were not a part of it.

Way cool 👍

I had a 16 year old family member who fought and died. He's buried in a mass grave somewhere, nobody knows where. His name is carved on the side of a headstone for another family vet who did come home. One was Union, one was Confederate, I don't know which was which.

Incredible story.

Thanks for sharing.

The south would be better off anyway. The north well being a foreign country I wouldn’t worry about it much. Kinda like Ukraine and Israel.

I appreciate that Jeff. I have ancestors buried at Vicksburg and Kennesaw Mountain.

I’m not answering for Jeff but in my opinion the south would be better off anyway I’m not sure about the north.

I’ll be among the first to say that Lincoln forced an unjust war on the Southern states.
But to classify those brave fellows who fought for a national union as traitors is going way too damn far for me.
I consider the remark to be idiotic.
Reon

Had the south won the war what would the inflation rate be for purchasing another human being?

Exactly. Slavery made the confederacy just one more society in history that needed to go away, like the Vikings, mongols, commanches, and so on

Not one fat man in that collection of photos.