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You are correct that Virginia had many mumpguws, and they were not all pro-secession. It should be recalled, however, that Lincoln did not just want to end slavery (though he even waffled on that) he wanted to seize the properties of slave owners (at least the large plantations). That was the rallying cry for the secessionist leaders, such as Breckinridge: they're not just freeing the slaves; they're coming for your land, livelihood, etc. So that probably motivated RE Lee and the rest.Im sure Virginians still revere Granny Lee not sure of the rest of the South. And a Jefferson Davis monument remains in Richmond, doesn't it? Even southern boys should detest that mountebank that was my point. Reading the fine print of the CW (instead of the nostalgic memories), one soon notes it was mostly about materiel and the South's lack thereof (rifles, ammo, rations, etc). Davis made all sorts of of bogus claims he could not back up. They had some artillery, but were way outgunned (excepting the springfields they stole from union dead). Once the Union had their repeater-rifles (Henry's IIRC early Winchesters, more or less ) and big guns it was a turkey shoot except maybe when the South fought rebel style.
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(VISITOR) AUTHOR'S NAME
Harry
MESSAGE TIMESTAMP
19 december 2014, 19:07:13
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