Congratulations!!! We wish well on your career path with much health and many successes!!! ...   Mon Feb 14th, 2011 12:41 am

Mark, Excellent idea!!!.....I think the point of the 150th Celebrations is to instill pride among ALL Americans.....not cause divisions amongst us. I would support your idea!! ...   Fri Feb 11th, 2011 12:03 pm

I know that this will open terrible controversy, and I hope that the discussion is civil. By no means do I intend disrespect to anyone......However, ...   Fri Feb 11th, 2011 03:13 am

In my opinion, I see nothing leinient in Reconstruction. For example, Gov. Parson Brownlow in Tennessee...... ...   Thu Jan 27th, 2011 03:29 am

Wardenerd, Well said!!!! ...   Wed Jan 26th, 2011 11:30 pm

Hank, Thanks!!!....I don't recall how Hawaii came in either..... ...   Mon Jan 24th, 2011 10:32 pm

So, in the end, no state or territory was ever given the choice but to be part of the Union; be it as a territory ...   Mon Jan 24th, 2011 06:35 pm

Thank you, Javal!!!! Hope all is well with you!! ...   Mon Jan 24th, 2011 01:41 pm

For the sake of discussion, I'll momentarily forego (until you respond, in which case I'll most likely see your point and agree!) that the latter ...   Mon Jan 24th, 2011 03:33 am

When you say "granted statehood", does that mean after they had applied for statehood? However, under Manifest Destiny, no territory, parcel of land, etc. would ever ...   Mon Jan 24th, 2011 02:52 am

Forgive my ignorance, but I thought territories had to apply for statehood...... ...   Sun Jan 23rd, 2011 08:40 pm

9Bama, you bet.....I agree with you 100%!!!!.....It's the governments and a few "hot-heads" that ruin the peace of a nation and a people...... ...   Sun Jan 23rd, 2011 03:38 am

Excellent point, Hellcat!! Even Gen. Sherman didn't hate Southerners.....it is well documented that he liked the Southern people and the South..... I think soldiers develope a respect ...   Sun Jan 23rd, 2011 02:55 am

Hellcat, that is very chivalrous of you, and I admire you for it!! ...   Sat Jan 22nd, 2011 02:54 am

Thanks, 9bama!!....I hope to stimulate the conversation a bit and get elizabethsmith's original question answered.....I notice she hasn't posted and hope she wasn't scared away.... ...   Fri Jan 21st, 2011 11:58 pm

I think this is a good "jumping off point" in addressing the intial question. It's Shelby Foote's quote from the Civil War" PBS series. By ...   Fri Jan 21st, 2011 12:59 am

I think it was a good speech because it very simply defined what America was, is, and should be..... ...   Fri Jan 21st, 2011 12:31 am

Show me a President who has NEVER had ANY of the similarities in rejection, opposition, dis-trust, etc, as mentioned......... In any event, I think somehow the ...   Fri Jan 21st, 2011 12:15 am

pgwhalen, I think you summed it up quite well!! In essence, it depended on back then, as much as it does for the current discussion, a ...   Tue Jan 11th, 2011 11:32 pm

We got 2 laptops for me, my wife & son to use....Plus, got internet connection! So, I can keep up a little better with CWI!!! I ...   Fri Jan 7th, 2011 01:29 am

I think, perhaps the CW's definition is neither Civil War nor revolution, DEPENDING upon perspective. From the Confederate perspective, it was a war of independance (similar ...   Fri Jan 7th, 2011 01:03 am

The definitions I used in my previous reply came from an on-line dictionary.....How would each defintinon be applicable to the conflict in question?? ...   Wed Jan 5th, 2011 09:08 pm

Civil War-war between parties, factions or inhabitants of different regions within the same nation. Revolution-an overthrow or repudiation or thoughrough replacement of an established government or ...   Wed Jan 5th, 2011 12:42 am

Hmmmm, BH....I don't know..... I got my Springfield mainly to go to the 145th of Gettysburg; otherwise, I belong to an artillery unit, and only need ...   Thu Dec 30th, 2010 01:39 am

I've got an Amerisport (sic?) that I got about 4 years ago for $475 from James Country sutler (outta MO)......I am very happy with it!! ...   Tue Dec 28th, 2010 03:33 am

Last year, I found a possum laid-out in our front yard.....figured he'd get up in a while and move on......After the third day, i flipped ...   Sat Dec 25th, 2010 12:14 am

They won't need to unpack the Gettysburg beards.....I'm sure there's plenty of dead possums along the road that the NASCAR cast could bring with'em!!! ...   Fri Dec 24th, 2010 12:14 am

Haa haa....the joke is on me!!....I guess I should have gone to the website BEFORE reading the article!!!!! I just went to the website, and the ...   Wed Dec 22nd, 2010 12:00 am

I hope that article is lark and not serious......While I am not a NASCAR fan (nor do I follow any other sport) I think having ...   Tue Dec 21st, 2010 11:56 pm

For me, I like reading Confederat first person accounts.....The viewpoint of the common soldier. Any reenactor who has "gone through the window" feels 1/100 of ...   Tue Dec 14th, 2010 01:46 am

Mark, You make an excellent point, and well taken!! That's why I said 'every war, within the context of it's own time frame, was brutal"....the Mexican ...   Tue Dec 14th, 2010 12:18 am

On the other hand, show me a war that was'nt brutal.....Regardless of technology, terrain, strategies, every war, within the context of it's own time frame, ...   Mon Dec 13th, 2010 01:16 am

WOW!!....What a question!! From a Southern soldier stanpoint, theire homes, in their opnion, were invaded. I won't quote a source, as I feel any basic research ...   Sat Dec 11th, 2010 05:06 am

If anyone receives the quartely magazine The Artilleryman, this quarter's issue has a GREAT article on artillery accidents. Some common denominators in those accidents are: homemade ...   Fri Aug 13th, 2010 08:06 pm

Ya know, I never did see or hear a follow-up to the story of the howitzer bursting (my theory of being over loaded is sheer ...   Thu Jul 29th, 2010 07:38 pm

Hey Ya, Bama!! My impression was this thread was in response to an artillery accident I read about.....a month or two ago. I suppose this thread ...   Thu Jul 29th, 2010 06:53 pm

If this is the incident that occured a month or two ago, it was a Mountain Howitzer......My guess is, it was "overloaded".....ie, the charge was, ...   Thu Jul 29th, 2010 05:53 pm

I'll agree with TimK that the show was more interesting than anything else on TV.....I also thought they made a broad jump from Lincoln's death ...   Mon May 10th, 2010 04:21 pm

Did anyone wacth the May 9th History Channel "America: The Story of Us" regarding the Civil War?? I thought it was stupid. I am disappointed in ...   Mon May 10th, 2010 02:47 pm

I'm gonna get groans for this, but I thought "Gods and Generals" was cheesy......It could (should) have been a better movie....... ...   Thu Mar 25th, 2010 06:08 pm