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re: Civil War ended 150 years ago today
Posted on 4/9/15 at 3:01 pm to Darth_Vader
Posted on 4/9/15 at 3:01 pm to Darth_Vader
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but her singing is awesome
she wrote the Woodstock anthem too
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Posted on 4/9/15 at 3:06 pm to 777Tiger
quote:that was Joni Mitchell
she wrote the Woodstock anthem too
Posted on 4/9/15 at 3:08 pm to Kafka
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that was Joni Mitchell
damn! my Alzheimer's is coming early
Posted on 4/9/15 at 3:08 pm to Superior Pariah
Posted on 4/9/15 at 3:11 pm to Tunasntigers92
Robert E. Lee is one of the greatest Americans that ever lived. The definition of a gentleman.
Posted on 4/9/15 at 3:14 pm to Superior Pariah
The wrong side won
Posted on 4/9/15 at 3:16 pm to CidCock
i like the story behind the origin of the arlington cemetery
Posted on 4/9/15 at 3:16 pm to CidCock
quote:Fact.
Robert E. Lee is one of the greatest Americans that ever lived. The definition of a gentleman.
Posted on 4/9/15 at 3:17 pm to 777Tiger
quote:Basically it belonged to Lee
i like the story behind the origin of the arlington cemetery
Feds stole it and started burying soldiers there
Years later the Lee family sued and won
Is that right?
Posted on 4/9/15 at 3:17 pm to Superior Pariah
And we still have hillbillies and weirdoes reenacting the damn thing.
Posted on 4/9/15 at 3:18 pm to Superior Pariah
Virgil Kane is the name
And I served on the Danville train
'Till Stoneman's cavalry came
And tore up the tracks again.In the winter of '65
We were hungry, just barely alive
By May the 10th, Richmond had fell
It's a time I remember, oh so well.
And I served on the Danville train
'Till Stoneman's cavalry came
And tore up the tracks again.In the winter of '65
We were hungry, just barely alive
By May the 10th, Richmond had fell
It's a time I remember, oh so well.
Posted on 4/9/15 at 3:20 pm to CidCock
Robert E. Lee is the GOAT general.
Posted on 4/9/15 at 3:24 pm to Gcockboi
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Robert E. Lee is the GOAT general.
He really is.
He isn't given enough respect these days. People unfairly equate him to all the negatives associated with the confederacy.
At Appomatox, only one General owned slaves, and it wasn't Robert E. Lee, he freed his prior to the war.
Posted on 4/9/15 at 3:45 pm to genro
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Basically it belonged to Lee
Feds stole it and started burying soldiers there
Years later the Lee family sued and won
Is that right?
That's a pretty good summation of things. The Union did take it over and later on under the orders of Union Quatermaster Gen. Meigs started burying Union soldiers there during the war. Meigs lost a son during the war and many believe he meant to make Lee suffer personally for his loss. I can't remember the exact quote but I believe he said something along the lines of wanting to bury the Union dead right up to the front door of Arlington house so that Lee would never again be able to use his home.
Lee's wife actually tried to pay the taxes owed on the land through and intermediary but the Feds refused the payment since she did not present it in person in Washington, which would have been impossible during the war anyway. Years later Lee's grandson sued the government and got the property back, the case going all the way to the Supreme Court. Lee then turned around and sold the property back to the Government.
Posted on 4/9/15 at 3:54 pm to Superior Pariah
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Civil War ended 150 years ago today
Not quite. But it was pretty much the end.
Posted on 4/9/15 at 4:00 pm to CidCock
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by CidCock Robert E. Lee is one of the greatest Americans that ever lived. The definition of a gentleman.
Absolutley.
Posted on 4/9/15 at 4:06 pm to genro
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Is that right?
yep, but done in a vindictive manner to ensure that the Lees would never live there again, who wants to look out from you front porch and see a few thousand graves? was the thought behind it
Posted on 4/9/15 at 4:08 pm to Superior Pariah
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Or did it?
According to my meticulous research, it did not.
My thread on the issue
I iz sad this thread is more popular than mine.
Posted on 4/9/15 at 4:35 pm to Superior Pariah
Herman Haupt rebuilt this fired bridge near Fredericksburg, VA in about nine days using mostly all locally-sourced materials.
The Yankees weren't scared of work or particularly stupid.
The Yankees weren't scared of work or particularly stupid.
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