Gemini Thunder wrote:
Dale Thorn <dthorn@gte.net> wrote:
There's a story about the Confederate officer who, following the War For Southern Independence (not a true Civil War BTW), walked up the steps of the veterans' club and saw a Union man sitting with a tin cup, looking absolutely miserable with all sorts of injuries, etc. The Southern man tossed a dollar into the cup, at which point the astonished Union soldier exclaimed "thank you, sir". The next week at the club, the same thing happened, and the soldier asked "Excuse me sir, but why would a Southern officer such as yourself be showing so much sympathy to a Union man like myself?" To which the Southern officer replied "Actually it's not that, it's just that you're the first Yankee I've seen that's been shot up to my specifications".
A minor nit on an otherwise excellent post: I am of the understanding the proper name is "The War of Northern Aggression". :)
Yes. We use both terms, and perhaps others as well. As to the Northern Aggression, the avalanche of propaganda after the war (and continuing with Ken Burns' disonfo on PBS TV) was intended to "persuade" the public that the South started the War, having "attacked" Ft. Sumter (their own property), and having had the temerity to withdraw from the Union (their right as free states), not to mention holding slaves (an act not made "illegal" until 1862, i.e., a year after the war started).