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<blockquote data-quote="houstoncutter" data-source="post: 921317" data-attributes="member: 807"><p>I guess the Civil War has had many outcomes for many types of people. Boy i should know, cause I have blue blooded aristocrats on one side of the family tree and scoundrel horse thieves on the other.</p><p></p><p>I would think that my great grandmother would have been quite pleased with the outcome of the war, as she was half Cherokee and Black...Others in the family were not so happy, some had fought for the Stars and Bars and others had fought for the Union. Sill others had returned to Germany, to await the conclusion of the war. From stories and letters that have been told over the years, some members of the family never spoke to other members of the family the rest of their lives. One great great uncle who was a general in the union army, came back and helped members of the family that had fought for the South. That is , if the were willing to accept help from a bluecoat.</p><p></p><p>As CB's dear great grandmother said, after the war conditions in South were brutal and unforgivable. Of course, the South choose this destiny, by choosing to leave the union. As was stated earlier, many states had left office before Lincoln had even been sworn in. Why? They didnt like the outcome of the election.....THEIR were many of us who didnt care for the outcome of the last presidential election. </p><p></p><p>Eight years before Lincoln used the phrase "a house divided against itself cannot stand". A Texan said " A nation divided against itself cannot stand". That Texan's name was Sam Houston....Ol Sam had a real problem with the Stars and Bars as well..</p><p></p><p>Was slavery the cause of the Civil War, nope.... Just greed on both sides...Many a war has been started over greed and religon....Our hands are not clean on the matter either.....Manifest Destiny......remember that term from school.... I remember I took quite the tongue lashing from my history teacher, when I told her that in the country we called that theft...Of course being dyslectic never helped my cause much..lol.. I mean , take the emotion out of thinking. Were not the Japs in the 30"s doing the same thing our country had done a hundred years earlier? Remember the term "go west young man" the Japs were doing the same thing. Were they brutal? Yes, but were our forefathers any less brutal to the Indians???</p><p></p><p>Hopefully the ramblings of a dyslectic ol coot make some sense to some of you. Lets pray that we dont see this type of conflict in our country again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="houstoncutter, post: 921317, member: 807"] I guess the Civil War has had many outcomes for many types of people. Boy i should know, cause I have blue blooded aristocrats on one side of the family tree and scoundrel horse thieves on the other. I would think that my great grandmother would have been quite pleased with the outcome of the war, as she was half Cherokee and Black...Others in the family were not so happy, some had fought for the Stars and Bars and others had fought for the Union. Sill others had returned to Germany, to await the conclusion of the war. From stories and letters that have been told over the years, some members of the family never spoke to other members of the family the rest of their lives. One great great uncle who was a general in the union army, came back and helped members of the family that had fought for the South. That is , if the were willing to accept help from a bluecoat. As CB's dear great grandmother said, after the war conditions in South were brutal and unforgivable. Of course, the South choose this destiny, by choosing to leave the union. As was stated earlier, many states had left office before Lincoln had even been sworn in. Why? They didnt like the outcome of the election.....THEIR were many of us who didnt care for the outcome of the last presidential election. Eight years before Lincoln used the phrase "a house divided against itself cannot stand". A Texan said " A nation divided against itself cannot stand". That Texan's name was Sam Houston....Ol Sam had a real problem with the Stars and Bars as well.. Was slavery the cause of the Civil War, nope.... Just greed on both sides...Many a war has been started over greed and religon....Our hands are not clean on the matter either.....Manifest Destiny......remember that term from school.... I remember I took quite the tongue lashing from my history teacher, when I told her that in the country we called that theft...Of course being dyslectic never helped my cause much..lol.. I mean , take the emotion out of thinking. Were not the Japs in the 30"s doing the same thing our country had done a hundred years earlier? Remember the term "go west young man" the Japs were doing the same thing. Were they brutal? Yes, but were our forefathers any less brutal to the Indians??? Hopefully the ramblings of a dyslectic ol coot make some sense to some of you. Lets pray that we dont see this type of conflict in our country again. [/QUOTE]
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