I grew up in that area. Much of my family still lives near where Anderson was killed. Maybe that's why the Yankee label rubs me wrong. About a far north as you will find CSA cemeteries. Also why the SEC seems like a perfect fit. Take away the slavery issue. My people were too poor to own slaves. We were southern when/where southern wasn't cool.

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Posted by semotruman

Member since Nov 2011

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Posted on 6/27/12 at 8:41 pm to Aux Arc

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Maybe that's why the Yankee label rubs me wrong. About a far north as you will find CSA cemeteries. Also why the SEC seems like a perfect fit. Take away the slavery issue. My people were too poor to own slaves. We were southern when/where southern wasn't cool.

I'm with you. My family was definitely on the side of the CSA, just like they fought for the US (Virginia and North Carolina) in the Revolution. My mom's great-grandfather died somewhere in Alabama during the Civil War - he'd been wounded and wrote a letter saying he was hiding from Yankees under someone's porch. They never heard from him again. Presumably he's in an anonymous grave somewhere.

I grew up in Cape Girardeau, MO. We considered ourselves southern. The traditions are southern, the culture is southern. My dad considered being called a Yankee insulting.

And I have to say - this is one of my favorite threads on this board in the time I've been here. The Petrino guest book and Lexington police scanner threads were epic in their hilarity. But this thread actually taught me something, and makes me feel even more at home in the SEC.