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Posted on 7/2/17 at 8:20 pm to RollTide1987
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July 2. Left New Guilford 25 miles distant at 3 A.M. Arrived and formed line 50 yards west of this about 4 P.M. and advanced against the Union positions. The 4th 15th and 47th Regiments attacked Little Round Top and continued the assault until dark. The 44th and 48th assisted in capturing Devil’s Den and 3 guns of the 4th New York Battery.
Posted on 7/2/17 at 8:54 pm to RollTide1987
Oh I wish I were in the land of cotton,
Old times there are not forgotten,
Look away, look away, look away, Dixieland.
In Dixieland where I was born,
Early on a frosty mornin',
Look away, look away, look away, Dixieland.
I wish I were in Dixie, away, away.
In Dixieland I'll take my stand, to live and die for Dixie.
Away, away, away down South in Dixie.
Old times there are not forgotten,
Look away, look away, look away, Dixieland.
In Dixieland where I was born,
Early on a frosty mornin',
Look away, look away, look away, Dixieland.
I wish I were in Dixie, away, away.
In Dixieland I'll take my stand, to live and die for Dixie.
Away, away, away down South in Dixie.
Posted on 7/2/17 at 10:39 pm to TheTideMustRoll
All that fighting so we can elect reality show retards as the President
What was the point of any of that. Other than the humanity of the skin color forced free labor trade I guess
What was the point of any of that. Other than the humanity of the skin color forced free labor trade I guess
Posted on 7/2/17 at 10:46 pm to RollTide1987
Losers.
Posted on 7/3/17 at 1:53 am to RollTide1987
You're a cool Gump. I like you.
Posted on 7/3/17 at 6:22 am to RollTide1987
There was rampant, blatant holding by the Union that the refs missed.
Posted on 7/3/17 at 10:44 am to RollTide1987
So now coming up on our nation's birthday we are supposed to celebrate traitors to the nation. 
Posted on 7/3/17 at 10:56 am to AU66
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Well for the most part your right, it was the union attempting to make sure the south stay subjegated, enslaved is a lil strong but ok.
1. It's "you're"
2. No better spokesman for the Confederacy than Vice President Alexander Stephens.
"Our new government is founded upon exactly [this] idea; its foundations are laid, its corner-stone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery subordination to the superior race, is his natural and normal condition. This, our new government, is the first, in the history of the world, based upon this great physical, philosophical, and moral truth."
Posted on 7/3/17 at 1:49 pm to Whoopdedo_LSU
I sometimes reenact as the 5th Louisiana Fighting Tigers and participated in that reenactment some years ago! What a learning experience, what history. So much power in all those cannons, all those lines of muskets rolling at once. No sound but your captain, faintly, no more than 5-10 yards away but barely audible over the smell of gunpowder, pounding of cannons and your heart slamming in your chest, and the heat.
Specifically, when exactly was this picture taken? The 145th anniversary reenactment? One of the guys in my unit was born without an arm and has often been our flag guy. He often carries a pistol like that, and we were young about like that one-armed kid in the picture when we participated in the 145th. I think that's my buddy in your picture!
Also, vice president quote be damned. I have a CD with an interview with the last remaining civil war vet, a southerner from Virginia, taken in the early 1940's. When asked why they fought, he literally says recalls "very distinctly" that, at least for him and many others, it was "states' rights." Such a conflict is multifaceted, and people limiting it to one person's (or even a substantial number of people's) words trivializes the opinions of everyone else, the context, and everyone's struggles.
Geaux Tigers. Go SEC. Go 'Merica.
Specifically, when exactly was this picture taken? The 145th anniversary reenactment? One of the guys in my unit was born without an arm and has often been our flag guy. He often carries a pistol like that, and we were young about like that one-armed kid in the picture when we participated in the 145th. I think that's my buddy in your picture!
Also, vice president quote be damned. I have a CD with an interview with the last remaining civil war vet, a southerner from Virginia, taken in the early 1940's. When asked why they fought, he literally says recalls "very distinctly" that, at least for him and many others, it was "states' rights." Such a conflict is multifaceted, and people limiting it to one person's (or even a substantial number of people's) words trivializes the opinions of everyone else, the context, and everyone's struggles.
Geaux Tigers. Go SEC. Go 'Merica.
Posted on 7/3/17 at 1:50 pm to RollTide1987
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Never change your name or your mascot on account of political correctness, LSU fans!
We're not planning on it.
Posted on 7/3/17 at 1:54 pm to Barbellthor
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Also, vice president quote be damned. I have a CD with an interview with the last remaining civil war vet, a southerner from Virginia, taken in the early 1940's. When asked why they fought, he literally says recalls "very distinctly" that, at least for him and many others, it was "states' rights."
Many of the soldiers for the Confederacy were fighting for personal reasons other than slavery. But make no mistake, the political and ruling class of the South were all slaveowners who had a vested interest in the continuation of that institution. They pushed for secession to protect that institution.
Posted on 7/3/17 at 1:54 pm to Tackle74
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So now coming up on our nation's birthday we are supposed to celebrate traitors to the nation.
I knew there was a reason why I didn't want Missouri to join the SEC. Now I know why.
Posted on 7/3/17 at 1:57 pm to RollTide1987
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They pushed for secession to protect that institution.
You don't have to protect anything if.......1) It's already protected by the US Constitution(Article one, Section 9) and 2) The other side (the North) isn't trying to end it.
Posted on 7/3/17 at 2:10 pm to RollTide1987
And the Texas Hoods Brigade of 1,250 troops lost 597 at Little Round Top, defending the Gettysburg tail hook.
Chamberlain's 20th Maine took advantage of Lee's bad decision of not claiming the high ground. Caused Hood and the Alabama units to fight uphill while the 20th Maine fired downhill.
US Army named Fort Hood in Texas after Hood's brigade leader John Bell Hood.
Chamberlain's 20th Maine took advantage of Lee's bad decision of not claiming the high ground. Caused Hood and the Alabama units to fight uphill while the 20th Maine fired downhill.
US Army named Fort Hood in Texas after Hood's brigade leader John Bell Hood.
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Posted on 7/3/17 at 2:18 pm to RollTide1987
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the political and ruling class of the South were all slaveowners who had a vested interest in the continuation of that institution. They pushed for secession to protect that institution.
No argument from me on that point. Always about the money. I would note, though, how convenient it was for the north to conveniently take the high ground when their economic infrastructure wasn't so wholly dependent on the institution. But that's neither here nor there, I suppose. Point is, I think we'll both find that we're each a little bit right in this discussion.
Posted on 7/3/17 at 2:28 pm to Barbellthor
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No argument from me on that point. Always about the money. I would note, though, how convenient it was for the north to conveniently take the high ground when their economic infrastructure wasn't so wholly dependent on the institution. But that's neither here nor there, I suppose. Point is, I think we'll both find that we're each a little bit right in this discussion.
Actually the North was knee deep into slavery. Slavery was financed by northern banks. People from the North were making a lot of money because of slavery.
Posted on 7/3/17 at 4:36 pm to Gray Tiger
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I'm waiting for the Gump homer to declare that Saban led the charge.
Silly Dick, he just recruited the soldiers.
Posted on 7/3/17 at 5:58 pm to Barbellthor
Posted on 7/3/17 at 6:00 pm to tigerburningbright75
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Actually the North was knee deep into slavery. Slavery was financed by northern banks. People from the North were making a lot of money because of slavery.
Secession was the method the slavers chose to renounce their debt to northern bankers.
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