re: The real Rebel yell by real Rebels

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Each of those instances is from a Southern perspective. I think we are in agreement here.

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If you agree that slavery was the prevailing issue over which the conflict arose, then, yes, we are

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He is a product of his time and not necessarily an evil being.

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Careful, now, this is the same strain of apologist rhetoric that some folks use to justify Nazi exploits.

I endeavor not to turn historical figures into caricatures. Not saying that everyone who fought for the Confederacy was some leering villain with devil horns.

I am saying that the cause they fought for was inherently treasonous, and their reasons for so fighting were directly tied to the continued subjugation of african slaves and perpetuation of the chattel slavery system upon which their economy was based.