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re: University of Alabama system to review all building names, remove Confederate Army plaques
Posted on 6/8/20 at 7:55 pm to pvilleguru
Posted on 6/8/20 at 7:55 pm to pvilleguru
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Yeah, this was a bit too glowy.
And a bit too "fake news." One of my Civil War history professors at UA said there was no glorious defense of the campus by the Corps of Cadets. They instead got on the road and marched to Greensboro. Essentially the only person who was there to defend the campus was the president's wife who pleaded with the Union cavalry officers not to burn down the president's mansion.
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Posted on 6/8/20 at 8:06 pm to RollTide1987
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And a bit too "fake news." One of my Civil War history professors at UA said there was no glorious defense of the campus by the Corps of Cadets. They instead got on the road and marched to Greensboro. Essentially the only person who was there to defend the campus was the president's wife who pleaded with the Union cavalry officers not to burn down the president's mansion.
I thought the story goes the cadets were marched off to safety instead of facing Union troops. They were ordered into battle but they were basically still children and would have been slaughtered. The President of the University got them out of harm's way and peacefully surrendered the campus rather than make a last stand that would have been a massacre.
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