JimBowie1958
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- Sep 25, 2011
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I am very proud of my great and great great grandfather's service to their country.What a great day to be a southerner as we celebrate a great man in the name of Robert E. Lee. Today tens of millions of Americans are showing their southern pride and patriotism across America. Robert E. Lee was a true gentleman who loved his heritage as he fought for states rights.
There are people in Maryland, descendants of soldiers who fought for the Confederacy.....
I do not agree with slavery. Those were different times, though and for people now to go back and judge people of the old south by our current standards is just silly.
Moreover the north did very little to help the freed slaves and deserve a lot of the blame for their lack of upward mobility.
General Grant had two personal slaves through the whole war.