See above post. Learn it. Love it.LOL. You just exposed yourself as a fool.Lincoln was way ahead of his time in opposition to slavery. The Lincoln/Douglas debates were unprecedentedLincoln is based on fiction. In reality he had the gift of a great quip but he was as racist as the next guy and an utterly confused politician who misjudged the confederacy to the point of criminality. Maybe he was distracted by his personal life but he did nothing to try to prevent the bloodshed of the civil war. Grant's alcoholism was well known but downplayed by the media and General Sherman was as crazy as legend says. Sherman, Sheridan and the rest of the Union rapists and pillagers would have been hanged in a just world.That is a Lost Cause myth....That he was as opposed to slavery as he was and most of his family was pro-Union.Which ones surprised you?Some of these I already knew, but some suprised me.
The Myth of the Kindly General Lee
The legend of the Confederate leader’s heroism and decency is based in the fiction of a person who never existed.www.theatlantic.com
When two of his slaves escaped and were recaptured, Lee either beat them himself or ordered the overseer to “lay it on well.” Wesley Norris, one of the slaves who was whipped, recalled that “not satisfied with simply lacerating our naked flesh, Gen. Lee then ordered the overseer to thoroughly wash our backs with brine, which was done.”
Grants alcoholism was overstated. He was known to drink when he was bored or inactive. While engaging in battle, he was sober
I think Sherman understood the nature of war more than anyone. It was not a noble cause, it was about death and destruction.
Dishonest Abe NEVER opposed slavery. In fact, he offered to ensconce it in the Constitution if the South stopped secession and paid the tariff.
You’d know this if you bothered to read his first inaugural speech.
How many times will it take before you learn?
Was he telling the truth then? Or earlier in his career when he made abolitionist statements?
The Confederacy seemed to think he was telling the truth earlier.
It’s abundantly clear as it applies to Dishonest Abe, but you have to know the history.Amazingly you still can’t spot a lying opportunist at your advanced age, even after I’ve schooled you for ten years.View attachment 326924LOL. You just exposed yourself as a fool.Lincoln was way ahead of his time in opposition to slavery. The Lincoln/Douglas debates were unprecedentedLincoln is based on fiction. In reality he had the gift of a great quip but he was as racist as the next guy and an utterly confused politician who misjudged the confederacy to the point of criminality. Maybe he was distracted by his personal life but he did nothing to try to prevent the bloodshed of the civil war. Grant's alcoholism was well known but downplayed by the media and General Sherman was as crazy as legend says. Sherman, Sheridan and the rest of the Union rapists and pillagers would have been hanged in a just world.That is a Lost Cause myth....That he was as opposed to slavery as he was and most of his family was pro-Union.Which ones surprised you?Some of these I already knew, but some suprised me.
The Myth of the Kindly General Lee
The legend of the Confederate leader’s heroism and decency is based in the fiction of a person who never existed.www.theatlantic.com
When two of his slaves escaped and were recaptured, Lee either beat them himself or ordered the overseer to “lay it on well.” Wesley Norris, one of the slaves who was whipped, recalled that “not satisfied with simply lacerating our naked flesh, Gen. Lee then ordered the overseer to thoroughly wash our backs with brine, which was done.”
Grants alcoholism was overstated. He was known to drink when he was bored or inactive. While engaging in battle, he was sober
I think Sherman understood the nature of war more than anyone. It was not a noble cause, it was about death and destruction.
Dishonest Abe NEVER opposed slavery. In fact, he offered to ensconce it in the Constitution if the South stopped secession and paid the tariff.
You’d know this if you bothered to read his first inaugural speech.
How many times will it take before you learn?
When a politician has such contradictory statements, yes, at least some of them are lies.
The question is, which ones?
I know that the man that made contradictory statements on the issue, was also the guy that just happened to be the one to discover a "reason" to emancipate the slaves...