tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31912334.post5711530009439202381..comments2024-03-27T14:30:10.785-04:00Comments on JOHN BANKS' <br> CIVIL WAR BLOG: 'Intolerable slobber': At Gettysburg, vets fume about Rebel flagJohn Bankshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04384617564864766357noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31912334.post-18888937354446548252022-07-05T06:56:10.145-04:002022-07-05T06:56:10.145-04:00I have read and enjoyed all the comments and opini...I have read and enjoyed all the comments and opinions.My overwhelming feeling is one of sadness at the loss of so many young men who never had any chance at a life.Sometimes you just want to bang heads together and tell people don’t you ever learn.Stop we are all one country now and if it wasn’t for complete incompetence and stupidity on both sides this war wouldn’t have happened.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31912334.post-44108769807235896722022-06-11T11:00:28.186-04:002022-06-11T11:00:28.186-04:00Unreconstructed Yankees.....love it. Unreconstructed Yankees.....love it. C.W. Rodenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04720242706965307970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31912334.post-55129639103808285282022-06-10T09:45:52.151-04:002022-06-10T09:45:52.151-04:00“The American government had set out to fight the ...“The American government had set out to fight the slave states in 1861, not to end slavery, but to retain the enormous national territory and market and resources.” - Howard ZinnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31912334.post-76791943297065188832021-10-13T08:22:15.125-04:002021-10-13T08:22:15.125-04:00Amen! The Newspapers for the most part supported ...Amen! The Newspapers for the most part supported the Federal Narrative that was desired. Very Similar to the modern news of today. The old New York Tribune editor's deal with Lincoln for example.<br />Harvey Nixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18340417817039315162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31912334.post-85231825467198609452021-10-12T18:08:08.226-04:002021-10-12T18:08:08.226-04:00Because they once again swore loyalty to the Union...Because they once again swore loyalty to the Union. Condottierehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12362705214953909927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31912334.post-76279283888715744372021-10-12T11:13:45.013-04:002021-10-12T11:13:45.013-04:00Traitors? If so, why did ten postwar presidents fr...Traitors? If so, why did ten postwar presidents from Grant to Wilson appoint former Confederates to the highest United States federal government positions? Former Confederates became US Supreme Court justices (4), US Attorneys General (2), US Navy Secretaries (2), US Solicitor Generals (2), US Army generals in the Spanish-American War (8), and US ambassadors and consuls (31)? Guesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02415366665160726663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31912334.post-76739504335430634592021-06-16T10:22:57.493-04:002021-06-16T10:22:57.493-04:00If they hated them so dang much, maybe they should...If they hated them so dang much, maybe they should have let them go?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11394010628495863817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31912334.post-79164841595506532422021-01-29T17:29:23.322-05:002021-01-29T17:29:23.322-05:00Tragically, yes. There has always been much focus...Tragically, yes. There has always been much focus on reconciliation between veterans from the US and CSA, but little about the failure of Reconstruction to reconcile the CSA to the basic rights of life, liberty and pursuit of happiness of newly emancipated enslaved.<br />Sarah J.T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04247702972821100104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31912334.post-45249465636088698952021-01-07T23:07:01.941-05:002021-01-07T23:07:01.941-05:00Animosity appears to have diminished by the time t...Animosity appears to have diminished by the time the 50th anniversary occurred. Of all the rants appearing on social media, the one comment made by a legislator yesterday (Jan.6) was noteworthy: Those who planted the rebel battle flag on the Capitol accomplished what Lee & the ANV failed to do.Steve Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13806854460516973591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31912334.post-317370162838402502020-09-26T15:40:14.334-04:002020-09-26T15:40:14.334-04:00At the 1887 reunion, the Society of the Army of th...At the 1887 reunion, the Society of the Army of the Potomac had passed a resolution to include the former Confederates at the 1888 reunion. A post on the blog of the Gettysburg National Military Park describes the intent :<br /><br />'The resolutions also stipulated that the survivors of the Army of Northern Virginia be invited. The intention was that the survivors of these once opposing armies "might on that occasion record in friendship and fraternity the sentiments of good-will, loyalty, and patriotism which now unite all in sincere devotion to the country."'<br /><br />[ https://npsgnmp.wordpress.com/2015/10/16/the-grand-reunion-of-1888/ ]<br />Dave Deatheragehttps://npsgnmp.wordpress.com/2015/10/16/the-grand-reunion-of-1888/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31912334.post-76237093470199737252020-07-29T18:17:30.649-04:002020-07-29T18:17:30.649-04:00And He will judge between the nations and will ren...And He will judge between the nations and will render decisions for many people; And they will hammer their swords into plowshares. Isaiah 2:4Garth Gushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10785106769959360317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31912334.post-37439119739390836632020-07-28T14:35:11.263-04:002020-07-28T14:35:11.263-04:00Send me your email address and I'd be happy to...Send me your email address and I'd be happy to pass along? John BanksJohn Bankshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04384617564864766357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31912334.post-3201768596036004542020-07-28T12:04:16.411-04:002020-07-28T12:04:16.411-04:00I was always surprised and how these reunions were...I was always surprised and how these reunions were conveyed as so friendly after such a bitter war so it's of interest to see this side of it. Thanks.Richard Buxtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01107138894300193959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31912334.post-47354513024860138232020-07-28T10:13:18.917-04:002020-07-28T10:13:18.917-04:00I would love to write a lesson plan for teachers t...I would love to write a lesson plan for teachers to use, using the primary source newspaper articles. Does anyone have links to the articles?<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11064068530759157384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31912334.post-36918699837825111372020-07-28T08:36:34.768-04:002020-07-28T08:36:34.768-04:00Thanks, Doug: These reunions are fascinating for s...Thanks, Doug: These reunions are fascinating for so many reasons.John Bankshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04384617564864766357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31912334.post-15721449422637821612020-07-28T05:21:13.947-04:002020-07-28T05:21:13.947-04:00Real good read John, thanks for bringing this out,...Real good read John, thanks for bringing this out, don't hear much about the disapproval of the South at the reunions, just glorification of the events. Thanks again.Doug Petersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03880768134512273569noreply@blogger.com