War aims, collective political identity, the locus of patriotism, and
many other great questions of history, cannot be resolved by a
single quotation or a single item of evidence.
  The earlier post, referring to the defection of slave states from the
Confederate cause, and the pro-Union stance of so many free
whites in states that had formally withdrawn from the Union, should
give us pause in even claiming that the white South, let alone the
black South, was unified on any question during the period 1860-
1865.

Harold


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> In a message dated 8/30/01 12:41:11 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
>
> > The problem with your statement about ante-bellum Americans believing
> > that their primary loyalty was to their state and not a country is that
> > it is false.
> >
> >
> > Note to Mr. Huddleston:
> >
> > It depends on who you talk to and who's words you listen to.
> >
> > The great Commander, Robert E. Lee stated he would fight to DEFEND
> > VIRGINIA.
> >
>
> Not the "Confederacy", not the South", but Virginia.
>
>
> > Also, the great statesman, Mr Randolph, of Roanoke, once stated, "When I
> > speak of my country, I am referring to the Commonwealth of Virginia."
>
> Regards to all,
>
> Kristyn Ankrom
> Colonial Heights, Virginia
> 10th generation Virginian
>
> Note to Deane in Yorktown:
>  I LOVED your posting yesterday. It was great! Speaking of the U-Boats, I
> remember my grandmother, Dorothy Payne Ankrom, telling me she and some of
> her friends would drive over to the Chamberlain Hotel in Hampton, get out
> their binoculars and watch the U-Boats riding around Hampton Roads.
>
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Harold S. Forsythe
Assistant Professor History
Director:  Black Studies
Fairfield University
Fairfield, CT 06430-5195
(203) 254-4000  x2379

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