Randy Cabell wrote, in part:
> Somebody started his Email with a terrific list of
> things... early settlement, Coast Artillery, Jefferson
> Davis, Abrham Lincoln, and I was ready to sign on.
> Until, he verred off to give his opinion that
> Emancipation was the #1, be-all-and-end-all reason
> for preserving it.
That was me, Mr. Cabell, and like the often-left-unnamed
self-emancipators Frank Baker, Sheppard Mallory, and James Townsend, I
have a name: Steve Corneliussen. I too go way back with Fort Monroe,
including -- just to give one example -- having been married in the
chapel there over 30 years ago. I respect your right to disagree about
what's historically important, but I also assert a right to correct your
fundamentally inaccurate report of what I actually said. It's not
Emancipation that makes Fort Monroe symbolize America itself in a way
that, say, Jefferson Davis's imprisonment cannot. It's
self-emancipation. Enormous difference. Thanks.
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