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Subject:	Re: Gods and Generals
From:	Maitland Westbrook <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Mon, 24 Feb 2003 00:59:14 -0800
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Per Shelby Foote:

Union Soldier coming upon wounded Confederate laying on the battlefield:
"Why are you fighting us?!?!?"

Confederate's Reply: "Because you are here."

M. Westbrook, III


--- [log in to unmask] wrote:
> How about the fact that their homes were being invaded, with all that
> that
> entails.  People don't need much more motivation than that to take up
> arms,
> whether they owned slaves or not.
>
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