Excuse me, but history tells us that the confederate rebels were the
invading army, not the Federal troops. The rebel army began it's invasion
of the United States by attacking Fort Sumpter, and continued when they
struck in Maryland and Pennsylvania. As John Carter pointed out, the rebel
army even "invaded" southern communities in the pursuit of their illegal
"cause". And, yes, it was illegal then and now to secede. As others have
recently pointed out, most of the south didn't even trust their own
citizens to put the secession to a popular vote.

                                                 Anne


At 09:20 AM 2/20/03 -0500, you wrote:
>It is very difficult to judge Southern support for the Union due largely to
>the fact that the Union was an invading army and there was a real need to
>support family on the home front.  However, I see about as much support for
>the Union troops entering the South as Lee saw when he entered Pennsylvania
>and Maryland.
>
>Jeff Southmayd
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