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 I have no problem being a Damn Yankee!



 

 

 

 Know Your Roots They are Long and Strong!

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Stevens <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Mon, Mar 28, 2011 5:54 pm
Subject: Re: War between the 'STATS'


It was the horrible oppressors from the north, who invaded the sacred soil of the south, but for no other reason than they could relax under the warm sun in Florida in the winter........and it still continues today at an increasing rate.  DAMN YANKEES!! 
 
Regards, 
 
Steve Stevens 
----- Original Message ----- From: "Patti Jones Schacht" <[log in to unmask]> 
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Sent: Monday, March 28, 2011 4:03 PM 
Subject: Re: [VA-ROOTS] War between the 'STATS' 
 
And "who" fired the first shot....at Ft. Sumter??? 
 
 
 
-----Original Message----- 
From: oxqzeme688 <[log in to unmask]> 
To: VA-ROOTS <[log in to unmask]> 
Sent: Mon, Mar 28, 2011 12:01 pm 
Subject: Re: [VA-ROOTS] War between the 'STATS' 
 
correct Carole, 
 
 
 
-----Original Message----- 
From: Carole D. Bryant <[log in to unmask]> 
To: VA-ROOTS <[log in to unmask]> 
Sent: Mon, Mar 28, 2011 3:38 pm 
Subject: Re: War between the 'STATS' 
 
By WHOSE terminology ? 
he South was NOT rebelling !  Just exercising their  Constitutional rights 
 
arole 
 
 
n a message dated 3/28/2011 1:56:14 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, 
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The  official name is War of the Rebellion. 
Mike Peters 
ent from my  Verizon Wireless BlackBerry 
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rom:   Fern <[log in to unmask]> 
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istory." <[log in to unmask]> 
ate:       Mon, 28 Mar 2011 11:33:56 
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ubject:  War between the 'STATS' 
Other historical terms - But whatever they  wanted to call it - A CIVIL WAR 
 it was not. 
ar Between the States 
he  term "War Between the States" was rarely used during the war but 
ecame  prevalent afterward in the South, as part of an effort to perpetuate its 
 
interpretation of the war. 
he Confederate government avoided the term  "civil war" and referred in 
fficial documents to the "War between the  Confederate States of America and 
he United States of America". There are a  handful of known references 
uring the war to "the war between the  states".  European diplomacy produced a 
imilar formula for avoiding the  phrase "civil war". Queen Victoria's 
roclamation of British neutrality  referred to "hostilities ... between the 
overnment of the United States of  America and certain States styling 
hemselves the Confederate States of  America". 
After the war, the memoirs of former Confederate officials  and veterans 
Joseph E. Johnston, Raphael Semmes, and especially Alexander  Stephens) 
ommonly used the term "War Between the States". In 1898, the United 
onfederate 
eterans formally endorsed the name. In the early twentieth  century, the 
nited Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) led a campaign to  promote the term 
War Between the States" in the media and in public schools.  UDC efforts 
o convince the United States Congress to adopt the term,  beginning in 1913, 
ere unsuccessful. Congress has never adopted an official  name for the 
ar. The name "War Between the States" is inscribed on the USMC  War Memorial 
t Arlington National Cemetery. This name was personally ordered  by Lemuel 
. Shepherd, Jr., the 20th Commandant of the Marine  Corps. 
Franklin Delano Roosevelt referred to the Civil War as "the  four-year War 
etween the States".  References to the "War Between the  States" appear 
ccasionally in federal and state court documents. 
The  names "Civil War" and "War Between the States" have been used jointly 
n some  formal contexts. For example, to mark the war's centenary in the 
960s, the  state of Georgia created the "Georgia Civil War Centennial 
ommission  Commemorating the War Between the States". In 1994, the U.S. Postal 
ervice  issued a series of commemorative stamps entitled "The Civil War / The 
ar  Between the States". 
War of the Rebellion 
uring and immediately  after the war, U.S. officials and pro-Union writers 
ften referred to  Confederates as "Rebels". The earliest histories 
ublished in the northern  states commonly refer to the Civil War as "the Great 
ebellion" or "the War of  the Rebellion, as do many war monuments. 
The official war records of  the United States refer to this war as "The 
ar of the Rebellion", and are a  chief source of historical documentation for 
hose interested in Civil War  research. They are compiled as a 127-volume 
ollection published by the U.S.  War Department under the title The War of 
he Rebellion: a Compilation of the  Official Records of the Union and 
onfederate Armies, U.S. Government Printing  Office, 1880-1901, referred to as 
he Official Records. 
War of  Secession 
ar of Secession is occasionally used by people in the South to  refer to 
he Civil War. In most romance languages, the words used to refer  literally 
ranslate to "War of Secession" (e.g. "Guerre de Sécession" in  French, 
Guerra de Secesión" in Spanish). This name is also used in Central  and Eastern 
Europe, i.e. "Sezessionskrieg" is commonly used in Germany, and  "Wojna 
ecesyjna" is exclusively used in Poland (both literally translate as  "war of 
ecession"). 
War for Southern Independence 
he "War for  Southern Independence" is a name used by many Southerners in 
eference to the  war.  While popular on the Confederate side during the 
ar, the term's  popularity fell in the immediate aftermath of the South's 
ailure to gain  independence. The term resurfaced in the late 20th century. 
his terminology  aims to parallel usage of the term "American War for 
ndependence." A popular  poem published in the early stages of hostilities was 
South Carolina". Its  prologue referred to the war as the "Third War for 
ndependence" (it named the  War of 1812 as the second such war.)  On November 
, 
860, the Charleston  Mercury, a contemporary southern newspaper, stated 
hat "The tea has been  thrown overboard. The Revolution of 1860 has been 
nitiated." 
War for  the Union 
ome northerners used "The War for the Union", the title of both  a 
ecember 1861 lecture by the abolitionist leader Wendell Phillips, and a major 
our-volume history by Allan Nevins published in the middle of the 20th 
entury. 
Second American Revolution 
n the 1920's historian Charles  Beard used the term the "Second American 
evolution" to emphasize the changes  brought on by the Northern victory. 
his is still used by the Sons of  Confederate Veterans organization, though 
ith the intent to demonstrate the  depth of the South's cause. 
War of Northern Aggression 
he "War of  Northern Aggression" has been used by those who maintain that 
he Union side  was the belligerent party in the war. 
War of Southern Aggression 
he  "War of Southern Aggression," conversely, has been used by those who 
aintain  that the South was the belligerent party. 
From: Carole D. Bryant 
ent: Monday, March 28, 2011 10:44 AM 
o:  [log in to unmask] 
ubject: Re: [VA-ROOTS] War between the  'STATS' 
 
ame here in Southern Maryland !! 
ama  said, "It was NOT a 'civil' war!" !! 
 
n a message dated 3/28/2011  12:42:27 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, 
[log in to unmask]  writes: 
I am a  life long Tennessean and many in my family  were in the CSA. In 
act 
y  great Grandmother told me, when  she was in her eighties, that she 
idn't 
now  "damyankee" was two words until she was grown. Likewise until I was 
rown I had never heard the phrase"War of the Rebellion". It was  always 
alled The War between the States (having upgraded  from the War of 
orthern 
ggression). One of my  older relatives called it the "Recent 
npleasantness" 
p into the early 20th century. My own mother warned me  not  to call it 
he 
ivil War. As you can see feelings ran pretty  strong  down here! 
renta Davis 
-----Original  Message----- rom: robert  yingst 
ent: Monday,  March 28, 2011 7:41 AM 
o:   [log in to unmask] 
ubject: Re: [VA-ROOTS] War between  the  'STATS' 
It was also called the War of Rebellion before  that became  politically 
ncorrect to use. 
On Mar  27, 2011, at 1:11 PM, Fern  wrote: 
> This is especially  interesting for families like mine who  had as  many 
 soldiers in the CSA 
 as they had on the  UNION  side. 
 
 The War Between the Stats. Yes, that's  stats, not  states. 
 
 Historians and  statisticians are questioning the  statistics of 
 Confederate War dead. Official military records compiled  in  1866 
 counted 40,275 North Carolina soldiers who died in   uniform. 
 Reportedly, North Carolina had more men die in uniform  than  any other 
 Confederate state, although not as many as  New York in the  Union. Now 
 new investigations seem to  show the 1866 claims, made when  records 
 were spotty, are  highly inaccurate. 
 
 While the  new counts  are not yet complete, it looks like the true 
 count will  be  about 31,000 deaths of North Carolina soldiers during 
 the war.  Meanwhile, a separate count iis being made of  Virginia 
 soldiers and it  looks like its final tally will  also be about 31,000, 
 far higher than  previous  reports. 
 
 "It's going to be close," says  Virginia  librarian Edwin Ray, the man 
 making the count of  Virginia deaths in  uniform. 
 
 The issue  tends to be emotional in the affected  states which have 
 pride in their soldiers who died for the losing  cause. Whatever  the 
 final count, many people will have difficulty   believing it. 
 
 New York reported the most deaths  of any state:  46,534, according to 
 the 1866 federal  report. 
 
 You can  read more in an article by  Cameron McWhirter in the Wall 
 Street  Journal at  http://goo.gl/usb0U  If this link does not work - 
ry 
> this one: 
 
ttp://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704662604576202823930087328.ht 
l?mod=WSJ_hp_MIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsSecond 
 
 Another interesting fact is that Cameron McWhirter  had family  fighting 
 
 for the CSA 
 and  this family member was a 'friend' of my  distant cousin General  Abe 
 
 Buford 
 who rode with General  Forrest  -CSA.. 
 
 
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