At 1:25 AM 9/25/0, Harold S. Forsythe wrote: > It is not clear why the "Lost Cause" movement needed camouflage for its >sentiments. >Union Army government lasted only until 1869, with the last troops >withdrawn in 1877. Clearly, there is indication that the songs >suggest certain sentiments, but pro-Confederate notions were as >likely to be expressed openly during active military government as >during anytime from 1860 to 1900. Prof. Forsythe is absolutely right. Ex Confederates were not bashful. Indeed, Rives Pollard edited a newspaper during Reconstruction with a masthead motto of something like "Virginia, my country, right or wrong." Of course, he got shot, but not by a Yankee sympathizer. Henry Alexander Wise testified for the defense of the guy who plugged him. Ned Heite ([log in to unmask]) ***************************************** * * * Commercial mulch is to real compost * * as a paint-by-numbers "Last Supper" * * is to a real Leonardo. * * * ***************************************** To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html.