Did he express any specific rules or influences of Northerners that he found oppressive? Did he feel oppressed by laws that forbade folks to aid a slave seeking freedom? Anne At 04:04 PM 2/20/03 -0500, you wrote: >A letter written in May 1862 by one of my many Confederate ancestors makes >it very plain that he was fighting to defend his home and the state of >Virginia from the Yankees' invasion. He expresses a wish for independence >from the rule and influence of the Northerners. He was a yeoman farmer, >though educated, and his grandfather fought in the Rev. War. > >Joan > >To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions >at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html Anne Pemberton [log in to unmask] http://www.erols.com/stevepem http://www.educationalsynthesis.org To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html