Get over it, Paul. DFM ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Finkelman" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, April 09, 2007 10:48 PM Subject: Re: End of the War of Northern Aggression > The subject line is amusing. Is the "war of Northern aggression" the > one that was started with treasonous former officers of the United > States of America began firing at U.S. Army troops stationed in a fort > built by the tax payers of the entire nation to protect the city of > Charleston from foreign invaders? That was the battle where a brave and > courageous southern-born commander defended his flag against an > unwarrantend and unprovoked attack by men who had been trained at West > Point, at tax payer expense, and then took off their uniforms, put on > the uniforms of another army, and attacked their former comrades. The > would-be new nation was led by man who had also been educated at West > Point, served in the United States Army, and turned traitor, and made > war on his own country. > > It is worth remembering that that Davis, Lee, and the other traitors > took the same oath when they entered West Point that American soldiers, > marines, sailors, and airmen/women take when they enter military > service today. > > Paul Finkelman > President William McKinley Distinguished Professor of Law > and Public Policy > Albany Law School > 80 New Scotland Avenue > Albany, New York 12208-3494 > > 518-445-3386 > [log in to unmask] >>>> [log in to unmask] 04/09/07 10:13 PM >>> > Today is April 9th. 142 years ago, today the Civil war ended at > Appomattox, > Virginia. > Robert E. Lee, General CSA > Surrendered the Army Of Virginia and ended the Civil War > > April 9, 1865: VA-K157 Surrender at Appomattox > Description: > At the McLean house at Appomattox, two miles north, took place the > meeting > between Lee and Grant to arrange terms for the surrender of the Army of > Northern Virginia. This was at 1:30 P.M. on Sunday, April 9, 1865. > Conservation & Development Commission, 1929 > > Location: > US 460 (eastbound), west of Appomattox > Surrender at Appomattox >