Randy Cabell wrote, in part: > Somebody started his Email with a terrific list of > things... early settlement, Coast Artillery, Jefferson > Davis, Abrham Lincoln, and I was ready to sign on. > Until, he verred off to give his opinion that > Emancipation was the #1, be-all-and-end-all reason > for preserving it. That was me, Mr. Cabell, and like the often-left-unnamed self-emancipators Frank Baker, Sheppard Mallory, and James Townsend, I have a name: Steve Corneliussen. I too go way back with Fort Monroe, including -- just to give one example -- having been married in the chapel there over 30 years ago. I respect your right to disagree about what's historically important, but I also assert a right to correct your fundamentally inaccurate report of what I actually said. It's not Emancipation that makes Fort Monroe symbolize America itself in a way that, say, Jefferson Davis's imprisonment cannot. It's self-emancipation. Enormous difference. Thanks. ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html