Civil War Hero Awarded the Medal of Honor at Last

[Asclepias]

You people of the South don't know what you are doing.( no surprise even today) This country will be drenched in blood, and God only knows how it will end. It is all folly, madness, a crime against civilization! You people speak so lightly of war; you don't know what you're talking about. War is a terrible thing! You mistake, too, the people of the North. They are a peaceable people but an earnest people, and they will fight, too. They are not going to let this country be destroyed without a mighty effort to save it … Besides, where are your men and appliances of war to contend against them? The North can make a steam engine, locomotive, or railway car; hardly a yard of cloth or pair of shoes can you make. You are rushing into war with one of the most powerful, ingeniously mechanical, and determined people on Earth — right at your doors. You are bound to fail. Only in your spirit and determination are you prepared for war. In all else you are totally unprepared, with a bad cause to start with. At first you will make headway, but as your limited resources begin to fail, shut out from the markets of Europe as you will be, your cause will begin to wane. If your people will but stop and think, they must see in the end that you will surely fail.

• • Comments to Prof. David F. Boyd at the Louisiana State Seminary (24 December 1860); quoted in The Civil War: A Narrative(1986) by Shelby Foote, p. 58; also in The Civil War : A Book of Quotations (2004) by Robert Blaisdell

My aim, then, was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us. Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
William Tecumseh Sherman

The North wouldn't be so successful.........if it happens again!

Spoken like a true gun nut

In the 1860s having a rifle and a few cannons were great equalizers on the battlefield. Even at that, the Souths lack of a Navy cost them the war

Modern warfare requires tanks, helicopters, aircraft and a navy to win. None of which are available to a secessionist south

No one is going to secede if it means being slaughtered by the U.S. military, fool.

Well then shut-up with your traitor talk fool.

 

[rightwinger]

You people of the South don't know what you are doing.( no surprise even today) This country will be drenched in blood, and God only knows how it will end. It is all folly, madness, a crime against civilization! You people speak so lightly of war; you don't know what you're talking about. War is a terrible thing! You mistake, too, the people of the North. They are a peaceable people but an earnest people, and they will fight, too. They are not going to let this country be destroyed without a mighty effort to save it … Besides, where are your men and appliances of war to contend against them? The North can make a steam engine, locomotive, or railway car; hardly a yard of cloth or pair of shoes can you make. You are rushing into war with one of the most powerful, ingeniously mechanical, and determined people on Earth — right at your doors. You are bound to fail. Only in your spirit and determination are you prepared for war. In all else you are totally unprepared, with a bad cause to start with. At first you will make headway, but as your limited resources begin to fail, shut out from the markets of Europe as you will be, your cause will begin to wane. If your people will but stop and think, they must see in the end that you will surely fail.

• • Comments to Prof. David F. Boyd at the Louisiana State Seminary (24 December 1860); quoted in The Civil War: A Narrative(1986) by Shelby Foote, p. 58; also in The Civil War : A Book of Quotations (2004) by Robert Blaisdell

My aim, then, was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us. Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
William Tecumseh Sherman

The North wouldn't be so successful.........if it happens again!

Spoken like a true gun nut

In the 1860s having a rifle and a few cannons were great equalizers on the battlefield. Even at that, the Souths lack of a Navy cost them the war

Modern warfare requires tanks, helicopters, aircraft and a navy to win. None of which are available to a secessionist south

The Navy didn't cost the South the war, the railroad did.

Good point

The north was able to quickly move troops and supplies to where they were needed while the south had to march them in. But the blockade choked off the south and prevented them from getting needed supplies (they had limited manufacturing) and also prevented them from shipping cotton ($$$)

 

[SmarterThanTheAverageBear]

You people of the South don't know what you are doing.( no surprise even today) This country will be drenched in blood, and God only knows how it will end. It is all folly, madness, a crime against civilization! You people speak so lightly of war; you don't know what you're talking about. War is a terrible thing! You mistake, too, the people of the North. They are a peaceable people but an earnest people, and they will fight, too. They are not going to let this country be destroyed without a mighty effort to save it … Besides, where are your men and appliances of war to contend against them? The North can make a steam engine, locomotive, or railway car; hardly a yard of cloth or pair of shoes can you make. You are rushing into war with one of the most powerful, ingeniously mechanical, and determined people on Earth — right at your doors. You are bound to fail. Only in your spirit and determination are you prepared for war. In all else you are totally unprepared, with a bad cause to start with. At first you will make headway, but as your limited resources begin to fail, shut out from the markets of Europe as you will be, your cause will begin to wane. If your people will but stop and think, they must see in the end that you will surely fail.

• • Comments to Prof. David F. Boyd at the Louisiana State Seminary (24 December 1860); quoted in The Civil War: A Narrative(1986) by Shelby Foote, p. 58; also in The Civil War : A Book of Quotations (2004) by Robert Blaisdell

My aim, then, was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us. Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
William Tecumseh Sherman

The North wouldn't be so successful.........if it happens again!

Spoken like a true gun nut

In the 1860s having a rifle and a few cannons were great equalizers on the battlefield. Even at that, the Souths lack of a Navy cost them the war

Modern warfare requires tanks, helicopters, aircraft and a navy to win. None of which are available to a secessionist south

The Navy didn't cost the South the war, the railroad did.

Good point

The north was able to quickly move troops and supplies to where they were needed while the south had to march them in. But the blockade choked off the south and prevented them from getting needed supplies (they had limited manufacturing) and also prevented them from shipping cotton ($$$)

Somewhat, but they were pretty successful at running the blockades

The deciding factor was the railroad. The North was able to reinforce and resupply much faster than the South.

Actually though, THE deciding factor was Lee's decision not to invade Washington DC. He could have ended the war in a year if he had done so.

 

[bripat9643]

You people of the South don't know what you are doing.( no surprise even today) This country will be drenched in blood, and God only knows how it will end. It is all folly, madness, a crime against civilization! You people speak so lightly of war; you don't know what you're talking about. War is a terrible thing! You mistake, too, the people of the North. They are a peaceable people but an earnest people, and they will fight, too. They are not going to let this country be destroyed without a mighty effort to save it … Besides, where are your men and appliances of war to contend against them? The North can make a steam engine, locomotive, or railway car; hardly a yard of cloth or pair of shoes can you make. You are rushing into war with one of the most powerful, ingeniously mechanical, and determined people on Earth — right at your doors. You are bound to fail. Only in your spirit and determination are you prepared for war. In all else you are totally unprepared, with a bad cause to start with. At first you will make headway, but as your limited resources begin to fail, shut out from the markets of Europe as you will be, your cause will begin to wane. If your people will but stop and think, they must see in the end that you will surely fail.

• • Comments to Prof. David F. Boyd at the Louisiana State Seminary (24 December 1860); quoted in The Civil War: A Narrative(1986) by Shelby Foote, p. 58; also in The Civil War : A Book of Quotations (2004) by Robert Blaisdell

My aim, then, was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us. Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
William Tecumseh Sherman

You have to be a fascist asshole to admire a man like Sherman.

Freed slaves as he went

A GREAT American

Sherman didn't free a single slave.

Thousands

Nope.

 

[rightwinger]

You people of the South don't know what you are doing.( no surprise even today) This country will be drenched in blood, and God only knows how it will end. It is all folly, madness, a crime against civilization! You people speak so lightly of war; you don't know what you're talking about. War is a terrible thing! You mistake, too, the people of the North. They are a peaceable people but an earnest people, and they will fight, too. They are not going to let this country be destroyed without a mighty effort to save it … Besides, where are your men and appliances of war to contend against them? The North can make a steam engine, locomotive, or railway car; hardly a yard of cloth or pair of shoes can you make. You are rushing into war with one of the most powerful, ingeniously mechanical, and determined people on Earth — right at your doors. You are bound to fail. Only in your spirit and determination are you prepared for war. In all else you are totally unprepared, with a bad cause to start with. At first you will make headway, but as your limited resources begin to fail, shut out from the markets of Europe as you will be, your cause will begin to wane. If your people will but stop and think, they must see in the end that you will surely fail.

• • Comments to Prof. David F. Boyd at the Louisiana State Seminary (24 December 1860); quoted in The Civil War: A Narrative(1986) by Shelby Foote, p. 58; also in The Civil War : A Book of Quotations (2004) by Robert Blaisdell

My aim, then, was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us. Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
William Tecumseh Sherman

The North wouldn't be so successful.........if it happens again!

Spoken like a true gun nut

In the 1860s having a rifle and a few cannons were great equalizers on the battlefield. Even at that, the Souths lack of a Navy cost them the war

Modern warfare requires tanks, helicopters, aircraft and a navy to win. None of which are available to a secessionist south

The Navy didn't cost the South the war, the railroad did.

Good point

The north was able to quickly move troops and supplies to where they were needed while the south had to march them in. But the blockade choked off the south and prevented them from getting needed supplies (they had limited manufacturing) and also prevented them from shipping cotton ($$$)

Somewhat, but they were pretty successful at running the blockades

The deciding factor was the railroad. The North was able to reinforce and resupply much faster than the South.

Actually though, THE deciding factor was Lee's decision not to invade Washington DC. He could have ended the war in a year if he had done so.

I don't think so

Washington was just a city. Capitals can move. It would have been embarassing but it wouldn't have caused the collapse of the north. Economic power was in Boston, New York and Philadelphia.

 

[rightwinger]

You people of the South don't know what you are doing.( no surprise even today) This country will be drenched in blood, and God only knows how it will end. It is all folly, madness, a crime against civilization! You people speak so lightly of war; you don't know what you're talking about. War is a terrible thing! You mistake, too, the people of the North. They are a peaceable people but an earnest people, and they will fight, too. They are not going to let this country be destroyed without a mighty effort to save it … Besides, where are your men and appliances of war to contend against them? The North can make a steam engine, locomotive, or railway car; hardly a yard of cloth or pair of shoes can you make. You are rushing into war with one of the most powerful, ingeniously mechanical, and determined people on Earth — right at your doors. You are bound to fail. Only in your spirit and determination are you prepared for war. In all else you are totally unprepared, with a bad cause to start with. At first you will make headway, but as your limited resources begin to fail, shut out from the markets of Europe as you will be, your cause will begin to wane. If your people will but stop and think, they must see in the end that you will surely fail.

• • Comments to Prof. David F. Boyd at the Louisiana State Seminary (24 December 1860); quoted in The Civil War: A Narrative(1986) by Shelby Foote, p. 58; also in The Civil War : A Book of Quotations (2004) by Robert Blaisdell

My aim, then, was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us. Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
William Tecumseh Sherman

You have to be a fascist asshole to admire a man like Sherman.

Freed slaves as he went

A GREAT American

Sherman didn't free a single slave.

Thousands

Nope.

Dope

 

[bripat9643]

The War of Southern Rebellion was a sad chapter in this great nation's history. Thankfully, the secessioners/clingers/slave rapists were put down/quashed

You are thankful to a gang of mass murdering rapists, pillagers and arsonists. The saddest thing about the Civil War is the way Lincoln wiped his ass on the Constitution, turned this country into a police state, and waged war on his fellow Americans.

He waged war on a nation that was established to protect the institution of slavery
A country built on the suffering and subjugation of others

So you admit he invaded a sovereign country. Should we invade the Sudan because it practices slavery? How about sending troops to Iraq to wipe out ISIS for the same reason?

The south was never a sovereign country. They were bad children that got a spanking. Last I heard the Sudan and Iraq were never part of the US.

If the South was never a sovereign country then Lincoln engaged in mass slaughter of American citizens. He violated their constitutional rights wholesale. He killed them, raped them, stole their property and burned their cities to the ground.

 

[bripat9643]

You have to be a fascist asshole to admire a man like Sherman.

Freed slaves as he went

A GREAT American

Sherman didn't free a single slave.

Thousands

Nope.

Dope

Retard.

 

[rightwinger]

The War of Southern Rebellion was a sad chapter in this great nation's history. Thankfully, the secessioners/clingers/slave rapists were put down/quashed

You are thankful to a gang of mass murdering rapists, pillagers and arsonists. The saddest thing about the Civil War is the way Lincoln wiped his ass on the Constitution, turned this country into a police state, and waged war on his fellow Americans.

He waged war on a nation that was established to protect the institution of slavery
A country built on the suffering and subjugation of others

So you admit he invaded a sovereign country. Should we invade the Sudan because it practices slavery? How about sending troops to Iraq to wipe out ISIS for the same reason?

The south was never a sovereign country. They were bad children that got a spanking. Last I heard the Sudan and Iraq were never part of the US.

If the South was never a sovereign country then Lincoln engaged in mass slaughter of American citizens. He violated their constitutional rights wholesale. He killed them, raped them, stole their property and burned their cities to the ground.

Traitors

 

[bripat9643]

What about the largest military base in the free world? And thats just for starters.

United States property

yep, federal funding would be cut immediately then what would the secessioners do?

Texas has plenty of money.

you mean U.S. currency? What good would that do them when they secede?

That guy herewego is too dumb for words.

Not only is it US currency, most money is maintained in the banking system. You click a few times and all of the money in Texas is transferred to the coffers of California.

That would be a violation of the 5th Amendment. Of course, when did liberals ever hesitate to wipe their asses on the Constitution?

Texas can easily start a new currency and replace any lost funds with it.

 

[bripat9643]

You are thankful to a gang of mass murdering rapists, pillagers and arsonists. The saddest thing about the Civil War is the way Lincoln wiped his ass on the Constitution, turned this country into a police state, and waged war on his fellow Americans.

He waged war on a nation that was established to protect the institution of slavery
A country built on the suffering and subjugation of others

So you admit he invaded a sovereign country. Should we invade the Sudan because it practices slavery? How about sending troops to Iraq to wipe out ISIS for the same reason?

The south was never a sovereign country. They were bad children that got a spanking. Last I heard the Sudan and Iraq were never part of the US.

If the South was never a sovereign country then Lincoln engaged in mass slaughter of American citizens. He violated their constitutional rights wholesale. He killed them, raped them, stole their property and burned their cities to the ground.

Traitors

According to the Constitution, Lincoln was the traitor.

 

[Asclepias]

The War of Southern Rebellion was a sad chapter in this great nation's history. Thankfully, the secessioners/clingers/slave rapists were put down/quashed

You are thankful to a gang of mass murdering rapists, pillagers and arsonists. The saddest thing about the Civil War is the way Lincoln wiped his ass on the Constitution, turned this country into a police state, and waged war on his fellow Americans.

He waged war on a nation that was established to protect the institution of slavery
A country built on the suffering and subjugation of others

So you admit he invaded a sovereign country. Should we invade the Sudan because it practices slavery? How about sending troops to Iraq to wipe out ISIS for the same reason?

The south was never a sovereign country. They were bad children that got a spanking. Last I heard the Sudan and Iraq were never part of the US.

If the South was never a sovereign country then Lincoln engaged in mass slaughter of American citizens. He violated their constitutional rights wholesale. He killed them, raped them, stole their property and burned their cities to the ground.

Sounds like good fun to me since they wanted to keep slaves.

 

[bripat9643]

You are thankful to a gang of mass murdering rapists, pillagers and arsonists. The saddest thing about the Civil War is the way Lincoln wiped his ass on the Constitution, turned this country into a police state, and waged war on his fellow Americans.

He waged war on a nation that was established to protect the institution of slavery
A country built on the suffering and subjugation of others

So you admit he invaded a sovereign country. Should we invade the Sudan because it practices slavery? How about sending troops to Iraq to wipe out ISIS for the same reason?

The south was never a sovereign country. They were bad children that got a spanking. Last I heard the Sudan and Iraq were never part of the US.

If the South was never a sovereign country then Lincoln engaged in mass slaughter of American citizens. He violated their constitutional rights wholesale. He killed them, raped them, stole their property and burned their cities to the ground.

Sounds like good fun to me since they wanted to keep slaves.

Hitler and Adolph Eichmann would be so proud of you.

 

[Asclepias]

United States property

yep, federal funding would be cut immediately then what would the secessioners do?

Texas has plenty of money.

you mean U.S. currency? What good would that do them when they secede?

That guy herewego is too dumb for words.

Not only is it US currency, most money is maintained in the banking system. You click a few times and all of the money in Texas is transferred to the coffers of California.

That would be a violation of the 5th Amendment. Of course, when did liberals ever hesitate to wipe their asses on the Constitution?

Texas can easily start a new currency and replace any lost funds with it.

Actually It wouldnt be. Patriot Act and all. We could just call the state of Texas terrorists if they decided to secede. Once thats accomplished nothing gets in the way of forcing compliance.

Texas could never start new currency. No other country on earth would even have time to do business with them before they lost the war that never started.

 

[Asclepias]

He waged war on a nation that was established to protect the institution of slavery
A country built on the suffering and subjugation of others

So you admit he invaded a sovereign country. Should we invade the Sudan because it practices slavery? How about sending troops to Iraq to wipe out ISIS for the same reason?

The south was never a sovereign country. They were bad children that got a spanking. Last I heard the Sudan and Iraq were never part of the US.

If the South was never a sovereign country then Lincoln engaged in mass slaughter of American citizens. He violated their constitutional rights wholesale. He killed them, raped them, stole their property and burned their cities to the ground.

Sounds like good fun to me since they wanted to keep slaves.

Hitler and Adolph Eichmann would be so proud of you.

No they wouldnt. I'm a Black guy. They would want to sterilize me.

 

[Asclepias]

He waged war on a nation that was established to protect the institution of slavery
A country built on the suffering and subjugation of others

So you admit he invaded a sovereign country. Should we invade the Sudan because it practices slavery? How about sending troops to Iraq to wipe out ISIS for the same reason?

The south was never a sovereign country. They were bad children that got a spanking. Last I heard the Sudan and Iraq were never part of the US.

If the South was never a sovereign country then Lincoln engaged in mass slaughter of American citizens. He violated their constitutional rights wholesale. He killed them, raped them, stole their property and burned their cities to the ground.

Traitors

According to the Constitution, Lincoln was the traitor.

I dont see anywhere in the constitution where it says Lincoln was a traitor.

 

[rightwinger]

He waged war on a nation that was established to protect the institution of slavery
A country built on the suffering and subjugation of others

So you admit he invaded a sovereign country. Should we invade the Sudan because it practices slavery? How about sending troops to Iraq to wipe out ISIS for the same reason?

The south was never a sovereign country. They were bad children that got a spanking. Last I heard the Sudan and Iraq were never part of the US.

If the South was never a sovereign country then Lincoln engaged in mass slaughter of American citizens. He violated their constitutional rights wholesale. He killed them, raped them, stole their property and burned their cities to the ground.

Traitors

According to the Constitution, Lincoln was the traitor.

Not really

Taking up arms against your country is frowned upon

 

[bripat9643]

yep, federal funding would be cut immediately then what would the secessioners do?

Texas has plenty of money.

you mean U.S. currency? What good would that do them when they secede?

That guy herewego is too dumb for words.

Not only is it US currency, most money is maintained in the banking system. You click a few times and all of the money in Texas is transferred to the coffers of California.

That would be a violation of the 5th Amendment. Of course, when did liberals ever hesitate to wipe their asses on the Constitution?

Texas can easily start a new currency and replace any lost funds with it.

Actually It wouldnt be. Patriot Act and all. We could just call the state of Texas terrorists if they decided to secede. Once thats accomplished all nothing gets in the way of forcing compliance.

Texas could never start new currency. No other country on earth would even have time to do business with them before they lost the war that never started.

Expropriation of private property without compensation is a violation of the 5th Amendment, moron. The Constitution mandates that you recieve a fair trial and due process of law before the government can impose any penalties on you. Of course, you have already demonstrated repeatedly that you would wipe your ass on the Constitution if given an opportunity.

If the war never started, then why wouldn't they have time? If you don't recollect, the Confederacy had its own currency.

Virtually everything you post is pure horseshit.

 

[bripat9643]

So you admit he invaded a sovereign country. Should we invade the Sudan because it practices slavery? How about sending troops to Iraq to wipe out ISIS for the same reason?

The south was never a sovereign country. They were bad children that got a spanking. Last I heard the Sudan and Iraq were never part of the US.

If the South was never a sovereign country then Lincoln engaged in mass slaughter of American citizens. He violated their constitutional rights wholesale. He killed them, raped them, stole their property and burned their cities to the ground.

Traitors

According to the Constitution, Lincoln was the traitor.

Not really

Taking up arms against your country is frowned upon

Lincoln invaded the South, not the other way around, numskull.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

What about the largest military base in the free world? And thats just for starters.

United States property

yep, federal funding would be cut immediately then what would the secessioners do?

Texas has plenty of money.

you mean U.S. currency? What good would that do them when they secede?

That guy herewego is too dumb for words.

Not only is it US currency, most money is maintained in the banking system. You click a few times and all of the money in Texas is transferred to the coffers of California.

What a dumb fuck you are. Do you really think that would matter in this instance?
Electronic money is just that. Electronic....