Posted on 05/31/2004 1:03:21 PM PDT by WinOne4TheGipper
Actually, Texas was the next-to-last state to be "re-admitted" to the Union. Texas was never conquered, as were other Southern States, so there was a lot of animosity, especially to Federal Soldiers..........
My reference was that the oil boom (and the last of the cattle boom maybe) helped Texas recover faster. South Florida's real estate helped her.
And like you said, neither suffered scorched earth bu yes...Texas did have some nasty Reconstruction moments brought on by the interlopers.
They did try too. The Yankees were defeated by boys from a military school and old men plus wounded soldiers at "Natural Bridge".
Check your history...Texas was NEVER invaded successfully.
The Yankee Navy took Galveston, but weren't able to hold it for longer than a month. You are mistaken.
I guess it is possible they modified that by saying "East of the Mississippi", or something like that. I also remember from that course that Florida provided the highest percentage of it's population as soldiers for the Confederacy.
roflmao!!!
RIP
As I recall, I was interested in the book. Thought it was the real thing and wanted very much to read it until I found out it was fiction. Kaycee
I don't really know the answer to your question. It is a feeling. Could be that the South felt a bond born out of loyalty to a cause. I was fortunate to have a grandmother who was a small girl in 1862, who with a sister, helped the soldiers of both sides by giving water to them from a spring on their farm in Kentucky. I was raised on her stories about the Battle of Perryville, KY. Civil War history is fascinating because it was fought in our own country. Lincoln was truly a great man, which is evident in how he kept the Union together.
On the blue album, did it have lINCOLN'S FUNERAL MARCH? It is very somber and dignified. Unforgetable.
Kaycee
I honestly don't remember. I haven't seen the album since I was a kid.
I do remember that the cover had a drawing of Confederate soldiers on one side, with a Confederate flag prominently displayed, and Union soldiers on the other side, with the American flag equally prominent.
I am not sure about the percentage of troops, etc, But I believe it was North Carolina.....
Texas contributed 70,000 troops to the Confederacy.
The last battle of the War was fought on Texas soil at Palmito Ranch in S. Texas, in May 1865. It was a Confederate victory. They learned of Lee's surrender from prisoners.
The last land battle that is - the Confederate navy raiders stayed active for several months longer.
Very True!
I was correct about Florida supplying the highest percentage tho. North Carolina sent the most in pure numbers, Florida the highest as a percentage of military age men.
BTW, Florida also suffered terrible casualties with fully one third dying. That is not one third casualties but one third actually dying. I haven't looked it up but that has to be either the highest casualty percentage or close to it.
I can certainly believe that. Florida lost a huge number of men during Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg.
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