http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/civilwar/ en-us Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:39:42 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051128/posts "One in five American adults - 22% - believe that any state or region has the right to "peaceably secede from the United States and become an independent republic," a new Middlebury Institute/Zogby International telephone poll shows." "Broken down by race, the highest percentage agreeing with the right to secede was among Hispanics (43%) and African-Americans (40%). Among white respondents, 17% said states or regions should have the right to peaceably secede." "Politically, liberal thinkers were much more likely to favor the right to secession for states and regions, as 32% of mainline liberals agreed with the concept. Among the... Zogby International http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051128/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:39:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048157/posts In Barack Obama’s July 2, 2008 speech calling America to national service, Obama proposed “a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded” as our military. This has prompted some in the blogosphere to raise the specter of a huge new domestic paramilitary organization. Others suggest that he may have been talking about our “current non-military security agencies - FBI, CIA, NSA, DEA, DHS, etc.” I think that both interpretations are probably wrong. If you listen to the whole speech –- or even the couple minutes before his security force proposal — I think... The Volokh Conspiracy http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048157/posts#comment Sat, 19 Jul 2008 22:11:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047509/posts One of the unappreciated casualties of the War of 1861, erroneously called a Civil War, was its contribution to the erosion of constitutional guarantees of state sovereignty. It settled the issue of secession, making it possible for the federal government to increasingly run roughshod over Ninth and 10th Amendment guarantees. A civil war, by the way, is a struggle where two or more parties try to take over the central government. Confederate President Jefferson Davis no more wanted to take over Washington, D.C., than George Washington wanted to take over London. Both wars are more properly described as wars of... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047509/posts#comment Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:05:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2045949/posts This past weekend I watched Ken Burns' PBS documentary "The Civil War", and naturally I was left with far more questions than answers. (With the exception of the fact that I was unbelievably impressed with the commentary of the late Shelby Foote) So I compiled a series of them that are probably too wide in scope for one thread, but I will go ahead and ask them anyway. (Note: I'm going to admit a general ignorance on many of the subjects I present here, so if any of you responding find a "well, no $#@$@# Sherlock" question, I apologize in... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2045949/posts#comment Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:45:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043953/posts Public approval of Congress is so low that a few Republican optimists dream of overcoming the structural factors favoring the Democrats, holding steady or even gaining seats. They are dreaming. America has a proud tradition of disdain for Congress. In the run up to the Civil War, the floor of the US House of Representatives became the very first battlefield as northern and southern members would routinely resort to fisticuffs in order to settle arguments or points of personal honor. It was not unusual for Members to come armed with pistols to the floor, ready and willing to offer satisfaction... American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043953/posts#comment Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:59:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042935/posts It is fact. It not hyperbole. It is reality. Barack Obama is like Adolf Hitler in that he daily supports killing mortals. These humans are defenseless babies in wombs. When the Supreme Court banned partial-birth abortion, Obama loudly proclaimed to the media that the Court move was "horrific." There is no reason to be polite regarding Obama's stance. One must be morally realistic. That calls for calling Obama what he actually is. He is a murderer. He kills. He is party to those who intentionally slay boys and girls. Therefore, Obama is like unto Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler and Idi... Magic City Morning Star http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042935/posts#comment Wed, 9 Jul 2008 15:27:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041093/posts Hartford (WTNH) _ A long forgotten flag was discovered at the Connecticut Historical Society and it dates back to the days of President Abraham Lincoln. Dr. Susan Schoelwer from the Connecticut Historical Society says a handwritten note accompanied the flag inside a simple black box. "You know we have a lot of stuff with a lot of little notes on them. Some of them are true and some of them are not," Susan said. In this case the note claims that the tattered American flag was present at a traumatic event in American history and the hand of a great... WTNH Television http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041093/posts#comment Sat, 5 Jul 2008 14:42:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2040217/posts 3rd Day- Pickett's Charge On the outskirts of Gettysburg, at 1 p.m., 170 Confederate cannons open fired. The Union was positioned in Cemetery Ridge with only a stonewall for protection. The Union returned fire. About 2:30 p.m. the Federally slowed there rate of fire and fooled the rebels, to believing they were out of ammunition. Gen. Picket went to see Gen. Longstreet and asked, " General shall I advance"? Longstreet responded with his head bowed and raised his hand. The command was given. " Charge the enemy and remember Old Virginia" Picket said as he lead 12,000 rebels toward the... pekin.net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2040217/posts#comment Thu, 3 Jul 2008 13:28:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2039693/posts July 2, 1863 The morning of July 2 found the two armies facing each other from two nearly parallel ridges separated by a plain of open farmland. Overnight, Longstreet had arrived with the divisions of McLaws and Hood, bringing the strength of the Confederate Army to 50,000. As of this morning, Pickett's division had not arrived. The Union Army had also received reinforcements during the night, bringing their numbers to over 60,000. While Meade's attention was directed towards Ewell's corps on Culp's Hill to the north, Lee decided to attack from the south. In the afternoon, Hood's division encountered Federal... virginiafamilyresearch,com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2039693/posts#comment Wed, 2 Jul 2008 13:08:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2038733/posts A woolen flag with cotton stars flew the night Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson caught a bullet in the arm -- a quiet witness to one of history's great accidents. You can see it inside a case on the third floor of the N.C. Museum of History, hanging over a Confederate ammunition chest recovered from a Johnston County farm: the flag carried by the regiment that inadvertently shot the man who was arguably the South's No. 2 general. The museum just bought the flag for a price Curator of Military History Tom Belton would describe only as a bargain. Any price... Raleigh (NC) News-Observer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2038733/posts#comment Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:35:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2036596/posts I told myself I'd limit myself to one vanity post per several hundred comments and threads I'd posted, so I apologize in advance. Currently, I'm doing some summer reading and I'm looking specifically for books on the Civil War/War Between the States--or the "War of Northern Agression" if you're so inclined. While I am for certain that this topic could fill up my living room and perhaps my grandparents' entire house, I'm looking for anything that those of you who argue back and forth on the Civil War threads have read. Thanks in advance. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2036596/posts#comment Thu, 26 Jun 2008 05:44:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2029844/posts "Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth ... a new nation conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived, can long endure ... we here resolve that ... this nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom, and that this government of the people, by the people and for the people shall not perish from the earth." –Abraham Lincoln, from The Gettysburg Address "We are all just prisoners here of our... Fighting Irish Thomas http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2029844/posts#comment Thu, 12 Jun 2008 03:15:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2024639/posts I've been doing some genealogical research and have traced a couple branches of my family through the Civil War, the Texas War of Independence, and the Revolutionary War. I've also been given the opportunity via some co-workers to join the Sons of the Republic of Texas. I've checked into it, but have also found other historical societies such as the Sons of the Confederacy, and the Sons of the American Revolution. Does anyone out there have any info on these groups as to what it's like to be involved in these groups, and which ones are worth joining? http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2024639/posts#comment Mon, 2 Jun 2008 04:46:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024286/posts During the Civil War, when the issues of right and wrong were clear, one of President Lincoln’s appointees, General George McClelland, betrayed him.  The anti-war Democrats to whom McClelland pandered were called “Copperheads.”  They rallied around McClelland to defeat the president politically, when they could not defeat the armies of America militarily.  McClelland had a pretty high opinion of himself.  He knew what Lincoln did not:  That the war come not be won, that giving up and bringing the troops home was the only sensible answer, and that the president was not much of a leader. Democrats overwhelmingly supported this... American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024286/posts#comment Sun, 1 Jun 2008 05:34:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2020667/posts WASHINGTON - Nothing salves a party's wounds like winning and nothing picks a party's scab faster than losing. With the likely nominations of Barack Obama by the Democrats and John McCain by the Republicans, one of these two parties is headed for a 2009 crack-up that could prove as messy as any party civil war in recent history. Of the two parties, the frontrunner for this crack-up is the GOP. Well, this is the case at least for now, since they are the underdog in this election. McCain is a godsend to Republicans in some ways because he's uniquely competitive... msnbc.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2020667/posts#comment Sat, 24 May 2008 13:03:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2014213/posts This is a great collection of articles on what's going on in Lebanon. I pay particular attention to Michael Totten when it comes to that country's issues. Primetime Politics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2014213/posts#comment Sat, 10 May 2008 22:32:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2010567/posts CHESTER, Va. (May 2) - Like many boys in the South, Sam White got hooked on the Civil War early, digging up rusting bullets and military buttons in the battle-scarred earth of his hometown As an adult, he crisscrossed the Virginia countryside in search of wartime relics -- weapons, battle flags, even artillery shells buried in the red clay. He sometimes put on diving gear to feel for treasures hidden in the black muck of river bottoms. But in February, White's hobby cost him his life: A cannonball he was restoring exploded, killing him in his driveway. More than 140... Aol, AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2010567/posts#comment Sat, 3 May 2008 03:39:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2010491/posts Virginia Man Killed In Civil War Cannonball Blast May 02, 2008 CHESTER, Va. — Like many boys in the South, Sam White got hooked on the Civil War early, digging up rusting bullets and military buttons in the battle-scarred earth of his hometown. As an adult, he crisscrossed the Virginia countryside in search of wartime relics — weapons, battle flags, even artillery shells buried in the red clay. He sometimes put on diving gear to feel for treasures hidden in the black muck of river bottoms. But in February, White's hobby cost him his life: A cannonball he was restoring... FOX/AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2010491/posts#comment Sat, 3 May 2008 00:26:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2004587/posts The bloodiest and most significant battle of the American Civil War took place in Pennsylvania. At the outset of that conflict, the forces of the North - greater in number and better armed - were regarded as the overwhelming favourites to win the struggle. Yet they were outsmarted by the charismatic General Robert E. Lee, who proved to be more imaginative in the field, inspiring passionate loyalty in his Confederate soldiers. A bemused Abraham Lincoln was reduced to hiring and firing his generals and constantly reshaping his strategy. By July 1863, it seemed as if the Confederates might storm Washington... TimesOnline.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2004587/posts#comment Mon, 21 Apr 2008 04:54:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2001678/posts LANCASTER [California] - The sharp scent of gunpowder hung in the air with the smoke from a booming cannon shot as a lone trumpeter played the solemn notes of "Taps." This ceremony of remembrance played out twice Saturday afternoon at Lancaster Cemetery... The Civil War mourning ceremony, organized by Friends of the Lancaster Cemetery, honored all five veterans of that war - four Union soldiers and one Confederate - who are buried in the cemetery, but specifically two for whom new grave markers were dedicated. James Madison West was born in Ohio in 1843, and died in Lancaster on Oct.... Velley Press on http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2001678/posts#comment Tue, 15 Apr 2008 03:29:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1995207/posts In an interview with me this morning, senior Hillary adviser Harold Ickes confirmed that Reverend Jeremiah Wright is a key topic in discussions with uncommitted super-delegates over whether Obama is electable in a general election. The comments from Ickes, who is Hillary's chief delegate hunter, are to my knowledge the first on-the-record confirmation from a Hillary adviser that the Wright controversy is a subject in conversations between the Hillary campaign and the super-delegates her advisers are trying to win over to Hillary's side. In the wide-ranging interview, Ickes also: * Said that it was possible that Hillary forces on the... TPM http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1995207/posts#comment Tue, 1 Apr 2008 23:46:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993749/posts Obama: Clinton 'can run as long as she wants' TRIBUNE-REVIEW By Salena Zito & David Brown While chatting with reporters in Johnstown today Barack Obama said that Hillary Clinton “can run as long as she wants.” Obama went on to say that Clinton should be able to compete, and her supporters should be able to support her as long as they are willing or able. Obama also said the notion that the party is divided is “somewhat overstated.” Pittsburgh Tribune Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993749/posts#comment Sat, 29 Mar 2008 22:27:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993097/posts In my nightmares, the helicopters still come out of a dark sky, two black spots barely visible against the backdrop of night. Their swirling blades grow louder until they finally touch down on earth and fall silent. They look like giant steel bugs from another planet, bulbous robots with eyes of glass coming to take away their prey. Yes... Hillary Clinton is visiting another small-town in Indiana that most people have ever heard of. We've all heard about the bloody costs of this Democrat Civil War. We see the Victimhood of blacks, women and gays, the Not-Racist Race-Baiting, and the... ME! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993097/posts#comment Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:40:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992904/posts In further evidence that the Democratic primary is straining the party, liberal activist organization MoveOn.org is circulating a petition that attacks a group of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s (D-N.Y.) donors, who had “threatened” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) for her stance on superdelegates. “This is pretty outrageous: a group of Clinton-supporting big Democratic donors are threatening to stop supporting Democrats in Congress because Nancy Pelosi said that the people, not the superdelegates, should decide the presidential nomination,” said MoveOn, which is backing Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), in an e-mail to supporters. A group of deep-pocketed donors had, in a letter... The Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992904/posts#comment Fri, 28 Mar 2008 03:04:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1992438/posts Yesterday the Florida legislature unanimously passed a resolution that apologized to African-Americans for slavery. While I do not object to that, I must confess that I feel absolutely no more guilt for the practice of slavery by people 150 years ago than I do for their burning of witches in Colonial times. Since I am the product of Italian and British immigrants who settled in New England, it is also very unlikely that any of my actual ancestors ever practiced this abominable custom, anyway. What I am, though, is proud that my ancestors in the United States and in Great... From Sea to Shining Sea http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1992438/posts#comment Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:03:21 GMT