Civil War 101
I've been reading "The American Heritage series: A Short History of the Civil War", by Bruce Catton as an introductory to the conflict. - A long time coming I know, considering our trip to Gettysburg was almost 3 years ago now. I've been sidetracked with sci-fi books & the Pacific Theatre, among others.
Anyway, I've also been reading many posts over at the ACG general forums on various Civil war topics and I've noticed there a common "tone" (for lack of a better word) in some of the forum members point of view.
Many of the members there seem to almost "root" for the South, as if they had wanted them to win the war. I can certainly understand the study of the South's military & social aspects & realize the value of it's history- much like we all appreciate & study the German military during WW2. But to blatantly be an "apologist" for succession & the support of slavery is way over the line , imo.
Some will even go so far as to flip the story around & point the finger at the North for things such as how they "immorally" conducted the war against the South! An example of this would be Sherman's March. I've read Wikipedia's history on this event & find nothing wrong with what he did. He destroyed the South's will to fight & ultimately hasted the war's end.
Well, I'd like to hear your comments because quite frankly I'm baffled by some peoples attitudes.
Thanks.
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