During four dark years of bitter and bloody fighting between the Northern and Southern states, more than 600,000 troops lost their lives. The country was torn apart as the military, political and ideological struggle dragged on and on. For those who lived through it, life would never be the same again. This powerful series tells the full story of The American Civil War - a conflict that left a deep scar on the soul of a nation.
VIDEO HERE (1 hour)
And they demand reparations?
ReplyDeleteThis subject is one frought with misinformation and myth; I will watch and hope it is an accurate portrayal of the events leading to secession and war.
ReplyDeleteWhile accurate in a general sense, the video is not accurate in its details.
ReplyDeleteFor example: When the states of the lower south first seceded, the general attitude in the north was not really anger but an attitude of "Good riddance. We're tired of your shit". The attack on Ft. Sumter reversed that attitude.
The video also completely leaves out any reference to the fact that Lincoln was not president when the first states seceded. He was not inaugurated until March 4, and between then and the attack on Ft. Sumter, his administration had been in negotiations with the government of South Carolina on the disposition of the fort. (Lincoln did not and could not recognize the CSA government, but he did recognize the governments of each seceding state.) Lincoln, in those early weeks of his administration, as he said many times in both his speeches and writings, was hoping to coerce the seceding states back into the union. What a lot of southerners don't understand is that the preemptive firing on Ft. Sumter, had the same effect on northerners as did the bombing of Pearl Harbor 80 years later.