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Originally posted by Eric 951
More a case of sour grapes after getting beat.
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Get used to it.
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Where is your "moral outrage" over the destruction of Lawrence, Kansas by Quantril and Anderson?
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Did South Carolina send those folks into that area, or was that a response to John Brown's murderous rampage in Virginia, a raid sponsored by well known Northern abolishionists (aka the secret six)?
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All of your bluster regarding "people's rights to protect their homelands by any means necessary" and "any wars' involving incursion into others' land is illegal and unecessary" fails to take into account Lee's invasion of the North, which ultimately resulted in defeat at Gettysburg. By your skewed reckoning--Lee should be the biggest pariah in the South--spearheading an illegal invasion into Northern territory, ending in a crucial battle which led to the South's withdrawal, and ultimately its defeat.
Beat that drum at your next LOSer gathering
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No, once war was initiated by the Union, any method necessary to force the Union out of the south, including entry into Pennsylvania was legitimate. Discussion as to whether is was a good idea, in my opinion it was not, is another subject. What was a good idea was an immediate follow-up to the First Manassas victory with the taking of Washington, D.C. which would have ended the war very quickly. The Confederacy did not do that because they were not fighting a civil war, they were defending our land.