Sunday, April 23, 2023

reparations and the civil war

By Prince George's County Ex-Pat
sat, apr 22, 2023 11:35 p.m.

Reparations and the Civil War

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You should visit Antietam Battlefield.

I did many years ago with my late father.

No blacks in the crowd of a few dozen tourists; all of the tourists were whites.

Which is odd, as I saw a handful of blacks in the nearby village of Sharpsburg, Maryland.

https://maps.roadtrippers.com/us/sharpsburg-md/points-of-interest/antietam-national-battlefield



Antietam National Battlefield

23,000 soldiers were killed, wounded or missing after twelve hours of savage combat on September 17, 1862. The Battle of Antietam ended the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia's first invasion into the North and led to Abraham Lincoln's issuance of the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation. The Battle of Antietam /ænˈtiːtəm/ also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg, particularly in the South, fought on September 17, 1862, near Sharpsburg, Maryland, and Antietam Creek as part of the Maryland Campaign, was the first major battle in the American Civil War to take place on Union soil. It is the bloodiest single-day battle in American history, with a combined tally of dead, wounded, and missing at 22,717. After pursuing Confederate General Robert E. Lee into Maryland, Union Army Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan launched attacks against Lee's army, in defensive positions behind Antietam Creek. At dawn on September 17, Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker's corps mounted a powerful assault on Lee's left flank. Attacks and count

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The Battlefield's address is 18100 Bloody Lane.

Let that sink in.

And remember it the next time you read about blm members torching a city.

https://www.10best.com/destinations/district-of-columbia/washington/sharpsburg/attractions/antietam-national-battlefield-memorial-illumination/



Antietam National Battlefield Memorial Illumination: Once the sun sets, the Antietam National Battlefield is enveloped in darkness. Each December, for one day, the battlefield is caressed in the soft glow of flickering candles. Totaling 23,000, each one represents a solider who was killed, lost or wounded during the Battle of Antietam. Vehicles line up to get the opportunity to drive through the five mile long illumination. You will see six cannon barrel muzzles on a block of stone in the park. Each spot represents where a general fell during the battle – three were Union, three were Confederate.

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

If I have a choice,I'll choose civil war--TWO.

--GRA

Sunday, April 23, 2023 at 5:57:00 PM EDT
Anonymous said...

The Civil War wasn't instigated by Lincoln and fought by the North to end slavery.

Just like the Revolutionary War wasn't fought over a tax on tea.

The Dred Scott decision in 1857 basically affirmed that slavery was compatible with the Constitution, so there was nothing northern states and the federal government could do to end it where it still existed even if they had wanted to do that. The Emancipation Proclamation was a wartime stunt, desperate overreach, and would not have withstood a court challenge (similar to other things Lincoln did).

So the South seceded for other reasons, including generally to put an end to conflicts with the North by securing its independence.

In Jan 1865 Congress passed a law to end slavery, but the Civil War was still ongoing at that time. The law later became the 13th Amendment, but not until after the Civil War was over. This effectively amended the Constitution to explicitly outlaw slavery, making Dred Scott and any other related earlier decisions moot.

That reparations have already been paid because Lincoln instigated the war to preserve the union (not to end slavery, which he could not have done) has to be one of the worst and most enduring dumb talking points on the Right.

Anyway, the gibs me dat crowd ain't buying it, and they never will.

Sunday, April 23, 2023 at 8:30:00 PM EDT
Anonymous said...

"This effectively amended the Constitution to explicitly outlaw slavery, making Dred Scott and any other related earlier decisions moot"

And indentured servitude. That was how whitey was made to toil under contract much as a slave did. You of course were not a slave but indebted to your master. And had signed a contract. Upon release you became a citizen and got a parcel of land to farm.

Monday, April 24, 2023 at 2:13:00 PM EDT

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