About to dive into this!
Holy shit do I feel this so hard. I too was blinded by the Lost Cause growing up, even as a northerner. Everything I do now to show the truth is done to make up for what damage I've done in the past
Ok, I need to buy BG (ret)Seidule a drink for this. For putting into incredibly clear words how idiotic the myth of the Lost Cause sounds when facts are applied
STEALING THIS TO USE FROM NOW UNTIL THE END OF TIME
Pour this directly into my veins
The Civil War, aka, fuck around and find out, traitors
Gonna start calling plantations "slave labor camps" from now on
YES.
Frank was a man of few words, but a helluva deed-doer
So, uh, I meant to go to bed at a reasonable time

I did not. Instead, I read the whole damn book. Holy crap. @Ty_Seidule has put together a work that should be mandatory reading for every officer in the US Army, in order to expunge the cancer of the Lost Cause from our ranks

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WOW

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