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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"I'm prepared to go forward...I'm here live... I'm not a cat"
I am DECEASED
The dude in the screen above him needs to be a poker player because he deadpans all but one tiny smirk through all of that kitten's explanation of why it's a kitten today and not a lawyer
Ok, this all starts, as most stories do, with a baby being born to some people who were from some part of the British Empire because holy shit did those people like to colonize. John Stark was born in Londonderry, NH in 1828 to parents from Londonderry, Ireland, bc of course
You might be wondering what a New Hampshire is. Well, it aint old hampshire, that's for sure. It's like, almost Canada, but not. It's sorta like Vermont but more granite-y and flintier or something. There's lots of snow and taciturnity. And primaries. And Manchester is gross
So, I'm reading this military history book, and no, I won't tell you the name of it or the author because that wouldn't be polite, but as I'm reading I realize...this person's just drawn from like 3-4 primary sources and everything else is secondary. The endnotes are mainly ibid
Me being a nerd, I actually use footnotes and endnotes. There's sometimes hidden gems in there, including notes from the author that crack you up. But not here. So I keep reading, and keep coming across error after error, mostly contextual bc they haven't studied primary sources
I flip to the back and see this person has multiple books and refers to themself as a historian. About that.
See, being a historian isn't going "hey, I found this old stuff, it tells the full story, now buy my book! "
Damn, Phillip Schuyler was the MASTER at politely but completely undercutting people
Namely, Ira Allen, Ethan's brother, who was trying to set Vermont up as its own thing
Philip Schuyler, who you might know as the father of these ladies
A complicated figure because of his slave ownership, Philip Schuyler also bears responsibility with Benedict Arnold for saving the American cause for independence in the Northern Department from 1775-1777. His logistics talents were unrivalled.