Returning to history (so I hope the Off-Topic police don't catch me). Isn't that the way we colonized Texas? We just sneaked over the border of Mexico...
Mosby¹s Men Armistead Churchill Gordon - 1910 They tell the tale, with magic word The spirit¹s depths to stir, Of him who fought with Sidney¹s sword, Or...
... Val, One of the fatal flaws in your distasteful racehorse analogy is the fact that the notion of compensated emancipation had been floated before...
First, an analogy is an analogy - it intended to be a way of understanding the situation under discussion. Slaves were property and the circumstances extant at...
Wow. Obviously, your mind is made up. All I can say is that, as a native Southerner and the descendant of at least one Confederate cavalryman, I’m glad I...
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Aug 10, 2007 1:21 pm
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""Wow. Obviously, your mind is made up. All I can say is that, as a native Southerner and the descendant of at least one Confederate cavalryman, I'm glad I...
- reveal the true motive for the war was the destruction of Southern culture and a 'remaking' of that section in the Jacobin, imperialist, unrestrained...
Like I said… ... From: mosbysrangers@yahoogroups.com [mailto:mosbysrangers@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of richmondtiggergray Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007...
Sean Dail
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Aug 10, 2007 2:02 pm
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“Bitter? I'm not bitter, but I certainly am unhappy that people should accept as 'fact' what 'in fact' is not. There are too many sources to read - including...
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Aug 10, 2007 2:44 pm
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I was born in New York City and have lived within 30 miles of that city for all but two of my 66 years (during which I lived in Connecticut). I have believed...
Do you know or have you read Judge Napolitano? His book was on the assault on the Constitution as a whole. Why would you say that he was Å’hardly a reliable...
I have not read his book. And perhaps saying that he was “not a reliable source” was a bit harsh. But he is a television personality on Fox News, which...
Sean Dail
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Aug 10, 2007 3:38 pm
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As are we all. Yet, Mosby¹s point of view over the years regarding the Confederacy and his own call for Œreunion and reconciliation¹ after the war is very...
Yes, I'm interested in newspaper accounts of Mosby. T ... From: mosbysrangers@yahoogroups.com [mailto:mosbysrangers@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Valerie...
If there is general interest, I¹ll post a few. I¹ve got lots of them from virtually years of searching archives, microfilm etc. I believe I have a very...
I have uploaded a few photos of the Chapman family. Unfortunately none of them are from the time of the Civil War. There are two well-known photos of W.H....
... understanding the situation under discussion.<< And a distasteful analogy is a distasteful analogy. Your 1000-word digressions about political correctness,...
I do not intend to get into this again, except to say this: you have Œtrotted out¹ all the tired, false and mendacious excuses used in the Œwinner¹s...
Could those participating in this topic please refrain from re-quoting the previous poster's message in full when they reply? it makes the thread incredibly...
... Valerie, Your clumsy, martyristic laments don't interest me. You speak of "proof," but you are unable or unwilling to present it. Instead, you post the...
A matter of some interest to those who DO wish to know more than the winner's version of `history'. Of course, those who DON'T will deny it all including...
Please… this is sooooo tired. And of course has nothing to do with facts or with John Mosby. ... From: mosbysrangers@yahoogroups.com...
Sean Dail
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Aug 12, 2007 12:48 am
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HEY!!!!!!!!! I love Richmond TIGER GRAY AND VAL! I'll let you say any comments about my posts, but will not allow you to crush my friends, on this link, I...
Sadly, it requires neither honesty nor reason to say that a statement by a well known intellectual (who just happens to be black thus negating the Œracist¹...
It’s rude to shout. ... From: mosbysrangers@yahoogroups.com [mailto:mosbysrangers@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Victorian Jill Sent: Saturday, August 11,...
Sean Dail
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Aug 12, 2007 2:39 am
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You’re the one who is being willfully blind, Val. And it’s sad, because I can tell that you are a very intelligent person and capable of seeing through the...
Sean Dail
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Aug 12, 2007 2:42 am
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For those of you who have requested some contemporary accounts of Mosby, I thought I would start with these from the Richmond Dispatch from 1862. As you know,...
Thank you for this. When I tell some people that blacks did fight for the CSA, they scoff and think I am lying...I should print this out... A matter of some...
