History Forum / War History / US Civil War / September 2006

Had the Southern States seceded or were they rebelling?
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Article I, Section 8
Congress shall have Power...To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and

When Lincoln had the Maryland Legislature arrested to stop the state
from seceding from the Union, were his actions criminal and illegal?

In Macmillan's _The Atlas of the Civil War_
edited by James McPherson, the map of
Fredericksburg shows some kind of structure
crossing the Rappahannock north of the town,

An account of a newspaper interview with my 3xg grandfather Frederick
Nicholls Crouch (Lowell Daily Sun 17th Nov 1893) suggests -
<<He came to this country in 1841 (should be 1849) and when the war
commenced he was prompted to espouse the southern cause by the murder

I have a listing New Midway MD, would you be able the guide me in the
correct direction to research the history of the property? It was built
in 1860.
Thank You,

In the middle of the night March 8-9 1863 John Singleton Mosby and his
brave and noble calvarymen, 30 in all, quietly snuck behind enemy lines
once again.
They made their way to the Fairfax Courthouse,  headquarters of Union

On March 8 1862 The ironclad CSS Virginia steamed right into the US
Navy blockade at Hampton Roads and wreaked havoc on warships of the
Union fleet.
The Virginia sank the USS Cumberland destroyed the USS Congress and

Was it worth it?
What the Yanks said they were fighting for...freeing the slaves.
Was it worth the hundreds of thousands of Yankee casualties?
How do you really feel now?

Has anyone been to the Confederate navy exhibit at the Museum of the
Confederacy?  What do you think of it?  Worth seeing?
HillCity

On Fri,  8 Sep 2006 08:24:07 CST, "Alfred Montestruc"
<montestruc@gmail.com> wrote:

General Shermans troops under his orders, committed more barbaric
attrocities against Americans than any american in US history.
Attacking women and children and noncombatants is the way cowards
fight. He even admitted in his own letters that he was taught at West

"To shew the absurdity - Congress have the right to admit new states.
When territories they are subject to the laws of the Union. The day
after admission, they have the right to secede and dissolve it."
Andrew Jackson to Martin Van Buren, 25 December 1832

Wert, in _The Sword of Lincoln_ says that Warren _did_ send Crawford's
men into the rear of the Confederate's at White Oaks.   What exactly
did the court find in 1879?   Has anyone here an opinion, or do people
every avoid all expressions of opinion?

It is obviously American doctrine to try and kill the enemies
president.
We bombed Quadafis'(Libya) house in the middle of the night.
We bombed Husseins'(Iraq) house in the midle of the night.

Lincoln made many speeches in his life. In my opinion his greatest  are
the Gettysburg Address and the second inaugural. Of these two I think
the second inaugural is the greatest. I would be interested to find out
how members of this news group felt and why.----Paul