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Started 1 year, 8 months ago (2007-10-10 22:57:00)
by unionblue
Found this one on another forum. "There's actually an interesting essay on this by historian James McPherson in his book, The Mighty Scourge . " "The Civil War remains one of the few exceptions to the adage that "history is written by the victors." There is a growing body of evidence suggesting much of the Civil War history now found in textbooks - from about 1910 onward - is largely ...
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Started 1 year, 8 months ago (2007-10-10 23:46:00)
by PINCKNEYUSMCRET
What is that old adage "The Pen is Mightyer Than The Sword" Pinckney
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Started 1 year, 8 months ago (2007-10-11 01:55:00)
by ole
At one time, "the winner writes the history" might have been a valid observation. Today, I don't think that dog flies. In this conglomeration of CW groupies, we know that the "sides" have swung back and forth several times, but that we are now in a period where historians are in a desperate struggle to find fact and present their interpretations of those facts--going with the "publish or die" in...
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Started 1 year, 8 months ago (2007-10-11 02:00:00)
by ole
Quote: What is that old adage "The Pen is Mightyer Than The Sword" With apologies if this sounds like a slam, but that old adage is also bumper-sticker philosophy--true in one sense, woefully short-sighted in a broader-based reality. ole
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Started 1 year, 8 months ago (2007-10-11 02:11:00)
by ole
It would seem that Ms. Rutherford started off on the right foot in that the entire south was given unfair treatment in early post-war history. And we've been discussing her arguments in nauseating detail ever since. It will be enlightening to logon to your favorite book.com and pick up one of her works. DiLorenzo is a piker! ole
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Started 1 year, 8 months ago (2007-10-11 06:07:00)
by 5fish
I believe that our civil war history has a southern tilt. I believe somewhere in the early 1900's southern historians and writers hi-jack the civil war and the northern historians went along with it. We have this saintly image of Gen. Lee which is a distortion and Gen. Grant and Gen. Sherman are butchers. We are given the picture the south fought for some noble cause and in truth it ...
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Started 1 year, 8 months ago (2007-10-17 00:14:00)
by unionblue
5fish, Quote: I believe that our civil war history has a southern tilt. I believe somewhere in the early 1900's southern historians and writers hi-jack the civil war and the northern historians went along with it. You are more right than you perhaps know. In the University of North Carolina Press, The Memory of the Civil War in...
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Started 1 year, 8 months ago (2007-10-17 05:57:00)
by 5fish
Unionblue: Your last line of your post is so true! The Best! I understand at the high schools level throughout the south history of the civil civil could be slanted to show the south in a favorable light. I do not understand how or why the high schools in the north would join this false course. I do not understand why colleges would follow this false course. I believe those...
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Started 1 year, 8 months ago (2007-10-24 00:31:00)
by unionblue
To All, Pulled this off another forum. An example of history forgotten, but not by the victors... "The Great Hanging," long ignored, now memorialized. By Bud Kennedy Star-Telegram staff writer They called it the Great Hanging. And for 145 years, Gainesville has tried to forget the largest mass lynching in American history. Now, it is remembering those 14...
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Started 1 year, 8 months ago (2007-10-26 16:25:00)
by Borderruffian
Quote: Originally Posted by ole At one time, "the winner writes the history" might have been a valid observation. Today, I don't think that dog flies. In this conglomeration of CW groupies, we know that the "sides" have swung back and forth several times, but that we are now in a period where historians are in a desperate struggle to find fact and present ...
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Published (2007-10-29 03:35:00)
Will, Yeah, I did too, but I wonder why it did. Sometimes, certain search engines just attach such to any web site that does not prevent such from happening. In extreme cases, those who do not agree with an article or subject line of a site deliberately post or attach such. The idea was to let folks know what some blacks think about the issue. I think it accomplishes that. Sincerely, Unionblue
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Published (2007-10-26 19:04:00)
And 90 years from now, there'll aging Japanese morons fighting the war all over again. Would like to be around to see how that prophecy plays out. After all, they're only just now playing up the "Lost Cause" part. ole
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Published (2007-10-28 20:02:00)
Quote: Originally Posted by unionblue Another view of the Civil War and it's causes. Slavery Denial, by Eric Miller. http://www.blackprof.com/archives/20...ry_denial.html Don't agree much with proposed solutions but I think I can understand the underlying current of anger. Unionblue I read too far and suddenly realized it had turned into a p-o-r-n promotion. Will Posey
user's latest post:
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Published (2007-10-17 05:57:00)
Unionblue: Your last line of your post is so true! The Best! I understand at the high schools level throughout the south history of the civil civil could be slanted to show the south in a favorable light. I do not understand how or why the high schools in the north would join this false course. I do not understand why colleges would follow this false course. I believe those efforts you describe by those organization were successful, for the...
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Published (2007-10-27 00:42:04)
Quote: Originally Posted by unionblue I must confess, I grow mighty weary at the cries that 'Southern' history is being suppressed and that only the 'Northern' version of the Civil War is being published or e It's my belief that the majority of persons who espouse this point of view are the same persons who continually deny that the southern cause was indeed a "lost cause" from it's very...
user's latest post:
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Published (2007-10-10 23:46:00)
What is that old adage "The Pen is Mightyer Than The Sword" Pinckney
user's latest post:
The Victors Write The History?
Published (2007-10-26 17:01:00)
I understand, that most school history books and classes in Japan, barely mention WW II. The gist of what is taught is usually something about Japan being forced into a war they didn't want.
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The Victors Write The History?
Published (2007-10-28 16:04:00)
Quote: Originally Posted by Will Posey I imagine some will be surprised to learn that one of my Civil War heroes is Joshua Chamberlain. There was a man! Will Posey Yes, indeed! He was wounded six times and still made it Appomatox Court House. Cannot find anything negative about the professor from Maine, who had no prior military training.
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