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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 ...

What is that old adage "The Pen is Mightyer Than The Sword" Pinckney

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...

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

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

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...