That’s because having lost the War of Secession, the South was nonetheless treated and regarded as a foreign country anyway, and removed from consideration - and the history books - by the United States and their government.
One of the most blatant examples is the American Revolutionary War. Lexington! Valley Forge! Yay! Cowpens! … What? Sullivan’s Island! … What?? Then and in the War of 1812, some serious pitched battles were fought in the Southern States. You couldn’t name a one of them on a bet. They did not happen, in our country.
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Date: 2018-12-28 08:14 pm (UTC)That’s because having lost the War of Secession, the South was nonetheless treated and regarded as a foreign country anyway, and removed from consideration - and the history books - by the United States and their government.
One of the most blatant examples is the American Revolutionary War. Lexington! Valley Forge! Yay! Cowpens! … What? Sullivan’s Island! … What?? Then and in the War of 1812, some serious pitched battles were fought in the Southern States. You couldn’t name a one of them on a bet. They did not happen, in our country.
Who Controls the Present, Controls the Past.