Something for the weekend: Gettysburg (1993) main them. This Fourth of July long weekend coincides with the 160th anniversary of the battle of Gettysburg. Most civil wars start a cycle of hatred and revenge that goes on for generations. In the aftermath of our Civil War Union and Confederate veterans were holding joint reunions as early as the 1880s. The great lesson of that conflict is that we are all, Union, Confederate and black freedmen, one people, Americans all. It was a dear bought lesson, and we forget it to our peril.
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Also on that day was Grant’s victory at Vicksburg. This action split the South and convinced Lincoln that Grant was the General he needed to win the war.
Port Hudson in LA surrendered five days after Vicksburg. They figured there was no point in holding on when the Mississippi was lost.
“Most civil wars start a cycle of hatred and revenge that goes on for generations.”
True, but the fuel for that cycle begins long before the first musket blast. America right now is in the early stage. Let’s pray that the God-loving people prevail without the bloodshed that Satan seeks.
Grant recognized that the key to Union victory lay in the recognition of laws of simple mathematics. The overwhelming difference in population made a final Confederate victory virtually impossible provided one was willing to pay the price. He was, and that is not a criticism. Most men followed the path of their State, as the primary attitude of most of the population of that day was loyalty to one’s State. Then, as now, hard feelings did not fester among the warriors from that conflict, but were rather stirred by profit seeking vultures who sought to profit from this tragedy. Hopefully, there remains enough Americans, north and south, who embody the best character of the men of that War from both sides.