150th anniversary of the end of the US Civil War
More or less, anyway. On April 9, 1865, Robert E Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to Ulysses S Grant, functionally ending the war.
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Re: 150th anniversary of the end of the US Civil War
Woo, happy america war day! Lincoln and no slaves, and getting paid next to nothing and being supposed to live on tips not being considered slavery woo! Woo super-racist southern americans and people all around the world using that confederate flag to be cool and edgy! Remove immigrants, satisfy indians, woo!
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Re: 150th anniversary of the end of the US Civil War
I was there for the 150th anniversary of the battle of Gettysburg. Quite interesting, especially the military tactics of the day.
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"military tactics of the day"
well, I guess considering the standard was muzzle-loaders, the tactics were considerably different form nowadays
well, I guess considering the standard was muzzle-loaders, the tactics were considerably different form nowadays
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Re: 150th anniversary of the end of the US Civil War
They literally just stood in rows/blocks and shot at each other. In field battles, like Gettysburg, anyway, and when they weren't charging or something like that. In places where that wasn't practical, like forests, it was a little more like what we have today, but I've seen photos of battlefields with corpses that all fell in the neat formations they were standing in when they died.Ivan2006 wrote:"military tactics of the day"
well, I guess considering the standard was muzzle-loaders, the tactics were considerably different form nowadays
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Re: 150th anniversary of the end of the US Civil War
Really the major fail of any army of that day; due to the... less than amazing... accuracy and power of weapons of the day, you fired them in barrages of 20 guys or you didn't do shite. Hence, formations (as massed fire is easier). Does, however, make you very easy to shoot.
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Deo vindice.
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Yes, thank you for that relevant and insightsful comment, it really adds a lot to this conversation.
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*engage jousting*Archduke Daynel wrote:Yes, thank you for that relevant and insightsful comment, it really adds a lot to this conversation.
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Re: 150th anniversary of the end of the US Civil War
Thank you for making retarded generalizations about a people you know nothing about and a war you don't even know the proper name of. Also for not speaking Latin.Archduke Daynel wrote:Yes, thank you for that relevant and insightsful comment, it really adds a lot to this conversation.
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That was a stupid post.CMA wrote:Thank you for making retarded generalizations about a people you know nothing about and a war you don't even know the proper name of. Also for not speaking Latin.Archduke Daynel wrote:Yes, thank you for that relevant and insightsful comment, it really adds a lot to this conversation.
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You're welcomeCMA wrote:Thank you for making retarded generalizations about a people you know nothing about and a war you don't even know the proper name of. Also for not speaking Latin.Archduke Daynel wrote:Yes, thank you for that relevant and insightsful comment, it really adds a lot to this conversation.
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Re: 150th anniversary of the end of the US Civil War
if we legalize pot, METH and ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ THE MOLLYS ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ will be legalized shortly after #420NO if we legalize pot, METH and ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ THE MOLLYS ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ will be legalized shortly after #420NO if we legalize pot, METH and ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ THE MOLLYS ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ will be legalized shortly after #420NO if we legalize pot, METH and ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ THE MOLLYS ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ will be legalized shortly after #420NO if we legalize pot, METH and ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ THE MOLLYS ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ will be legalized shortly after #420NO if we legalize pot, METH and ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ THE MOLLYS ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ will be legalized shortly after #420NO if we legalize pot, METH and ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ THE MOLLYS ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ will be legalized shortly after #420NO if we legalize pot, METH and ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ THE MOLLYS ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ will be legalized shortly after #420NO if we legalize pot, METH and ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ THE MOLLYS ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ will be legalized shortly after #420NO if we legalize pot, METH and ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ THE MOLLYS ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ will be legalized shortly after #420NO
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Re: 150th anniversary of the end of the US Civil War
Intentionally so. Speaking seriously for a moment, I really do support an independent South and the destruction of the GS. Daily reminder that Lincoln was more racist than the first grand dragon of the KKK.Last_Jedi_Standing wrote:That was a stupid post.CMA wrote:Thank you for making retarded generalizations about a people you know nothing about and a war you don't even know the proper name of. Also for not speaking Latin.Archduke Daynel wrote:Yes, thank you for that relevant and insightsful comment, it really adds a lot to this conversation.
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http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Bedford_Forrest
http://www.bartleby.com/124/pres31.html
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Re: 150th anniversary of the end of the US Civil War
Lincoln was born in 1809. Of course he was racist by today's standards. Literally every person in the world in 1850 was racist at least to some degree--welcome to the 19th century. That doesn't make him a bad person, because he was markedly less racist than the majority of his contemporaries, and became more so over time--you're trumpeting the fact that he didn't call for an end to all slavery for his first election and ignoring the fact that he did exactly that for his second. Your suggestion that the man who issued the Emancipation Proclamation was more racist than a slave owner who massacred African prisoners of war is... I guess I'll go with 'silly', for lack of a better term. That Forrest backed off from some of his opinions in his later years makes absolutely no difference to this stupid, stupid claim.CMA wrote:Intentionally so. Speaking seriously for a moment, I really do support an independent South and the destruction of the GS. Daily reminder that Lincoln was more racist than the first grand dragon of the KKK.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Bedford_Forrest
http://www.bartleby.com/124/pres31.html
Also, Deo Vindice means "God will vindicate us." Look it up, heathens.
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