On this day in 1865, Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia to Ulysses S. Grant at A

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Jane Coaston
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Apr 9, 2021
What a wonderful day.

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On this day in 1865, Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox effectively ending the American Civil War.

Jane Coaston
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Remember, this could have happened years earlier if it weren’t for GEORGE FREAKING MCCLELLAN

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On this day in 1865, Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia to Ulysses S. Grant at A (Original post)	soothsayer	Apr 2021	OP
That also means that for 156 years, the South has failed to rise again.	FSogol	Apr 2021	#1
Well, glad that's over.	underpants	Apr 2021	#2
Is there a reason the South lost the Civil War?	underpants	Apr 2021	#3
+1 n/t	FSogol	Apr 2021	#9
The Confederates were the beneficiaries of the most generous surrender terms in	Aristus	Apr 2021	#4
Any other nation, Lee, Davis and the other leaders of the confederacy	Mysterian	Apr 2021	#8
You can bet on that!	demosincebirth	Apr 2021	#10
It should be a National Holiday. That way we remind them.	LakeArenal	Apr 2021	#5
That reminds me, I'm on my last roll of replica confederate flags. I better get to Costco. n/t	brewens	Apr 2021	#6
VS Day!	edhopper	Apr 2021	#7

Response to soothsayer (Original post)

Fri Apr 9, 2021, 11:11 AM

FSogol (44,430 posts)

1. That also means that for 156 years, the South has failed to rise again.

Losers then, losers still.

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Response to soothsayer (Original post)

Fri Apr 9, 2021, 11:12 AM

underpants (176,774 posts)

2. Well, glad that's over.

😳

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Response to soothsayer (Original post)

Fri Apr 9, 2021, 11:13 AM

underpants (176,774 posts)

3. Is there a reason the South lost the Civil War?

Yes, generally.

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Response to underpants (Reply #3)

Fri Apr 9, 2021, 11:52 AM

FSogol (44,430 posts)

9. +1 n/t

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Response to soothsayer (Original post)

Fri Apr 9, 2021, 11:14 AM

Aristus (62,623 posts)

4. The Confederates were the beneficiaries of the most generous surrender terms in

all of recorded military history.

And they showed their gratitude with 150 years of terrorism, murder, undermining the democratic process, and repeated acts of sedition.

Burning down Georgia should have been the starting point, not the beginning of the end. Since cruel repression is the only thing the Confederates understood, that's what they should have been subjected to.

I say this as the descendant of Confederate veterans. My family association with them does not require me to adopt their seditious beliefs.

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Response to Aristus (Reply #4)

Fri Apr 9, 2021, 11:35 AM

Mysterian (3,848 posts)