The Civil War - a new Untold Story (about the Western Theater of the war)
I watched "Shiloh", the first installment of WVIZ's (PBS) Civil War: The Untold Story. I thought it would be the story of the battle. However, the first 20 minutes were about blacks and slavery, as if slavery were the ONLY reason for the Civil War. I am disturbed by the spin that has been put on the series. During this first installment we heard slavery was the central issue of the War. While one cannot doubt that it was a central part of the war, is has neglected the issue of those who fought for States' Rights.
This first installment shows white men treating slaves like dirt and even showing a white slave owner whipping one of his slaves. While instances like that did indeed occur, for the most part the investment that was a slave was protected. In Savannah, Georgia, like in New Orleans, LA., labor-intensive jobs that could kill a man were given to Irish and other immigrants rather than to blacks. Why? Because slaves had value; immigrants did not!
In the third installment, titled "With Malice Toward None", Amy Murrell Taylor, Associate Professor of History, University of Kentucky, stated "the meaning of that war, slavery, emancipation, freedom...".
Writing in the July, 2004 issue of American Legion Magazine, Joseph E. Herbert, Toms River, N.J. wrote "The War Between the States" was not about slavery; that evil was dying of its own accord and would not have lasted another 20 years, although it was part of the whole cloth. The question was whether the federal government, a product of an agreement between the states, could tell a sovereign state what it could or could not do within ts own borders." Herbert asks if we will be forced to contest the issue again.
At this writing we have a federal government out of control. Leftist Judges issue fiats against the will of the elected. As Mr. Herbert reminds us, the federal government was formed by the states and given limited powers. Our Constitution constructed a division of powers - legislative, judicial and executive. It has been corrupted by Washington and appears we are slowly being forced to contest issues.
Anyone watching this alleged story on the Civil War's western theater, and who doesn't know any better (it seems a good percentage of Americans today), is not being told the entire truth. Like our major market media today, this story is being spun to revise history.
I watched "Shiloh", the first installment of WVIZ's (PBS) Civil War: The Untold Story. I thought it would be the story of the battle. However, the first 20 minutes were about blacks and slavery, as if slavery were the ONLY reason for the Civil War. I am disturbed by the spin that has been put on the series. During this first installment we heard slavery was the central issue of the War. While one cannot doubt that it was a central part of the war, is has neglected the issue of those who fought for States' Rights.
This first installment shows white men treating slaves like dirt and even showing a white slave owner whipping one of his slaves. While instances like that did indeed occur, for the most part the investment that was a slave was protected. In Savannah, Georgia, like in New Orleans, LA., labor-intensive jobs that could kill a man were given to Irish and other immigrants rather than to blacks. Why? Because slaves had value; immigrants did not!
In the third installment, titled "With Malice Toward None", Amy Murrell Taylor, Associate Professor of History, University of Kentucky, stated "the meaning of that war, slavery, emancipation, freedom...".
At this writing we have a federal government out of control. Leftist Judges issue fiats against the will of the elected. As Mr. Herbert reminds us, the federal government was formed by the states and given limited powers. Our Constitution constructed a division of powers - legislative, judicial and executive. It has been corrupted by Washington and appears we are slowly being forced to contest issues.
Anyone watching this alleged story on the Civil War's western theater, and who doesn't know any better (it seems a good percentage of Americans today), is not being told the entire truth. Like our major market media today, this story is being spun to revise history.
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