Thank you Jim you are so right! ---- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Gilmer" <jimgilmer@charter.net> To: <civil-war@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 4:44 PM Subject: Re: [CIVIL-WAR] Fw: Re: Army of Tennessee / Army of Vicksburg/Federal? > Manaia, > >>From reading all your posts, it appears that you are quite interested in > digging deep into civil war history. As most of these folks who are > posting > are saying, as you research deeper, try to keep an open mind as to the > perspective of the North and the South. If we don't form pre-conclusions > as > to which side was right and which side was wrong, but try to understand > where each side was coming from, we will get a much deeper understanding > of > the issues that culminated in this brother against brother holocaust. > > Jim > > -------Original Message------- > > From: Manaia Alofa > Date: 5/23/2008 3:09:41 PM > To: civil-war@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [CIVIL-WAR] Fw: Re: Army of Tennessee / Army of Vicksburg > /Federal? > > Hello Jim: > > Glad you could join in... > > uhm... Now that I have a little bit more incite (just > a little) I can safely say it is still too early for > me to make comment - grin. > > But I will. > >> From the Northern perspective, the South was >> rebelling. > > At this precise moment in time, my mind wonders about > the book I haven't finished "Gandhi & Churchill: The > Epic Rivalry that Destroyed an Empire and Forged Our > Age". Were Southerners indiscreetly showing Ghandi > idealism to Lincoln's abrupt ways of governing? Just > one thought. > >> From the Southern >> perspective, the North was the aggressor. > > Now this part of your statement kind of cancels out my > statement about the South - doesn't it? > > Time for more research. Too early to make good any > kind of judgement. > > Thanks! > > --Manaia > > ++++ > > --- Jim Gilmer <jimgilmer@charter.net> wrote: > >> >> >> -------Original Message------- >> >> From: Jim Gilmer >> Date: 5/23/2008 1:32:44 PM >> To: civil-war@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: [CIVIL-WAR] Army of Tennessee / Army of >> Vicksburg / Federal? >> >> >From the Northern perspective, the South was >> rebelling. From the Southern >> perspective, the North was the aggressor. >> >> Jim > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CIVIL-WAR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CIVIL-WAR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >