Hello Group, Recently, I posted a message to another group regarding proper education in schools so the TRUE history of this War can be better taught, from actual FACTS. With all of the political correctness and revised history in textbooks today, I feel it's imperative that our youth learn about this War from the actual facts, diaries, memoirs, etc., to give them a much better insight to this War. Too many textbooks today contain revised history written from the point of view of revisionist historians. The main problem is that most of these history revisionists try to write about the War from the standards we live by today, instead of the way of life and standards from the 1860's, which is like comparing apples to oranges. I was contacted by Mr. Dann Hayes of Camp Grinnell regarding my feelings on how this war should be taught as I had mentioned some of my talks to school classes in my area. I was amazed at how much more interested students were when they heard real facts and information that had been omitted, and their questions were endless. I was asked if I could help as a volunteer from North Carolina to assist educators in regard to the War in NC. I readily volunteered and look forward to helping any teachers who want or need extra help to teach about this period of time in NC from actual facts, diaries, memoirs, etc. I'm hoping other's who are non-revisionist historians from other states might also volunteer their time and knowledge. One of the main needs is to make educators aware of this website and the help offered, so this is why I am writing. You can find the website located at this address: http://web.grinnell.edu/individuals/hayesmd/dannsweb/contact.html I thank all of you for your time. Best regards, Edward Harding Sons of Confederate Veterans NC Division Genealogist

Edward Harding writes: " proper education in schools so the TRUE history of this War can be better taught, from actual FACTS. With all of the political correctness and revised history in textbooks today, I feel it's imperative that our youth learn about this War from the actual facts, diaries, memoirs, etc., to give them a much better insight to this War. Too many textbooks today contain revised history written from the point of view of revisionist historians." I'd like to see you expand upon that, detailing what you regard as the "true" history of the ACW as opposed to the "revised history." We may all have opinions about that, and I'll guess our opinions will be extremely variable. Perhaps we could have a civil and dispassionate discussion of these matters. This list seems to have gone nearly dormant after the last controversial conversations, and I hope that doesn't happen again. Sharon

Sharon, I agree with you whole heartedly. I have so many things I want to discuss, just did`nt know I could do it here. I am new to this list. I posted some thing about five minutes a go that I would like to have investigated and discussed. I don`t know how. Thanks ! Carol in Cumberland, Ky. Harlan Co. carol@ure.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sharon Workman" <workman@dreamscape.com> To: <CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 2:38 PM Subject: Re: [CIVIL-WAR] Proper Education > Edward Harding writes: " proper education in schools so the TRUE history of > this War can be better taught, from actual FACTS. With all of the > political correctness and revised history in textbooks today, I feel it's > imperative that our youth learn about this War from the actual facts, > diaries, memoirs, etc., to give them a much better insight to this War. > Too many textbooks today contain revised history written from the point of > view of revisionist historians." > > I'd like to see you expand upon that, detailing what you regard as the > "true" history of the ACW as opposed to the "revised history." We may all > have opinions about that, and I'll guess our opinions will be extremely > variable. Perhaps we could have a civil and dispassionate discussion of > these matters. This list seems to have gone nearly dormant after the last > controversial conversations, and I hope that doesn't happen again. > > Sharon > > > > > ==== CIVIL-WAR Mailing List ==== > To search our list archives since 1996, go to > http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > and enter Civil-War in the list name > > > >

When we mention "revisionist" Civil War history it almost always deals in the "cause". Before we waste a lot of words. We need to be on the same page, not arguing apples vs. oranges. Please be precise and define the part of revisionist history you are referring. For instance for "cause" we could have: Cause of North-South Conflict (antebellum prewar) Cause of Secession (1st wave, lower South) Cause of Secession (2nd wave, upper South) Cause of Secession (for an individual State) Cause of fighting (war) Cause of the Soldiers Lincoln's Cause "Southern Cause" (watch it, this is a loaded word defined differently depending on the speaker) Perhaps some others. Scott K. Williams