If you two boys don't quit I'm going to make you both go out back and cut a switch. :) ----- Original Message ----- From: JIM DAVIS <jdd@grnco.net> To: <IL-CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2001 4:29 AM Subject: Fw: Co.A 135th-anapology > I made this state ment to one person and should have addressed the list. > SORRY > > > > I did not and will never say any form of slavery is acceptable at all. But > I > > believe in Facts ,and like they say to the victor goes the spoiles and > also > > the history books. I have family and a great number of them that fought on > > boath sides that is the tragidy of it.and lost many of them on boath sides > > ,I do not want to debate the issue ,I gust believe that all the facts > should > > be known.The South was Ritch over its Cotton and Tobacco world trade and > the > > North was Poor ,so they raised the taxes so high the South did the only > > thing they could do ,like other states did before , > > JIM > > > > > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > >

I ain't had one of them used on me in over 50 years. JIM