I have always considered a Civil War to be one in which some rebel faction seeks to overthrow a Government. That was not the case in our own Late Unpleasantness. I much prefer this term. As to slavery, we must remember that the average Southern soldier never owned a slave. He was lucky to have food on his table and a roof over his head. And when President Lincoln started interjecting slavery into the War issues, the Northern troops darn near revolted. So you can't paint the South all black and the North all white. There was plenty of blame to go around! Mickey Mildred "Mickey" Fournier PO Box 1967, Lake City, FL 32056 mailto:mfournier@atlantic.net

From the numbers Mildred, one cannot realistically label one side pro and the other side anti slavery. You are so right on that point. Historically, by the time 1850 rolled around, only a small percentage of southerners AND northerners owned slaves, though the percentage remained inarguably greater in the south. In teaching of history, it wasn't just the Civil War that was skewed; look a any major event in history to see a biased viewpoint of that event. Most of our school teachers in 1940 thru 1950 had attended college where they were presumably exposed to several credits in American History; I believe they knew the score, but had to teach what was in the books. The curriculum for teaching primary school students was evidently scaled down to providing simplistic answers to complex issues, but by the time students were in high school, they were ready for the truth. I don't blame the teachers alone. People who selected the texts to purchase are equally to blame. Even today text books are selected for reasons other than the truth contained in them. Personal agendas too often influence what is taught in public schools, and that in itself is a great tragedy. Don ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mildred "Mickey" Fournier" <mfournier@atlantic.net> To: <SCSPARTA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 10:47 PM Subject: [SCSPARTA] The War Between the States > I have always considered a Civil War to be one in which some rebel faction > seeks to overthrow a Government. That was not the case in our own Late > Unpleasantness. I much prefer this term. > > As to slavery, we must remember that the average Southern soldier never > owned a slave. He was lucky to have food on his table and a roof over his > head. And when President Lincoln started interjecting slavery into the War > issues, the Northern troops darn near revolted. So you can't paint the South > all black and the North all white. There was plenty of blame to go around! > > Mickey > > Mildred "Mickey" Fournier > PO Box 1967, > Lake City, FL 32056 > mailto:mfournier@atlantic.net > > > > > > ==== SCSPARTA Mailing List ==== > The South Carolina Archives has put some record indices on line: http://www.archivesindex.sc.gov/search/default.asp You can find information there to order the actual records. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.449 / Virus Database: 251 - Release Date: 1/27/03