A shame the resentment is towards the northern people The northern people, for the most part, were opposed to the war the resentment should be against an oppressive big central government In 1865 and 2001 In a message dated 6/11/01 7:41:37 PM Pacific Daylight Time, flintlock@kcnet.com writes: > Subj: Re: [SouthernTrails] Alabama > Date: 6/11/01 7:41:37 PM Pacific Daylight Time > From: flintlock@kcnet.com (skm) > Reply-to: <A HREF="mailto:Southern-Trails-L@rootsweb.com">Southern-Trails-L@rootsweb.com</A> > To: Southern-Trails-L@rootsweb.com > > > > > When the carpetbaggers came to the south to supposedly rebuild it, all > they had > to do was claim a person who still owned a farm was a southern sympathizer > and the farm and possessions were taken. > This was a great time of unrest and distrust. Yes, I agree, > the distrust of southern > people toward northern people is still deeply embedded. > > Geannie42@aol.com wrote: > > > While on the subject of divided families in the Great War, much of > Tennessee > > was torn in their loyalties. In my own family, one paternal > > great-grandfather fought for the Union, one maternal great-grandfather > fought > > for the Confederacy. But, to top that, I had four g-g-uncles, brothers, > who > > were divided within the family, with two fighting for the Union and two > for > > the Confederacy. All of these lived in the Wayne/Hardin/Lawrence County > > areas of southern middle Tennessee. There are many, many such stories > from > > that area and that era. And believe me, feelings still run strong in this > > regard. > > > > Linda (Alabama) > > > > ============================== > > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > > > > ----------------------- Headers -------------------------------- > Return-Path: <Southern-Trails-L-request@rootsweb.com> > Received: from rly-ye01.mx.aol.com (rly-ye01.mail.aol.com > [172.18.151.198]) by air-ye01.mail.aol.com (v78_r3.8) with ESMTP; Mon, 11 > Jun 2001 22:41:37 -0400 > Received: from lists2.rootsweb.com (lists2.rootsweb.com [63.92.80.32]) by > rly-ye01.mx.aol.com (v78_r3.8) with ESMTP; Mon, 11 Jun 2001 22:41:17 -0400 > Received: (from slist@localhost) > by lists2.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) id f5C2dKl32376; > Mon, 11 Jun 2001 20:39:20 -0600 > Resent-Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 20:39:20 -0600 > X-Original-Sender: flintlock@kcnet.com Mon Jun 11 19:39:20 2001 > Message-ID: <3B258354.3779266B@kcnet.com> > Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 21:49:56 -0500 > From: skm <flintlock@kcnet.com> > X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win95; I) > X-Accept-Language: en > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Old-To: Southern-Trails-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [SouthernTrails] Alabama > References: <88.7c51ec3.2856c206@aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Resent-Message-ID: <2AiILC.A.s5H.YDYJ7@lists2.rootsweb.com> > To: Southern-Trails-L@rootsweb.com > Resent-From: Southern-Trails-L@rootsweb.com > Reply-To: Southern-Trails-L@rootsweb.com > X-Mailing-List: <Southern-Trails-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/539 > X-Loop: Southern-Trails-L@rootsweb.com > Precedence: list > Resent-Sender: Southern-Trails-L-request@rootsweb.com > > >