Hilarious, this all is. We are admonished to "stick to genealogy" and "forget the Civil War." Is anyone reading this with a straight face? This is the Culpeper list, if I am not mistaken. My great-grandfather was Thomas Marcellus Kilby. He enlisted in "let's forget it" war. His mother died while he was in the "let's fort it war". His father re-married to a woman who named her first born son "Ulysses S. G. ____". My great-grandfather and many of his siblings move FROM Culpeper to a "distant state." But this has never been FORGOTTEN. This is my genealogy, and I am not going to just FORGET about the historical back-drop to the migration patterns. I also have a "Yankee" line and for those who want to "forget" the brave Union lads who fell in battle, there is wonderful statue of Union soldier in the town square of a small town in Maine (Camden Harbor) with the inscription in honor of those fell in the cause of "The Great Rebellion." I will never forget. These people are my ancestors, and their history is why I am in genealogy. And genealogy without history is meaningless. Those who say "forget history, stick to genealogy" have not the vaguest clue, and oughtn't be on any lists purporting to share it. Craig Kilby [email protected] > [Original Message] > From: Thomas S. Fiske <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 10/23/2006 5:19:53 PM > Subject: Re: [VACULPEP] The Civil War > > Dear Listers, > > Yep. I am a Southerner, a researcher, and a writer about the CW, some > of reconstruction, the KKK, and all that. And I have accepted the > title, "Civil War." But I have never been too fond of Abe Lincoln. > > Tom > > John Parrott wrote: > > Here-here, Rick. I am a son of the south and have no problem calling the > > civil war what it was-but it is over, done with and needs to be forgotten > > beyond genealogical lines. > > The might of's and should have been is speculation and as my grandmother > > used to say so eloquently, "if a frog had wings it wouldn't bump its rear on > > the ground." > > So-I am all for sticking to genealogy and forget about what to call the > > civil war, (which is the official listed and accepted name by the US > > historical society, school text books, dictionaries, and encyclopedias) > > John Parrott > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Rick Waggener" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 3:45 PM > > Subject: [VACULPEP] The Civil War > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Well said, Craig Kilby. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Craig Kilby" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 4:43 PM Subject: Re: [VACULPEP] The Civil War > Hilarious, this all is. We are admonished to "stick to genealogy" and > "forget the Civil War." Is anyone reading this with a straight face? > This > is the Culpeper list, if I am not mistaken. My great-grandfather was > Thomas Marcellus Kilby. He enlisted in "let's forget it" war. His mother > died while he was in the "let's fort it war". His father re-married to a > woman who named her first born son "Ulysses S. G. ____". My > great-grandfather and many of his siblings move FROM Culpeper to a > "distant > state." But this has never been FORGOTTEN. This is my genealogy, and I > am > not going to just FORGET about the historical back-drop to the migration > patterns. > > I also have a "Yankee" line and for those who want to "forget" the brave > Union lads who fell in battle, there is wonderful statue of Union soldier > in the town square of a small town in Maine (Camden Harbor) with the > inscription in honor of those fell in the cause of "The Great Rebellion." > I will never forget. These people are my ancestors, and their history is > why I am in genealogy. And genealogy without history is meaningless. > > Those who say "forget history, stick to genealogy" have not the vaguest > clue, and oughtn't be on any lists purporting to share it. > > Craig Kilby > [email protected] > > > >> [Original Message] >> From: Thomas S. Fiske <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Date: 10/23/2006 5:19:53 PM >> Subject: Re: [VACULPEP] The Civil War >> >> Dear Listers, >> >> Yep. I am a Southerner, a researcher, and a writer about the CW, some >> of reconstruction, the KKK, and all that. And I have accepted the >> title, "Civil War." But I have never been too fond of Abe Lincoln. >> >> Tom >> >> John Parrott wrote: >> > Here-here, Rick. I am a son of the south and have no problem calling > the >> > civil war what it was-but it is over, done with and needs to be > forgotten >> > beyond genealogical lines. >> > The might of's and should have been is speculation and as my > grandmother >> > used to say so eloquently, "if a frog had wings it wouldn't bump its > rear on >> > the ground." >> > So-I am all for sticking to genealogy and forget about what to call the >> > civil war, (which is the official listed and accepted name by the US >> > historical society, school text books, dictionaries, and encyclopedias) >> > John Parrott >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: "Rick Waggener" <[email protected]> >> > To: <[email protected]> >> > Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 3:45 PM >> > Subject: [VACULPEP] The Civil War >> > >> > >> > >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] 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 > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Most of us agree with Craig--and have both Union and Confederate ancestors. It's always the same person who inserts that bit about how it wasn't the Civil War but the war for independence--has anyone noticed that? Seems to be his schtick. From: "Craig Kilby" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> To: <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>; <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 4:43 PM Subject: Re: [VACULPEP] The Civil War > Hilarious, this all is. We are admonished to "stick to genealogy" and > "forget the Civil War." Is anyone reading this with a straight face? > This > is the Culpeper list, if I am not mistaken. My great-grandfather was > Thomas Marcellus Kilby. He enlisted in "let's forget it" war. His mother > died while he was in the "let's fort it war". His father re-married to a > woman who named her first born son "Ulysses S. G. ____". My > great-grandfather and many of his siblings move FROM Culpeper to a > "distant > state." But this has never been FORGOTTEN. This is my genealogy, and I > am > not going to just FORGET about the historical back-drop to the migration > patterns. > > I also have a "Yankee" line and for those who want to "forget" the brave > Union lads who fell in battle, there is wonderful statue of Union soldier > in the town square of a small town in Maine (Camden Harbor) with the > inscription in honor of those fell in the cause of "The Great Rebellion." > I will never forget. These people are my ancestors, and their history is > why I am in genealogy. And genealogy without history is meaningless. > > Those who say "forget history, stick to genealogy" have not the vaguest > clue, and oughtn't be on any lists purporting to share it. > > Craig Kilby > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > > >> [Original Message] >> From: Thomas S. Fiske <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> >> To: <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> >> Date: 10/23/2006 5:19:53 PM >> Subject: Re: [VACULPEP] The Civil War >> >> Dear Listers, >> >> Yep. I am a Southerner, a researcher, and a writer about the CW, some >> of reconstruction, the KKK, and all that. And I have accepted the >> title, "Civil War." But I have never been too fond of Abe Lincoln. >> >> Tom >> >> John Parrott wrote: >> > Here-here, Rick. I am a son of the south and have no problem calling > the >> > civil war what it was-but it is over, done with and needs to be > forgotten >> > beyond genealogical lines. >> > The might of's and should have been is speculation and as my > grandmother >> > used to say so eloquently, "if a frog had wings it wouldn't bump its > rear on >> > the ground." >> > So-I am all for sticking to genealogy and forget about what to call the >> > civil war, (which is the official listed and accepted name by the US >> > historical society, school text books, dictionaries, and encyclopedias) >> > John Parrott >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: "Rick Waggener" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> >> > To: <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> >> > Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 3:45 PM >> > Subject: [VACULPEP] The Civil War >> > >> > >> > >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> 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 > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> 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 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message