He died trying to establish the independence of a state whose elected leadership publicly proclaimed that the very cornerstone of the new nation was the morality of slaveholding.
So, yes, he died for slavery. It’s a shame because he could have lived for freedom instead.
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@greg_doucette
In fairness - had you been born in Mississippi in 1842, you would have most likely fought for the Confederacy by virtue of the place of birth.
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@greg_doucette
There were a good number of Mississippians who (a) didn’t go, (b) left the state, (c) deserted or resisted.
Part of the Lost Cause mythology was that support for the CSA was monolithic. But there were whole MS counties that declared for the Union.
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@greg_doucette
Like many poor white southerners, he was conned into believing that they were fighting for "freedom," when in fact they were fighting to preserve slavery.
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@Sartor1836
I think this jamoke is referring to WT Sherman.
As a yankee, I think Lincoln's greatest blunder was not letting Sherman do what he wanted- burn every plantation to ashes, and drive the traitorous slave-owners into the sea.
We've paid dearly for Lincoln's blunder ever since.
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@Sartor1836
Not to mention it’s the county that Newton Knight of the Free State of Jones set up shop in. Looks like he could’ve gone home and defended his people from Confederate depredations by slave owning jerks.
Then again his grandson can’t seem to leave the Confederacy either
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@Sartor1836
Everyone paints the south as a monolith and excuses people for fighting for their state. Every state except Alabama had at least one regiment fighting against the confederacy. It was always a choice.
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@greg_doucette
Sherman was led through to the sea by a contingent of Alabama recruited UNION soldiers.
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@Sartor1836
He fought for freedom of his people instead of a primitive outgroup that has not demonstrated being worthy of freedom to this day. That's more noble.
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@Sartor1836
They can claim he didn't die for slavery but he damn sure died for black inferiority
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@Sartor1836
No stake in it? What kind of stake does he have in it exactly? How does it hurt him to admit that a man he never met died for a bad cause. I have ancestors who fought for the confederacy too. I have no problem acknowledging that they were wrong.
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