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Thu 10 Nov, 2005 07:05 am
Re: Mind of the South
coberst wrote:One question that developed early in my reading was why the ordinary white citizen of the South was such a good soldier, superior to the Union soldier.
That's a highly dubious proposition.
coberst wrote:In the South there was no free labor. Slaves did virtually all labor.
That is simply false.
joefromchicago: agreed. I find little agreeable in coberst's post.
Calm down, Phoenix. Take a deep breath. We'll walk through this together.
I can feel the vibrations from here.
self-actualized learner? interesting concept.
Re: Mind of the South
coberst wrote: why the ordinary white citizen of the South was such a good soldier, superior to the Union soldier.
Enlisted men were roughly equal on both sides. The southern officer corps was on the whole better early in the war but by 1863 that had equalled out.
dyslexia wrote:self-actualized learner? interesting concept.
I got a bit of a chuckle out of that myself.
Come on lads.He's just retired.Give him a chance.
He hasn't had any experience of being a useless parasite like we have.It takes a while to come to terms with that after a career in engineering.
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