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RJNorton · 12-31-2021, 02:24 PM

Happy New Year to all!

Susan Higginbotham · 12-31-2021, 03:41 PM

Happy New Year!

Anita · 12-31-2021, 04:07 PM

Happy New Year 2022!

Some interesting reading for the occasion.
https://americancivilwarvoice.org/2018/1...war-style/

Steve · 12-31-2021, 04:37 PM

Happy New Year, everybody!

David Lockmiller · (This post was last modified: 01-01-2022 11:30 AM by David Lockmiller.)

This year will be a test for democracy.

(12-31-2021 04:07 PM)Anita Wrote: Happy New Year 2022!

Some interesting reading for the occasion.
https://americancivilwarvoice.org/2018/1...war-style/

In Murfreesboro, Tennessee, the battle of Stone’s River was being raged on a chill, foggy New Year’s Eve. The forces of General Bragg and General Rosecrans met from December 30th to January 1st in a battle involving over 80,000 men with casualties numbering 23,500.

However, even in the midst of battle, the soldiers took time to mark the occasion. The night of New Year’s Eve, the Union troops played Yankee Doodle, followed by Hail Columbia. The Confederate soldiers hearing the music played Dixie in return. Songs [went] back and forth across the battle lines throughout the night. The exchange of music ended with the Union playing Home Sweet Home and the Confederate band joining in.

David Lockmiller · 01-01-2022, 05:18 PM

I just found this opinion piece by Professor Michael Burlingame that was published in the Boston Globe today:

Refusal to abide by the results of elections threatens the stability of the US more than at any time since 1860

The Civil War was, in Abraham Lincoln’s view, above all a fight to vindicate democracy.

By Michael Burlingame - Updated January 1, 2022, 3:00 a.m.

The work reads in part:

Speaking extemporaneously, Lincoln told a regiment of Union troops: “It is not merely for today, but for all time to come that we should perpetuate for our children’s children this great and free government.” That government was more than a set of rules and institutions; it was also one that allowed people to rise socially and economically without regard to their ancestry or other immutable characteristics. “I am a living witness that any one of your children may look to come here as my father’s child has. It is in order that each of you may have through this free government, an open field and a fair chance for your industry, enterprise, and intelligence; that you may all have equal privileges in the race of life. The nation is worth fighting for, to secure such an inestimable jewel.”