On the topic of confederate flags...

Kinda sad that most people that fly the flag that is known as the Confederate flag nowadays isn't even the real Confederate flag. Regardless, even as a life-long Republican I don't see the point in being prideful of the Confederacy. They were traitors who wanted to keep slavery in place and they lost. The current military of the US is the Union military.

The election of Lincoln caused the state of South Carolina to call a state convention which voted unanimously in favor of secession on 20th December, 1860. The “cotton states” of Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Texas followed suit, seceding in January and February 1861. These states then agreed to form their own Federal Government calling it the Confederate States of America, on February 4, 1861. After the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter in April, Lincoln called on all the states to send forces to recapture federal properties. Virginia, North Carolina, Arkansas and Tennessee ,unwilling to send forces against their neighbors, voted to secede and joined the Confederates. In his inaugural address on March 4, 1861 Lincoln called any secession “legally void”. He had no intent to invade southern states nor did he intend to end slavery where it existed. However, he said that he would use force to maintain possession of Federal property. The battle lines were clearly drawn. It all started from the southern states wanting secession from the union over taxation on cotton sold to the UK, then slavery was introduced into it.

So true!!!!!

Some people see things differently

Secessionist terrorists.

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