tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8262783067993808760.post8194659613450902684..comments2023-09-29T06:18:27.221-07:00Comments on Cosmic America: From the Archives: Ohio Civil War Veterans on Aging and UnionM. Keith Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02444898713867430753noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8262783067993808760.post-52106041315591041012012-02-10T04:04:06.000-08:002012-02-10T04:04:06.000-08:00I will love these guys till the day I die. I hope...I will love these guys till the day I die. I hope to see them the day after that.Barbara Gannonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8262783067993808760.post-68153572953385422052012-02-10T06:54:13.000-08:002012-02-10T06:54:13.000-08:00Are you looking at any ethnically distinct veteran...Are you looking at any ethnically distinct veterans' groups or lodges?Pat Younghttp://longislandwins.com/index.php/features/detail/the_confederates_move_against_latino_new_mexico/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8262783067993808760.post-79203230419564657392012-02-10T07:04:09.000-08:002012-02-10T07:04:09.000-08:00Generally I will look at any veterans' group, ...Generally I will look at any veterans' group, regardless of ethnicity. I would certainly be interested in groups who align along ethic lines.Keith Harrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8262783067993808760.post-828642676867711552012-02-10T09:59:01.000-08:002012-02-10T09:59:01.000-08:00I loved "The Union War." Recently I emba...I loved "The Union War." Recently I embarked on reading Benjamin F. Butler's "Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences" (Boston, 1892), and was struck by the dedication: "To the Good and Brave Soldiers of the Grand Army of the Republic. This book is dedicated by their comrade, a slight token of appreciation of the patriotic devotion to loyalty and gallant heroism with which they endured the hardships and fought the battles of their country during the War of the Rebellion, to preserve its existence and perpetuity as a nation of freemen, the proudest exemplar of a people solely governed by themselves, able to sustain that government as more powerful than any nation of the earth. Upon our efforts and their success depended the future of free institutions as a governmental power, giving the boon of liberty to all the peoples. Other republics have flourished for a season, been split in fragments, or merged in despotisms, and failure would have closed forever the experiment of a government by the people for the people."Mike Musicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8262783067993808760.post-31305356257214177852012-02-10T10:30:47.000-08:002012-02-10T10:30:47.000-08:00Thanks for the comment, Mike. Yes indeed - Butler&...Thanks for the comment, Mike. Yes indeed - Butler's Book, as he also called it, really spelled things out from a Union perspective. He doesn't pull any punches concerning the slavery issue either. Butler clearly emphasizes slavery as <em>the</em> cause of southern secession and the reason for Confederates' fight to secure independence. .Keith Harrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8262783067993808760.post-62604546833443804722012-02-10T10:31:41.000-08:002012-02-10T10:31:41.000-08:00Me too, Barb - I imagine we will have a lot to tal...Me too, Barb - I imagine we will have a lot to talk about. I will hope they liked my work!Keith Harrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8262783067993808760.post-71932948944116406772012-02-10T11:53:50.000-08:002012-02-10T11:53:50.000-08:00Right you are on "Butler's Book" and...Right you are on "Butler's Book" and slavery, Keith. Page 301 consists soley of an engraving depicting a slave auction, with the stark caption "The Cause of the War." This from a man who, by his own admission, voted 57 times to make Jefferson Davis president of the U.S. at the 1860 Democratic convention in Charleston (as he explains it, "with intent to preserve the Union").Mike Musicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8262783067993808760.post-24884098134030732962012-02-12T20:35:16.000-08:002012-02-12T20:35:16.000-08:00Thanks for the information. For information on vet...Thanks for the information. For information on veterans, go through the site www.base0200.orgVeterans of Americahttp://www.base0200.org/noreply@blogger.com