America Never Fought A Revolutionary War!
And we never a Civil War, either
Maybe this is just the stickler for historical accuracy coming out in me... but America never did fight a revolution. Strictly speaking, a revolution is when an outside faction attempts to gain control of government from the faction in power.
The Colonies never sought to overthrow the King or his parliament. We fought for our independence from them. The French fought a revolution, as did the Russians. But we American didn't. What we fought was a War of Independence.
And a civil war is when one co-equal faction seeks to totally (and on rare occasion, partially) seeks to eliminate another co-equal faction from any power. The English fought a civil war, as did the Spanish.
The Confederacy never tried to conquer the North, just the right to secede from the Union. What we Americans fought was a War of Secession. Or as proper Southerners say: The War of Southern Independence. Or as angry Southerners say: The War of Northern Aggression. Or as South Carolinians (like Mrs. Caveman) say: The War When The North Invaded America.
And we never a Civil War, either
Maybe this is just the stickler for historical accuracy coming out in me... but America never did fight a revolution. Strictly speaking, a revolution is when an outside faction attempts to gain control of government from the faction in power.
The Colonies never sought to overthrow the King or his parliament. We fought for our independence from them. The French fought a revolution, as did the Russians. But we American didn't. What we fought was a War of Independence.
And a civil war is when one co-equal faction seeks to totally (and on rare occasion, partially) seeks to eliminate another co-equal faction from any power. The English fought a civil war, as did the Spanish.
The Confederacy never tried to conquer the North, just the right to secede from the Union. What we Americans fought was a War of Secession. Or as proper Southerners say: The War of Southern Independence. Or as angry Southerners say: The War of Northern Aggression. Or as South Carolinians (like Mrs. Caveman) say: The War When The North Invaded America.
posted by Kevin Whiteman at
11:59 AM
6 Comments:
most excellent!
I guess it depends on who you ask. I for one am sick of fightin' the Civil War.
"The War When The North Invaded America."
Perfect.
Subvet,
Speaking as someone whose GGGrandfather was a member of the GAR, I'd just like to remind you that the Southern states who de-ratified the constitution did so legally.
The law that made it illegal to secede from the Union did't come about until 4 years after the end of the War of Southern Independance. Or as some say, The War of Nothern Arrogance.
I've also heard it referred to as the War of Northern Aggression.
Robert E. Lee, the good Anglo-Saxon that he was, considered the war to be trial by combat and was willing to live amicably with God's Will regarding the outcome.
Source for the above statement: "The Marble Man: Robert E. Lee and His Image in American Society," by Thomas Lawrence Connelly
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