GDG- GETTYSBURG THE SECOND DAY

[Char & Charlie]

Just before the Constitution the old individual colonies were governed by
the Articles of Confederation which was basically 13 governments.  The South
always put states before federal government.  There was never a PERFECT
UNION, there was always tension from individual state interests within the
United States.  Just look at how the southern states blocked any threats to
Slavery during the Constitution Convention.  So the northern founding father
caved to the real threat of southern states going their own way in 1787.
And their threats continued until 1860 when lead by SC and made good on 80
years of threats.

Char & Charlie
RV'ing the USA


-----Original Message-----
From: gettysburg-bounces at arthes.com [mailto:gettysburg-bounces at arthes.com]
On Behalf Of Stephen/Leonida H
Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2006 8:58 AM
To: gettysburg at arthes.com
Subject: GDG- GETTYSBURG THE SECOND DAY

Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:


there is a concept which i find , at the age of 65 , hard to understand.  i 
was born in  THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA first and CALIFORNIA  second.  
where does the idea start?  our founding fathers wrote the preamble to the 
constitution WE THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES IN ORDER TO FORM A MORE 
PERFECT UNION ... yet we still have in 1863 people willing to die for 
VIRGINIA or ALABAMA or one of the other 9 states in rebellion aginst the 
central gov..  within both armies almost 100% of the officers were trained 
at WEST POINT.  in command of ANV we have ROBERT E LEE,aka JESUS CHRIST, who

graduates from the POINT without a gig ,how anal is that.
the AOP is led by GEORGE GORDEN MEADE, who after his graduation served a 
year in the army resigned to take up civil engineering.  he  fails at that 
and reups earing a brevert in mexico.

during a second invasion of the north,LEE blunders into gettysburg.  after 
the first day where he comes out smelling like  a rose, LEE has to answer 
the age old question, whadda i do now, coach?
on the morning of the second day LEE finds himself with 2 reluctant corps 
commanders, EWELL and LONGSTREET.  EWELL, up to now, serving under STONEWALL

JACKSON was told when to pee and poo gets descritionary order to push those 
people off that hill, if practible.  say what? LONGSTREET on the other hand 
wants to fight a defensive battle  .  LEE'S attitude of giving orders and 
then standing back is horse manure.  it simply means if we win i get the 
credit .if we lose its not my fault.
any comments so far?  while walking out after seeing gettysburg i heard a 
southern accent saying DAMN YANKEE'S WON AGAIN.


 
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