You, dear Tara, are an excellent history teacher! This is a lesson I never was taught in school. It’s for certain that generations of children have not been taught much of our history. Thanks for another great post. I look forward to reading more tomorrow.
I am sorry that your posts have to be somewhat disguised to avoid being censored or shut down. I will follow you anywhere in order to get my daily history lesson.
The State of South Carolina thought that it could simply decide to leave the union by declaring itself a sovereign nation. US military having an installation in a "Sovereign" nation was intenable.
That would eventually lead to a major bloody war of cousin against cousin and brother against brother. Thank you Tara.
The states did think they could just leave the Union, after all, they HAD voluntarily joined. Our civil war started the degradation of our Constitution and began our large central government and put paid to the notion of State’s rights.
I know I'm going to ruffle some feathers but to me the Fort Sumter affair has to be one of the dumbest political and military decisions ever made. But it had to happen.
And that my friends is not all of the reasons for the First Civil War. There were several reasons that caused the Civil War of which began possibly several years in the making before it actually began but, mostly the reasons were economic, taxation and slavery.
Looks like we are at the precipice of the Second Civil War due to economic, taxation, immigration and governmental corruption.
Well done, Tara! The key paragraph being, "Matters in America were then very tense. Abraham Lincoln had just been elected, but he hadn’t been sworn in yet. His election prompted South Carolina to secede from the Union. The state didn’t view itself as a rebel state. It was a sovereign state that had voluntarily joined the Union. Now it thought that it could simply retract that agreement."
There were fire eaters in 1861 on both North and the South and with their statements newspaper reports and speeches divided the country. They roused the passions of the populous and polarized them against each other. Those same fire eaters are existing today and attempt to divide us. If we don’t learn from the lessons of the civil war we will be in the same situation as 1861.
This lesson is long overdue in my knowledge of the Civil War.
The particulars of the war's beginnings are seldom mentioned anywhere. Thanks, Tara, for your unwavering pursuit of clear truth.
You, dear Tara, are an excellent history teacher! This is a lesson I never was taught in school. It’s for certain that generations of children have not been taught much of our history. Thanks for another great post. I look forward to reading more tomorrow.
No Doubt!👍👍👍
What I wouldn’t give for you to have taught me history in high school or college.
I am sorry that your posts have to be somewhat disguised to avoid being censored or shut down. I will follow you anywhere in order to get my daily history lesson.
The State of South Carolina thought that it could simply decide to leave the union by declaring itself a sovereign nation. US military having an installation in a "Sovereign" nation was intenable.
That would eventually lead to a major bloody war of cousin against cousin and brother against brother. Thank you Tara.
The states did think they could just leave the Union, after all, they HAD voluntarily joined. Our civil war started the degradation of our Constitution and began our large central government and put paid to the notion of State’s rights.
If only people would read that pesky section on ratification...the Constitution is, effectively, a treaty amongst sovereign entities.
What was the reason for hiding 200 soldiers aboard the ship, if this wasn't an act of war?
Valid question.
I know I'm going to ruffle some feathers but to me the Fort Sumter affair has to be one of the dumbest political and military decisions ever made. But it had to happen.
Probably true, but good or bad, wise or dumb it’s important to know all our history.
Absolutly no argument here.
And that my friends is not all of the reasons for the First Civil War. There were several reasons that caused the Civil War of which began possibly several years in the making before it actually began but, mostly the reasons were economic, taxation and slavery.
Looks like we are at the precipice of the Second Civil War due to economic, taxation, immigration and governmental corruption.
PRAY for our Nation!
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Well done, Tara! The key paragraph being, "Matters in America were then very tense. Abraham Lincoln had just been elected, but he hadn’t been sworn in yet. His election prompted South Carolina to secede from the Union. The state didn’t view itself as a rebel state. It was a sovereign state that had voluntarily joined the Union. Now it thought that it could simply retract that agreement."
Another interesting story. When we go down to Sullivan Island/ Ft Moultrie, leads to some reflection.🇺🇸
There were fire eaters in 1861 on both North and the South and with their statements newspaper reports and speeches divided the country. They roused the passions of the populous and polarized them against each other. Those same fire eaters are existing today and attempt to divide us. If we don’t learn from the lessons of the civil war we will be in the same situation as 1861.
🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸. Creeds aside, it’s interesting to consider the attitudes, public statements, and actions present in these people. We can learn from them.
Another bit of history that I knew nothing about. Thank you once again.
Love this backstory!🇺🇸
Thank you, Tara.