Comments on: Who Won the Civil War? http://cwmemory.com/2008/12/01/who-won-the-civil-war/ Where History, Heritage, and Education Intersect Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:29:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Blog 4 History: American & Civil War History » Blog Archive » Post-Reconstruction Unit Reflection http://cwmemory.com/2008/12/01/who-won-the-civil-war/#comment-12070 Blog 4 History: American & Civil War History » Blog Archive » Post-Reconstruction Unit Reflection Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:38:04 +0000 http://cwmemory.com/?p=1932#comment-12070 [...] End of Reconstruction: I remembered Kevin Levin doing this so I gave it shot, I wrote on the board: “1876: Mission Accomplshed.” This [...] [...] End of Reconstruction: I remembered Kevin Levin doing this so I gave it shot, I wrote on the board: “1876: Mission Accomplshed.” This [...]

]]> By: Richard http://cwmemory.com/2008/12/01/who-won-the-civil-war/#comment-4734 Richard Wed, 03 Dec 2008 02:16:47 +0000 http://cwmemory.com/?p=1932#comment-4734 In my opinion the civil war did not end until the civil rights movements of the sixties. Even in my own small town of Laurinburg, NC you had paramilitary organizations like the Red Shirts whose sole purpose was to ensure white rule. You can find incidents for 100 years after the official end of the war that include political assassinations and violence against black people. It has only been in the last 40 years that NC has had any black politicians. There were a few after the Civil War but in general whites ruled. That sounds like victory to me. Eva Clayton http://www.lib.unc.edu/ncc/1898/sources/rsrally.html Its a little off topic but I seem to see alot of similarity between the war in Iraq and the American Civil War. In Iraq they disenfrancised the Bathists and in the South they disenfrancised former Confederates. In both cases you had the development of insurgent groups. In the South the Northern armies pulled out and the south went back to its former self and arrested the development of this area for 100 years. In Iraq we will probabily do the same thing. In my opinion the civil war did not end until the civil rights movements of the sixties. Even in my own small town of Laurinburg, NC you had paramilitary organizations like the Red Shirts whose sole purpose was to ensure white rule. You can find incidents for 100 years after the official end of the war that include political assassinations and violence against black people. It has only been in the last 40 years that NC has had any black politicians. There were a few after the Civil War but in general whites ruled. That sounds like victory to me. Eva Clayton
http://www.lib.unc.edu/ncc/1898/sources/rsrally.html

Its a little off topic but I seem to see alot of similarity between the war in Iraq and the American Civil War. In Iraq they disenfrancised the Bathists and in the South they disenfrancised former Confederates. In both cases you had the development of insurgent groups. In the South the Northern armies pulled out and the south went back to its former self and arrested the development of this area for 100 years. In Iraq we will probabily do the same thing.

]]> By: Kevin Levin http://cwmemory.com/2008/12/01/who-won-the-civil-war/#comment-4710 Kevin Levin Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:26:07 +0000 http://cwmemory.com/?p=1932#comment-4710 That's great to hear Chris. It's always nice when the most simple of questions leads to a worthwhile class discussion. That’s great to hear Chris. It’s always nice when the most simple of questions leads to a worthwhile class discussion.

]]> By: Chris http://cwmemory.com/2008/12/01/who-won-the-civil-war/#comment-4709 Chris Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:19:02 +0000 http://cwmemory.com/?p=1932#comment-4709 Kevin I have to tell you that I stole your idea (you mentioned it some time ago) where at the end of my Civil War and Reconstruction unit I write on the board "Mission Accomplished." I think that's what you did once. Anyway, this really started a nice reaction from the students and was a great stimulator for some excellent discussion! Chris Kevin I have to tell you that I stole your idea (you mentioned it some time ago) where at the end of my Civil War and Reconstruction unit I write on the board “Mission Accomplished.” I think that’s what you did once. Anyway, this really started a nice reaction from the students and was a great stimulator for some excellent discussion!

Chris

]]> By: Kevin Levin http://cwmemory.com/2008/12/01/who-won-the-civil-war/#comment-4708 Kevin Levin Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:31:28 +0000 http://cwmemory.com/?p=1932#comment-4708 Larry, -- I tend to agree, but than again I am just a little biased. Larry, — I tend to agree, but than again I am just a little biased.

]]> By: Larry Cebula http://cwmemory.com/2008/12/01/who-won-the-civil-war/#comment-4705 Larry Cebula Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:46:31 +0000 http://cwmemory.com/?p=1932#comment-4705 "These students were adamant in their belief that the white South had won the war by 1900, owing to the failure of Reconstruction and the rise of Jim Crow. " Smart students. That is my own understanding of the war as well and I have long wondered why it is not more prevalent. “These students were adamant in their belief that the white South had won the war by 1900, owing to the failure of Reconstruction and the rise of Jim Crow. ”

Smart students. That is my own understanding of the war as well and I have long wondered why it is not more prevalent.

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