“Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori: It is sweet and right to die for your country.” Wilfred Owen.
The American Civil War was a tumultuous period in American history. Scores of books and movies have been centered around the event. The war was very broad in scope. It encompassed people, battles, battlefields, politics, economics, religion, weapons, and tactics. The aftermath of the war and Reconstruction would leave a bitter taste in the mouths of many generations. This year marks the 150th anniversary of a war that divided a nation. A war that divided families and friends. A war that still divides us as a nation and as a peoples. Lincoln could not have known that his words “to bind up the nation’s wounds,” would not come to fruition. The decades old question of “what caused the Civil War” is being debated as we enter the 150th anniversary. “Slavery:…that slow Poison, which is daily contaminating the Minds & Morals of our People.” George Mason, July 1773, Virginia Constitutional Convention. Was the war about “states rights,” tariffs, slavery, preservation of the Union, the economy, or politics? For more information visit our other pages or contact Ian Campbell at 504-296-0274, P.O. Box 2064 Kenner, La. 70063 or e-mail JacksonSt.Philip@hotmail.com Keep up with the army as it travels by visiting us at http://facebook.com/CivilWarLivingHistory
Till death or distance do us part!