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What the South fought for: An interview with a civil war soldier

Submitted by fonzdrew on Fri, 02/01/2013 - 20:00
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http://youtu.be/KPiDqUB9k1I

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Confederate soldier Julius Howell talking about his capture and imprisonment at the Union prison camp at Point Lookout, Md. Howell was born in 1846 near the Holy Neck section of Suffolk, in the Holland area. Read more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=K...


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But there were, such as my relative

Submitted by The Granger on Sat, 02/02/2013 - 19:07.

Bastards.. Bastards were born into slavery. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/awhhtml/awlaw3/slavery.html

And truth be told, Black slaves were more valuable than whites at the time. White slaves were sent to do jobs that garateed them a very short life, such as cleaning up areas where maleria was prevalient. http://www.history.org/history/teaching/enslaved/enslaved_gu...

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STAND WITH RAND 2016

Nonsense. Utter nonsense.

Submitted by Dr. NO. on Sat, 02/02/2013 - 00:09.

Nonsense. Utter nonsense.

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Overview: http://rolexian.wordpress.com/2010/09/12/my-plan-for-reducin...

Specific cuts; defense spending: http://rolexian.wordpress.com/2011/01/03/more-detailed-look-a

lol

Submitted by fonzdrew on Sat, 02/02/2013 - 01:19.

you sound like Piers Morgan.

Very cool!

Submitted by dormouse on Fri, 02/01/2013 - 20:27.

A part of history! I love it

I love it too

Submitted by fonzdrew on Sat, 02/02/2013 - 02:46.

The fact that you are hearing someones voice that lived through that time is incredible.