Author Topic: reb or yank (Read 17157 times)

maggot · « **on:** October 22, 2003, 06:46:47 PM »

What do you consider yourself a reb or a yank,and why?

MOGorilla · « **Reply #1 on:** November 06, 2003, 07:34:20 AM »

Well, I've always favored the REBs. I guess I like the underdog. I was born in Illinois, but raised in Tennessee, not too far from Shiloh.(Pittsburgh landing). They had a whole different take on things down there at the time (60s). When I moved back to Illinois, I was wearing grey.

WVaTom · « **Reply #2 on:** November 24, 2003, 06:30:34 PM »

...but all mountaineer. :twisted: :devil2:

Desertrat · « **Reply #3 on:** November 26, 2003, 04:07:23 PM »

Born in California, lived in Arizona all my life....but Rebel all the way!!
I have always rooted for the underdog...and have nothing but the greatest respect for the leaders of the south...RE Lee....superb tactician and gentleman...but a tragic figure....Stonewall Jackson, brilliant but puzzling, AP Hill....boy dont get in his way when he wore the "red fighting shirt"....and others like Pat Cleburne, Hood, Daniel Harvey Hill, and die hards like Joe Shelby!!! Nice try Confederacy.....but I guess like Jefferson Davis said for the epitaph: "Died of a theory."

Timberwolf · « **Reply #4 on:** November 28, 2003, 04:52:41 AM »

American by birth, Southern by the grace of God! Guess I'm a Reb 110%

Why - that's easy - raised in the great state of South Carolina, family lived in the same county in Western N.C. from 1732 until 1935 when my grandparents moved 100 miles away. Great Grandson of a two Confederate vet.s, Great great Grandson of a 1 Confederate vet.s , not to mention each of their brothers and cousins. One Great Grandfather killed during Pickett's charge, the other stayed in through the end of fighting in late 1865. His unit reportedly refused to take oath after the war.

Reenacted for several years with the unit one of my Great Grandfathers fought with - 1st N.C. Cav.

Guess that's it. Oh yeah almost forgot, even though I live in California now, my accent is real.

maggot · « **Reply #5 on:** November 30, 2003, 07:46:42 PM »

I had a feeling most people here would be grey.I am very happy too see!
The republic that began in 1776 was replaced by an inferior democracy in 1865,the good guys lost.Have any of you read what Alexander Tyler wrote about"The fall of a republic".

El Confederado · « **Reply #6 on:** December 08, 2003, 07:30:03 PM »

Well first we were not Rebs, the Yankees were Rebels, we were just fighting for our land and the Constitution. Anyhow I guess by now y'all figured I am a Confederate and proud that my kin fought and some died in our war of independance from the Yanks, yes the war still stirs feelings with me and as my great great granddady said " Lee surrendered , not me"

Mike Rodriguez
1st Louisiana Zouaves

ihuntbucks · « **Reply #7 on:** December 26, 2003, 08:08:59 PM »

Born and breed in Bama,never lived anywhere else,never wanted to,never will.As Hawk Jr. says "If heaven ain't alot like Dixie,then I don't want to go." Rick

El Confederado · « **Reply #8 on:** December 26, 2003, 08:15:03 PM »

Good man Rick,good to see more of us souther boys in here, tell your friends and y'all come back now hear.

doc_kreipke · « **Reply #9 on:** December 27, 2003, 12:15:00 AM »

Neither. Just a red-blooded all-American boy (and dang proud of it, too).

ironfoot · « **Reply #10 on:** December 27, 2003, 09:13:23 AM »

Yank, because I figured the slaves were the underdogs.

maggot · « **Reply #11 on:** December 27, 2003, 12:02:32 PM »

I used to think like ironfoot and doc k, thinking that the war was over slavery.After 6 years of research I know now that it was over money.Tax money that is. Lincoln used slavery to justify his actions. If people back then would have known the truth, there would have been no war! Slavery would have ended anyway, it just would have taken a bit longer.

WWII was also over money

Ok y'all lets keep on subject,thanks
El Confederado

ironfoot · « **Reply #12 on:** December 28, 2003, 10:02:12 AM »

El Confederado · « **Reply #13 on:** December 28, 2003, 10:23:00 AM »

Sirs,
Please I will ask y'all again.Please keep on the subject, if you want to discuss something else, please start a new thread.Thanks

Stuffy25thIA · « **Reply #14 on:** December 28, 2003, 03:09:23 PM »

Yank 25th IA

El Confederado · « **Reply #15 on:** December 28, 2003, 04:13:23 PM »

Stuffy,
Good to have ya even if your a Billy Yank :wink:

Dragon31 · « **Reply #16 on:** December 29, 2003, 12:04:30 PM »

Ancestors fought for the North but caught and returned slaves to pay for their farms and business. Go figure. Their dogs did and could track anything that crossed the Ohio river. They knew the Lincolns when they lived in Indiana and owned land near where Nancy Hanks is buried. But, for me I'm a southern by birth and choice, the reason is simple When I join something if it don't work for me then I can quit it. That's the only thing the south did was to go its own way. It will be a sad day in this country when we have no more "REBs" who will stand up and go their own way.

SAWgunner · « **Reply #17 on:** December 31, 2003, 05:23:58 PM »

I have tried to educate all of the soldiers I have run into (in casual conversation, mind you) about why yankees were hypocrites and they were in the wrong. By the way, I love Wyoming, but I am Southern by birth and by the grace of God.

Born in Louisiana and raised in Georgia.

Perferator · « **Reply #18 on:** January 01, 2004, 01:55:47 PM »

My family name goes all the way back to the 1600's, the furthest south any of the pre-1900's relatives moved was Northern Va. I'm a yank, but I love this country...all of it.

Perferator

El Confederado · « **Reply #19 on:** January 01, 2004, 02:18:38 PM »

Perferator, Good to have ya on board, ya come on back anytime.

volshooter · « **Reply #20 on:** January 01, 2004, 02:19:46 PM »

Got to go with southern here.
Rick

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If you ask "What's so great about the South", then you're not going to understand the answer, don't waste my time.

Chris · « **Reply #21 on:** January 01, 2004, 03:40:38 PM »

Hmmm...tough call?

Started out MD...spent several years in VA, AL, OK, AR, NJ (sigh) then ended-up in CA.

If cut...I bleed Red, White and Blue!

What do y'all think?

...Chris

volshooter · « **Reply #22 on:** January 01, 2004, 05:53:19 PM »

I am an AMERCIAN first, no hypenated nothing. My heart, DIXIE of course. I like to think of myself as a cross between Charlie Daniels and Hank Jr. with a dash of Ted Nuget thrown in and Fred Bear as my guide.
yep.....southern reb or as we like to call it defenders of values and our homes since slavery had nothing to do wih the war of northern agression the reason is clear.

Rick[the south will always be the south, even if some of y'all northern folks move here]
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historybuff · « **Reply #23 on:** January 02, 2004, 04:50:24 PM »

Here is a link to a resolution from Jefferson Davis that sheds light on what issue was important to the man chosen to lead the Confederacy.

http://jeffersondavis.rice.edu/resources.cfm?doc_id=1501

El Confederado · « **Reply #24 on:** January 02, 2004, 06:00:58 PM »

Issues, not issue, his issues, Historybuff or Ironfoot which ever you are or maybe.

maggot · « **Reply #25 on:** January 03, 2004, 08:11:29 PM »

historybuff? yea right

WD45 · « **Reply #26 on:** January 07, 2004, 06:30:08 AM »

REB...
My family is from eastern KY.... My great grandfather was a cav captain and a couple of other relatives rode with Morgan

Daveinthebush · « **Reply #27 on:** January 07, 2004, 06:36:20 AM »

The war has been over for years! Time to move on.

Chris · « **Reply #28 on:** January 07, 2004, 05:30:26 PM »

Understood Dave.

But it's hard to forget that at one time AMERICANS were killing each other by the thousands...regardless of the reason(s) that contributed to the conflict. I've stood on many of those battlefields and I can't imagine how those men moved forward into battle, lined-up elbow to elbow, looking down musket barrels. They must have been tough sons of guns, and totally committed to do what they did, for their states.

The whole thing still puts a lump in my throat and a tear in my eye, everytime I think about the waste of resources and life.

I hope and trust we've all learned something from this catastrophe.

Hope I didn't offend anyone...that's just how I feel. Sorry if I got off-course a bit EC.

...Chris

Daveinthebush · « **Reply #29 on:** January 07, 2004, 05:50:16 PM »

I find that the older I get the less I have to worry about the better. If you know what I mean.

I should have feelings for this as my great/great grandfather was a slave trader and the family routes go to Jamestown in the original cementary. Many black people use a deviation of the old plantation name. The family had such a large plantation that even with the land being divided up after the war, my maternal grandmother and her 3 sisters and two borthers still had 200 acres each in northern Flordia. This was after the plantaion was already divided up one generation before to those decendents.

I know passions run deep sometimes. Just ask me about my ex-wife. :eek: