The war that determined who we are as a people, physically and morally, today marks 150 years since the first shots were fired leading to the deadliest war in our history–600,000 Americans dead. A fight worth fighting, and we certainly are not going to be the generation that loses this nation, after such heroics to preserve her, to a political class made up of malignant narcissists, con men, and arrogant elitists.

Here are some links for the day on our anniversary. And may God continue to embrace and bless all those who perished in the Civil War.

Reuters: First shots mark 150 years since start of Civil War

NatGeo: Fort Sumter: How Civil War Began With a Bloodless Battle

Natl Parks Traveler: Reenactments Highlight Fort Sumter Battle Anniversary Commemoration

AJC: New stamps mark start of Civil War

WaPo: A Tour of Civil War Washington

Images of the Civil War

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  1. MACVEL says:

    So, how do we win?

  2. Charles_TX says:

    The 600,000 dead in 1865 would be equivalent to over 6 million dead in the modern United States. The number of seriously wounded was even greater. The carnage of that war was horrific. I remember walking the Gettysburg battlefield in the 1960’s and being astonished at the pictures of the dead men and horses lying in the open. Those images are seared into my mind to this day.

    By the way, don’t forget that the Battle of Lexington and Concord is coming up on 19 April.

  3. Foreverautumn says:

    I find it interesting that some of the arguments that the South used to justify slavery are similar to the ones the Open Borders advocates use to justify illegal immigration. “They’re doing labor nobody else will do,” or “we NEED them, or our way of life will collapse.”

  4. dennisl59 says:

    For those that were born, raised and educated in Northern Virginia,(but now living in Central Texas, Thank God), when American History was taught as a Standard Mandatory Core Course to graduate from High School, The “Civil War” was called “The War Between the States” in our book. But that was a long, long time ago. This comment offered for ‘informational purposes only’.

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