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Title: April 12, 1861 - 150 Years Ago Today
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TheHistoryPlace.com
URL Source: http://www.historyplace.com/civilwar/
Published: Apr 11, 2011
Author: Gen.Pierre Beauregard
Post Date: 2011-04-11 16:46:30 by Flintlock
Keywords: Dixie, What if?
Views: 179
Comments: 7
April 12, 1861 - At 4:30 a.m. Confederates under Gen. Pierre Beauregard open fire with 50 cannons upon Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina. The Civil War begins. Fort Sumter after its capture, showing damage from the Rebel bombardment of over 3000 shells and now flying the Rebel "Stars and Bars" - April 14, 1861.
Poster Comment: I wonder how many Union Soldiers would have defected to Dixie if they could have seen the future and seen what our country is like today? I suspect most of them.
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#4. To: Flintlock (#0)
Regardless who "won" the civil war things would be the same today. In fact the South was suppose to win because they were given more aid from the Jewish bankers, but Lincoln was smart enough to print our own money which enabled the North to win the war. Most slaves were owned by large plantation owners in the South that were predominately Jewish.
#7. To: RickyJ (#4)
I don't believe that. 95% of the PC crap that's been shoved down our throats has originated out of the North. Even with Dixie losing the war, men like George Wallace and Lester Maddox were in firm control of the South until the late 70's. Imagine what it would be like if they had won.
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Replies to Comment # 4. Regardless who "won" the civil war things would be the same today.
PHOTO: Things get really ugly at the Pickrick as the future governor of
Georgia brandishes a pistol to chase a black man off the restaurant
grounds. His son, Lester Junior, is carrying a pick handle, known as a
Pickrick Drumstick. Sadly, replicas of these Pickrick Drumsticks were
sold to diners as souvenirs.
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