tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post247274200756536882..comments2024-03-27T09:44:59.329-04:00Comments on Free North Carolina: Two Cultures of 1860 AmericaBrock Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-91788604314686757882016-08-13T22:27:20.967-04:002016-08-13T22:27:20.967-04:00Yes, indeed and a learned man and hero. I have a ...Yes, indeed and a learned man and hero. I have a few posts on him at NamSouth and FNC. Thanks.Brock Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-6842073338455705522016-08-13T22:22:13.381-04:002016-08-13T22:22:13.381-04:00Have you heard of this Confederate, Edmund Ruffin,...Have you heard of this Confederate, Edmund Ruffin, Brock?<br />Interesting story line. He fired the first shot of the<br />War Between the States and he fired the last shot. The<br />Union hated him so badly they specifically burned his<br />house down.<br />http://old-picture.com/defining-moments/Edmund-Ruffin.htmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-73127062183496635302016-08-13T13:12:22.833-04:002016-08-13T13:12:22.833-04:00You're among many.You're among many.Brock Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-21104088077814257532016-08-13T13:11:47.449-04:002016-08-13T13:11:47.449-04:00 The next Stonewall Jackson is quietly working in ... The next Stonewall Jackson is quietly working in his trade now - unaware of the great events in his future.<br /><br />I pray.Brock Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-4871663943932335732016-08-13T12:48:31.916-04:002016-08-13T12:48:31.916-04:00And it is 2016 and I still look down on those nort...And it is 2016 and I still look down on those northern aggressors.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-46525314286592030242016-08-13T09:57:31.348-04:002016-08-13T09:57:31.348-04:00"The better classes of the North never visite..."The better classes of the North never visited the South, nor were the Southern people anxious to mingle with them at the North, so we grew wider apart every year. They hating and envying us more and more, and we looked down upon them.” Funny how things are still the same - it never changed. And the difference is more extreme even now. The same snobbish yankee busybodies still want to run every part of the country. The next Stonewall Jackson is quietly working in his trade now - unaware of the great events in his future.<br />Red in OleVirginnyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com