But, my friends, I may not detain you. An eloquent member of this Association has consented, on this occasion, to revive the memory of a siege illustrious in the annals of war; a siege, the brave traditions of which will live with the recollections of Leyden and Malta, Crema and Saragossa. Himself an actor in the grand drama, he will speak with the thunders of the guns still ringing in his ears, with the incidents of the strife indelibly stamped upon his retentive memory, and with the fervor of one who bared his breast in the heroic defence of Battery Wagner. I have the honor and the pleasure of presenting our friend and comrade, Lieutenant Colonel H. D. D. Twiggs, of the Georgia Regulars.
Introduction by Col. Charles C. Jones, Jr., President of the Confederate Survivors Association in 1892, 29 years after the Battle of Battery Wagner.
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I am searching for a better description than the inaccurate 'war between the states'.
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As I understand the situation, 'Confederate States Of America' refers to a sovereign nation.
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Left alone, the Confederates would have very little interest in a war.
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Invasions?
Absorbing?
War Of Assimilation (similar to the Star Trek Borg, turning everybody into clones)?
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Although a mouthful, I tend toward:
* 'the invasions to eliminate too many of the wrong kind of immigrants and steal the Confederacy natural resources'
Sounds good to me and there are other ones referring to the Tyrant Lincoln also. :)
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