those Northern "gentlemen" (amongst them several of my grandfathers) were most magnanimous in their victory. "Healing the nations wounds

Maybe Jim, some on this board should remember those words. I must confess had I been there, when my g-g-grandfather was killed, his wife raped and their wagon robbed. I would be most less than magnanimous, my people fought to the death to avenge this. I would have done no less.

Martin Carmack.