but it was fought DOWN HERE. No other Americans have ever been defeated in war, then bullied and robbed by invading hordes of soldiers and carpetbaggers.
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You are indeed passionate, my friend. I know people whose family roots in NY state were Tory (remember our thread?), who had exactly THAT happen to them. And it surely happened in the South to those who remained loyal to the legally instituted govt.

Being staunch conservatives, and possibly influenced by a Biblical mandate re: acceptance of one's political lot, these so-called Tories remained true. Most were not rich fat cats like Peggy Shippen's family, but were common sod busters and tradesmen. Yeomen in the term of the times.

As for the invading hordes of carpetbaggers, think Lincoln might have played things out differently had a disgruntled Confederate allowed him to live to carry out a kinder and gentler re-entry policy. When you point a finger, you got three coming back at yourself.