Unknown Soldier

I thought it was Kentucky, Tennessee, Maryland, Delaware and Kansas but when war broke out sides had to be chosen, whilst others decided to remain neutral initially.........Now if I had my civil war history book close at hand I'd find it in a jiffy.

midnight rain

I think it was Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri, all who got pressured by Washington to stay in the Union.

Engine

I think that's an unfair comparison because you're comparing two entirely different political landscapes. To answer your question, I feel that in a perfect world, a non-bigoted German would be allowed to fly that flag in honor of his grandfather, and not be a social outcast.

Hero. I would have been an abolitionist personally.

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I believe Delaware was a slave state in name only and Kentucky was technically part of the confederacy, though it remained sort of neutral during the war. Maryland is the state I was referring to in my previous post. And Missouri was basically engaged in its own internal civil war at the time so it wasn't exactly what you'd call a willing part of the union.

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midnight rain

Well you yourself say 'in a perfect world' which I think means that bias aside, it's not a terrible comparison. Keep in mind that not only did the Confederacy represent the belief that one race was superior to the other it also represents treason to our country. I guess you look at it as detaching the beliefs that inspired those actions from the picture, leaving just the heroic actions of the Confederacy?

If the laws had been upheld properly, Robert E. Lee and all the other generals of the CSA would have been executed for their crimes.



And I would agree with you.

Unknown Soldier

Germany in both WWI and WWII were the aggressors and also on both occasions had the strongest military and economy for fighting a war and also initiated both conflicts. Whereas the Confederacy, was not the aggressor but more the victim and started as the firm underdog, for that reason it can treat its soldiers as heroes.

Farfisa

Maryland was pretty much split in two, there were people who fought for the confederacy and the union in my state. I was kind of disappointed after finding out as a kid that "all us Marylanders didn't fight for the union". Doesn't matter much to me now, knowing my ancestors hadn't even gotten out of Germany at the time.

midnight rain

Not name only, it wasn't very prevalent, but it was still legal. I think that qualifies it as a slave state. Kentucky was part of the border states, but sided with the Union after the Confederate army moved into their state.

Engine

I don't believe in capital punishment, I don't think the idea that the Confederacy was treasonous to the US matters much, and I know that US citizens in the free states were generally as racist as those in the slave states.

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midnight rain

The victim of what exactly? Oh poor South they don't get to keep their slave labor anymore, LOL. I think you need another history lesson, chief.

They were the underdog, but plenty of wars have been won by the sides with the smaller army.