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Post by witlesstex on Aug 9, 2007 10:09:21 GMT -5
I recently came across an old newspaper clipping written by an ancestor of mine who fought in the Civil War, written just prior to his joining the Confederacy. It seems to be a rallying cry to his fellow men to join the army and fight "for our rights". He never even mentions slavery, and from what I know of him, I don't think he or his family owned any, but there was a peculiar phrase that he mentioned several times: "the reform movement" and "our reform movement". I've never heard that phrase before in connection with the Civil War and was wondering if any of you knew what it meant.
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Post by sloanrodgers on Aug 9, 2007 15:44:44 GMT -5
Congrats on finding your ancestor. I think the Reform Movement he referenced is just the policies and laws pursued by Lincoln and the Republicans before, during and after the Am. Civil War. Those darn Southerners thought they were already formed religiously and socially and didn't want be reformed or changed by a bunch of Yankees.
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