Is there still aggression between the North and South because of the Civil War?

Question

john I, I just read the end of your answer. I'm shocked that someone would say something like that to the great General Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain.

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Answer 1

Actual aggression, no, but I am a southerner, and I am one of many that still holds a great dislike for yankees and the federal government.

We lost......fair enough. It took a population of 21 million + to defeat a population of 9 million +, 4 million of which were slaves. (btw....slavery was an abomination that the south should have abolished before they fired on Fort Sumpter). The southern military suffered about 120,000 casualties during the war compared to over 300,000 yankee invaders. i think they did pretty damned good, considering the odds. i could not be prouder.

What has had a great deal in shaping the mindsets of southeners to this day was the policies of the reconstruction era and the times to follow. It is true that racism was predominate in southern regions, but that same held true in the north. Racism was contemporary to the American mindset of the era and remained so for a long time. What do you think would have happened in northern areas if the white population was disenfranchised while blacks were enfranchised ? (on paper, anyway, if not in actual practice)
The same thing would have happened in the north that happened in the south - rising resentment, loathing, and regret that the hostilities had been ceased. Personally, I lay the blame on the federal government and its heavy-handed reconstruction tactics for the mutation of a club for ex Confederate officers, the Ku Klux Klan, from a social club to a vengeful mob of hatemongers. Northerners would have been as terrified of reconstruction policies as southerners were.


The replacement of historical fact for yankee mythology also has a lot to do with southern malevolence. I remember in grade school during the 70's that the "civil war" was a great crusade intended to end slavery. Maybe it was to some yankees, but it was not to the majority of northeners, nor was it official federal policy at the onset of the war. I am not one who believes that slavery was not a cause of the war, but it was not the only cause, nor was it even the primary cause. Many an editorial in northern newspapers cried about the potential loss from income that came for southern farms and commerce and insisted that the southern states be forced to remain in the union.

There were other reasons also, but I'll let those slide for now. i'm sure that for some, i am only preaching to the choir, and to others, i am only beating my head against a brick wall.

A parting shot.......quite a few southern combatants were sore losers......very sore losers. "You may forgive us, but we will not be forgiven. There is a rancor in our hearts of which you little dream. We hate you, sir." — Gen. Henry A. Wise, CSA, to Gen. Joshua Chamberlain , U.S.A. , at Appomattox after the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia. I could not agree more, General Wise.

-- nos mos tendo iterum cras --

Answer 2

Yes, I and many other native Southerners still very much have tons of bent up aggression towards yankees.

We consider yanks a foreign people, that are dishonest, greedy, loud mouthed, and lack any moral or honorable fortitude and character.

Yankee's have placed bold faced lies in history books about our people, and have placed even more bold faced lies about how great they are.

You see the South was an free nation, that was invaded and conquered by a foreign one, we don't see ourselves as Americans, in our view America and Americans don't exist anymore. They went extinct back in 1861 when the South left the Union and the Northerners decided to allow Lincoln to create a Federal Empire thus destroying the America our forefathers created. Thus back in 1861 Americans became 2 new people, Yankees or Unionists, and Southerners or Confederates, America has been dead for a long while.

The only way for America to be reserected was if the South and North reunified one another under peaceful terms. What the Union did was force the South back in with a gun pointed to its head, thus America was not reunited, and still remains divided.

To explore this more, lets all notice that its a fact that the "War Between the States" is still going on. No peace treaty was signed, nor was there ever a surrender signed, thus the war is going on to this day; the only difference is this is a war of Occupation. The South is not fighting the Union Army, they are fighting there minions whom seek to wipe Dixie's Culture and people off the face of the map with lies and cheap shots.

In closing I don't think this aggression will ever truly end, I was taught about what the Yankee's did by my family, as I will teach my children, so fourth and so on.
As long as Yankees and liers attack us we will fight back, they will not win, but will piss us off enough which may respark Southern Nationalism and hopefully bring about freedom for Dixie.

Its hard to understand if you are not Southern.

Answer 3

Once Jimmy Carter of Georgia was elected US President in the 1970s that stopped any form of aggression that might have been lingering in our country since the Civil War. Today, outside of political differences, the northeast and the southeast get along. One reason is that have been plenty of New Yorkers who have moved to North Carolina and Virginia in the last 20 years, and Florida in the last 30 years.

Answer 4

The Southern mind-set still feels in many ways that the Federal government intervenes too much in the daily life of the average citizen down there and trying to remove their traditions and way of life.

A good example was the removal of the 10 commandment's from the Georgia State courthouse, and the ongoing debate about removing the stars and bars from the state flags of the former confederacy states.

Answer 5

The South had no factories to offer weapons or ammunition, and its railroads have been small and not interconnected, because of the fact of this it strengthen into puzzling for the South to circulate foodstuff, weapons and men without delay and over long distances. he North, on the different hand, had adequate foodstuff and adequate factories to make weapons for all of its squaddies. It additionally had an intensive rail community that could desire to transport men and weapons straight away and value effectively. From Shmoop

Answer 6

Aggression, no; resentment, yes. Many Southerners simply cannot accept that Lee surrendered at Appomattox which ended the Civil War and gave victory to the North. If the South had its way, we would have been a divided nation easily becoming prey to further exploitation and colonization by foreign powers mainly in Europe.

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Answer 7

I don't think there is aggression between the two, but I do believe there is still some animosity.

The South still refers to the civil war as "The Act of Northern Aggression"

Answer 8

Not aggression, just animosity.
The North thinks they ARE the US.
They need someone to look down on though,
so I guess they'll keep us in the Union.
My Northern friends and relatives say, "Why does it matter that you are from the South? We're all Americans."
Well, yes we are, but those same friends and relatives would be really ticked off if someone mistakenly identified their accents as Southern.
My brother-in-law from Philadelphia is a good man, but once when he was visiting us he commented that "Piggly Wiggly was the dumbest d--- name (he) ever heard for a store."
I've got one for you, Honey,
"Wa-Wa"...

Answer 9

I would ask you to listen to "They Lay Waste to Our Land" by John Dillion; "The Southland's Bleeding" by Waylon Jennings or "Southern Birthright" by Bobby Horton. In the last four years we have noticed Southerner girls suing to be allowed to wear their formals (made from Confederate Battle Flags); students suing to be allowed to wear their controversial t-shirts (STRONG Confederate themes); Flags flying over college games and dorms. Many of the young are calling themselves Neo-Confederate whatever the case there seems to be a new movement and it does relate to the War. Only time will tell. God Bless You and Our Southern People.

Answer 10

no there isn't really aggression, but there are political differences, and i guess there is still certain idenities that are held by the 2 sides which come from the period of the war. music from that period is an example of this

i guess the north or the counrty would still consider themselves to be more civilised than there southern cousins