now that everyone is catching on to South, has the North figured out it lost the civil war?

Answer 1

What exactly is the question?

The South, believe it or not, had more of a reasonable reason to succede than people think. Slavery aside, the South felt that they were being repressed by the North, economically and politically. They followed the same path and the same reasoning that the American colonist did Britain: that when a people feel they are being repressed and denied rights by their government, they have a right to dissolve that goverment's control over them. If you don't believe me, read the Introduction to the Declaration of Independence.

Their is quite a difference between the North and the South, even today, socially, societally, culturally, spatially, and even climatically. As a yankee who grew up partly in the South, I have seen the beauty and have an appreciation for both places. The South was utterly destroyed by the North, partially for military advantage, and partially for personal revenge. It never quite recovered until World War 2, almost 80 years after the end of the Civil War.

So before you start cracking jokes about inbreeding and ignorance, maybe you should actually visit the South and experience that majesty of it. Make a drive on a rolling country road on a clear summer night in Georgia. Eat at a hole in the wall Carolina BBQ restaurant. Fish out of a jonboat on a North Florida lake in the fall. Hunt ducks out in an Arkansas rice paddy. Go to a place where strangers smile and greet you on the street and cars let you get over to the other lanes easily. Watch a family get together and have a big meal on their back porch on Sunday after church while still dressed in their best. I have learned to appreciate these things and I can begin to understand what the Southerners were trying to preserve.

Don't get me wrong, slavery is one of the most morally reprehensible things I can imagine, but the Civil War wasn't just about that. It was also an attempt to preserve the things in the South that were trully unique. The Southerners felt that their whole way of life was trying to be altered by people that didn't understand. They felt that the "it [became] necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands, which have connected them with another."

So did the South really win? Slavery died, but culture survived. So in that respect, the South did accomplish an objective. It still has that elegant majesty to it and it still has the distinct cultural traits which has no counterparts anywhere else in the country.

Of course, the North won and the CSA no longer exists, no one disputes that, but the South escaped with their culture that they fought so hard to preserve. In a way, the war was a reconciliation of the South with the rest of the country.

Answer 2

Is that so?

So, where is the capital of the Confederate States of America? Who is your current president? Describe your political and economic systems.

If the South won, where are the slaves and plantations?

Really now, come on y'all. The confederacy was defeated in 1865. My great-grandfather was at Appomatox (104th NY Volunteers) and collected colors from the defeated units as they surrendered. The Confederate army was disbanded, and the Confederate states reabsorbed into the United States of America. It was an ugly time for the entire nation, but it's over now. Catch up with the 21st Century, and stop fighting that horrible war, which resulted in more American deaths and more physical devastation to the infrastructure than all our other wars **combined**.

The southern states of the U.S.A. certainly have some advantages and benefits. I've lived in Alabama and been all 'round the area, and there is much to be said for it. But the South would still be a sleepy backwater if it weren't for air conditioning, which makes the region livable during the heat and humidity of the summers down there.

But all y'all did NOT win the Civil War. Not for lack of trying -- the Confederate Army did wonders with what they had, and only lost due to attrition and exhaustion. But lost they did. Hell, even ol' Bobby Lee admitted it.

Answer 3

Interesting. I'm from the North and moved to the South, it seems both sides lost something during that war.

Answer 4

The south surendered. The only way the north really lost out was when John Wilkes Booth shot Lincoln.

Answer 5

Just wonder when the south is going to wise up, us Yanks whooped fair and square.

Answer 6

The fact that Lee surrendered casts doubt on that statement. Remember that Appomattox incident?

Answer 7

no the South lost the civil war.. if you don't know that go watch the history Chanel.. if you do know that than go date your sister...

Answer 8

the question is when will the South realize that they lost the Civil War? i think they are still fighting it down there.

Answer 9

How so? The Northern states still have a stronger economy than the Southern states/

Answer 10

Are you retarded? What part of the Confederacy still exists?