Uniform Question

[macwilkin]

Well...to this humble and loyal Southerner, the North was the enemy. They litteraly conquered and occupied a foreign country. If there was no enemy then there wouldn't have been a war. We fought together in Span/Amer War, WWI, WWII, and the rest, but during the War of Northern Aggression we fought the invading country, which was the USA.

The term "Mercs" wasn't meant to be derogatory, it simply means "soldier for hire", like the Hessians, used by the Brits in the Rev. War. and the Irish(my peeps) Conscripts that Longshanks used.

I'm not going to get into the politics of the Civil War, sir, because 1). The War ended in 1865 and 2). it's against forum rules. All I will say is this:

The South didn't stop being Americans or part of the USA because they decided to secede.

You may view us as the "enemy", but I view you as fellow countrymen. My in-laws from Louisiana certainly don't view me as "the enemy".

And your comparison of Nothern soldiers, especially immigrants, to soldiers-of-fortune is waaay off-base.

T.