[SWTXBelle]

KSig, I spent about 1/3 of my childhood/teen years in New Jersey. Trust me when I say that the mindset of which I spoke was VERY evident. If I had a nickel for every time I heard "Well, at least we WON the war!" after being subjected to being insulted for merely being from the south I would be a very wealthy woman. It may be that as a southerner I was subjected to this, while you as a native born yankee were not. There have been more historians presenting more balanced views of the Late Unpleasantness since the 70s I think - perhaps things are better now. I hope so.

I'd still argue my logic is spot-on. If the primary premise is that 1.) Having slavery legal = racism, and the secondary premise is 2.)The Union had legal slavery, then a logical conclusion is that Union = Racism. You can plug in C.S.A. and get the same result - and my point is that no one would have had a problem with Upsilon Alpha (see what I did there? Union Army?!) coming past the AKA house in Union blue. (Although if you have read any of Sherman's very own reports in U.S. military records, you might think differently.) If I have unwittingly slipped into a logical fallacy please let me know which one. (Bear in mind I teach logic, so if you call my logic into question I am going to ask you to let me know exactly how it fails!)

Nanners - the Battle Flag (I prefer 3rd National myself) has been used by the KKK and other groups in racially-charged situations. That is one reason it has come to be associated with racism. I would point out, in the interest of fairness, that these same groups are also rather fond of the Stars and Stripes. As a proud southerner I am appalled any time any symbols of the C.S.A. are used by any racist groups. I consider it an insult to the memory of my ancestors.