The Atoning Sacrifice of the Union Soldiers Means Nothing to the New York Times’ 1619 Project

The Atoning Sacrifice of the Union Soldiers Means Nothing to the New York Times’ 1619 Project

https://theresurgent.com/2019/08/20/the-atoning-sacrifice-of-the-union-soldiers-means-nothing-to-the-new-york-times-1619-project/?utm_source=Insightly&utm_campaign=f4bd56fe11-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_198a5324d1-f4bd56fe11-270213873&mc_cid=f4bd56fe11&mc_eid=0707e331c1

Excerpt: The United States very literally paid an atoning sacrifice for the sin of slavery. Union preachers of the day and the President of the United States came to see the war in that light. Prior to the Civil War, more and more prominent Americans began discussing it in that light. The war was divine wrath poured out on the nation for enslaving a population. While the New York Times may get there, its revisionist, reframing exercise right now totally misses all of that. In fact, the progressive rhetoric of the day and calls for reparations from Democrat politicians are poured out into a void of willful ignorance as they ignore the body count of mostly white Union soldiers who died that slavery might end. They paid reparations with their lives, The nation lost 2% of its male population. (My great, great grandfather, Sgt. Oliver Vernal, fought through the war with the 6th Connecticut Volunteers, was badly wounded twice. If he'd been killed, I would have been killed too, as he had no kids at the time. ~Bob)