Quote Originally Posted by cajunscot View Post
There was no "enemy" in the Civil War, sir. They were all Americans, including my Scottish ancestors, who served their nation in Iowa and Illinois Regiments. They were not "mercs", but soldiers. Brave ones, the same as the men they faced on the other side of the deadly ground.

United in courage, united in death...they are simply Americans.

T.
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.