Unreconstructed

This song is sort of sad to me because the writer of it acts as if the Confederacy won the Civil War. I think that's pretty stupid to begin with because they clearly lost. I also see most people in the South at this time being very stubborn. It annoys me. They should just move on and forget about the past, no matter how much they disagreed with the North's point of view. The fact that they wanted slaves in the first place was because tthey were too lazy to do the work on their OWN farms themselves! You can also tell in this song that many people in the South thought that they were the best and everything that they did was right, while not listening to other people's opinions. Teh dumbest line in the whole songe to me was when the writer says, "We licked 'em where we caught 'em, with Southern guts and steel" I honestly think that the Southern Confederacy was the wuss in the war, but that's not what the author of this song is saying. It's as if he's completly oblivious to the fact that the South lost the war. It's very frusturating to me. He also says at the end of the sont that he'd be willing to fight the Union again any day, but the thing is is that they'd probably lose //again. 1204848280

I//nteresting, I disagree with just about everything you said. Yes, the south lost the war, and the southerners were very proud, but it is hard for people just to forget something that they risked their lives to fight for. If you had something you worked hard at accomplishing, but failed in the end you would still be proud of what you accomplished. Slavery was not something the southerners had invented because they weren't ambitous enough to do their own work. Slavery was the way that people made money back then. People could never had made money without slaves. The Confederacy put a great deal of hurt on the Union army, especially for being outmanned and outgunned. These people stood up to their oppressor and in my eyes that is a brave thing to do. The south did lose, but the people were proud of what they had done, That is why he makes the comment that he would fight again. mme

Im with you mme i totally disagree with you ewe. You just dont foreget about your past. What would you be without your past. So is what your saying if your mom dies are you just going to forget about it and being stubborn about it, your crazy. You dont forget about that stuff, your past makes and breaks you your past is your future ever heard that one? Also I would like you to see you do your own your on a farm you own ewe its not that easy so you take what you could get and the cheapest rate and thats what the southerns took. Lets get this straight ewe southerners wre not wusses in the war ever heard of Stonewall Jackson. He was fearless when he faced his enemy while other men cowared he stood there strong and tall fearless. So i dont get were you came up with that idea and if you do please tell me becuase I really dont get were your coming from. Ewe you really know they would loose again no so dont make that comment because our own US went up a against a giant the revoulutionary war and we beat them. You never know who could win they could always have differnet strategy who knows you just cant make that assumption. 1205378063Ale2

I don't think it's a bad thing that the South considered themselevs winners of the War. Anyone that participated in it could be considered a winner due to their sacrafices, efforts, accomplishments, and most of all, bravery. This was one of the most brutal wars in history and it's amazing to see how many soliders participated in it. So, technically the Union won and the Confederates lost. But no matter what African Americs didn't get justice until years and years later. So, in a way I really wouldn't say anything was won. Sure, freedom was gained, but it would've happened anyway. I didn't live during this time so I can't say much about the actual victory. Overall, this writing seemed a bit confusing. Perhaps soliders from the Confederates were just proud of their accomplishments. Overall, their lives and survival could be something they were proud of. 1205428170

This is an interesting song it is putting down the Northern side. There artist of this song is heavily favoring the Confederacy Army. In the song the artist says that he is really not in favor of anything the Union does because of the fact that the North is against the act of slavery. The writer must be heavily favor slavery. Even though the Union had won the writer would still refuse to say the Northerners have more power then them. He was all about what was ahead of them and if they lost, which they did would say they were going to win the next time they fought. One of these days there won’t be a next day and then what.1205469706

This song is another song "dissing" the Northern side. The person who constructed this song is favoring the Confederacy Army. He cleary states that he does not like anything about the Union; this is because the North is against the act of slavery. Although, we won the war it seems that he is completely dillusional and thinks that the Confederate Army has more power and that they will win "again." He is so caught up with himself and his own achievements, or really what he thinks are achievements that like i said, is completely dillusional and thinks that the South's ideas will win them another victory. He states that whenever time, and wherever place he will fight the North again; because he thinks that dedication to stand up for a grotesque act is the way to live his life. 1205451061

I think that this is the most confusing songs out of the whole packet. Although I think its the whole story of the Civil War start to end in the view of the south. But I think that a lot of this may be exaggerated because it makes them sound so great and amazing but obviously they couldn't of been that good if they ended up loosing to the north. The first lines are talking about how they could never be beaten and no one ever compared to them. The lines after that begin to talk of how they didn't have a lot of money and supplies but they still got by okay. After that it goes back to talking of the things they did do in specific like Bull Run, and Sumter. Then it finishes to say they have lost a lot of men on the way but they still did their best. 1205471491

I didnt like this song because it favors the south side, and to me i would be favoring the north side. I also think that this song was confusing because it talked about how the south was strong, but obviously they weren't that strong if they lost to the north. I liked listening to these songs because of the different perspective that they gave to me about the different sides fighting, but this song just didn't give me that impression. In fact this song just confused me because the facts in the song were wrong to me. 1205474003