For the first two years of the war, the Confederate Army was winning. When Lincoln announced his Emancipation proclamation wanting the Souths negroes, the Confederate Army gave up!

​@@carrollcaldwell4570 They didn't give up. They continued winning victories up into the start of 1863 and even still after Gettysburg, fighting till 1865, although by then they were on the verge of giving up. While the Confederate Army experienced significant early successes in the first half of the war such as at Bull Run, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville, they also suffered losses, notably at Antietam, where Union victory led to the Emancipation Proclamation being issued on January 1st, 1863. Despite President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, which aimed to weaken the Confederacy and prevent European support for the South by freeing slaves in rebelling states and enabling free blacks to join the army, Confederate forces continued for almost another 2 and a half years. Even after pivotal Union victories at Gettysburg and Vicksburg in July 1863, the Confederacy continued to fight and even in the later in the war, they achieved tactical successes at battles like Chickamauga in September 1863 and Cold Harbor in June 1864. However, from 1864 onward, the Union's superior resources and strategies, including General Sherman's "March to the Sea" in late 1864, began to affect the Confederacy and Southern economy and infrastructure. By 1865, the Confederate forces were exhausted, leading to General Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865, marking the effective end of the Civil War, although some other Confederate forces surrendered in the following weeks.

@@sp00k48 you're preaching to the choir brother! I know all of that! I was joking about people trying to make the war of Northern aggression about slavery . It's refreshing to know that others are aware of true history! Thank you!

@@carrollcaldwell4570 Aha, alright, you're welcome then! Although don't get it twisted, slavery was the root of secession and the war. You are correct on one thing though, the Union did not fight to end it, at least not till it became a Union war aim later on in the war.

@@sp00k48 we all have 2 grand fathers, 4 great grand fathers and 8 great great grand fathers. All 8 of my great great grand fathers fought for the Confederacy and were citizens of South Carolina. So am I. My 4th greats fought the British in the 1st American revolution. Member of the SAR, SCV for 27 years and the MOS&B.Historian and genealogist. 32 degree Scottish Rite Freemason.

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They are intoxicated by cool music at a jazz bar.

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English please?

As the 4 SITE,,,,

Lol.

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That's because many American southerners trace their roots directly to Scotland

Scotts-Irish made up most of the south - notice the Flag is same cross as St. Andrews Flag

what has the and the band played waltzing matilda have to do with this they didn't play that

@@rosestanley9606 A lost generation for nothing

If anything they teach the opposite.

still invading after ALL these years.

​@@davec8730we're all yankees at this point in history

@@ollikoskiniemi6221 are we.

@@philvermeulen4576 do you believe in the founding values of America?

@@ollikoskiniemi6221 depends 1776 or 2000 because I have lost hope of this country when biden was became president

I'm Scottish my friend and I agree,especially the dancing at the start. That's Scottish dancing...with a bit of South. Regards😉

And it ain't Rap or fake country

They've retired from touring

Dixie is for the South ( Confederacy)

It was written in the north by a yankee before the war. You do know that, don’t you? Lincoln liked it too.

Daniel Emmett wrote it for a black minstrel composition. In the 30s or 40s there was a movie with Bing Crosby in black face and I think Spencer Tracy was in it. The name was Dixie and you can get it on Turner Classic Movies. Because of the black face they may have edited part of it. @@HowardArnold-be9ly

So let me understand...you think the Nazis were the good side?

Traitor

​@@80077655The NS movement was and still is the good side

​@@scourgex1479lol, to what ?

Alright idk about the nazis tho

South had a rich culture, and had many great people. Now a days.........

Is the civil war over last time I check docccc? I see alot that tells me it isn't watch the news

Amen brother

Is it really nothing is really over.. is slavery over, is it really.

@@NssH88 They lost a lot of there best ,The honor it took to march in lines into the rifle fire and cannons

you have to be a reenactor to attend the ball, the association that hosts this has a reenactor's fee to participate in the Gettysburg Reenactment.

Civil War is Over .... Back in the day, the music was much the same in both the north and south. btw: Abe Lincoln thought that Dixie was a craic-ing good tune [Gaelic: craic = good fun ]

Maybe they stole the coats off dead Yankees. Okay, it was July, but maybe the coats kept the mosquitos off.

Did at Westport around Kansas City in October of’64.

What we're on about here I'm confused?

Southern music always lifts my spirits