War of Northern Aggression?  Who fired the first shot?


On Sun, 1 Mar 1998, Deborah Raven Fuller wrote:

> According to J. McCrain:
>
> > River is the northern boundary of Texas.  In other words, if you aren't
> > from Texas, Louisianna, Mississippi, Alabama, or Georgia, you are a
> > Yankee!  Florida doesn't count!)
>
> See, I've never understood those boundaries.  I was born in
> North Carolina, spent 1/5th of my life in Texas and the rest in
> Va., home of Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson (and his shrine),
> and the captial of the Confederacy as well as the greatest
> Rebel spy, Rosie O'Neal Greenhow.  Yet my Alabama relatives
> still insist on calling me a yankee like I lived in NYC.  I still
> have a pretty thick drawl even after living right outside of DC
> for most of my life and even retain a fondness for grits.
>
> > PLEASE DO NOT TAKE THIS (TOO) SERIOUSLY!!!
>
> Why sir, matters concerning the War of Northern Agression are
> always serious in nature!!
>
> ;)
>
> Deb Fuller, ya'll
>