James A. Jamison: A rebel in our midst
Monday, December 8, 2003
After the Civil War, there was a great deal of animosity in the South toward the North. Children grew up believing that "Damn Yankee" was one word. Even today feelings can run deep, as evidenced by the row stirred up over flying of the Confederate flag. If there was a lasting bitterness between soldiers who had fought on different sides, that bitterness was not deep here in the Plains, where the common experience that pioneers shared with neighbors was deeper than were memories from the war.