"BUT WHERE IS THE GLORY WITHOUT THE GUNS AND THE EXPLOSIONS!?"

https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/1982506/but-where-is-the-glory-without-the-guns-and-the-explosions

Whipping scars of a former Mississippi slave, US Civil War, 1863

https://piefed.social/c/historyphotos/p/1981225/whipping-scars-of-a-former-mississippi-slave-us-civil-war-1863

US Civil War veteran Samuel H. Decker posing with the prosthetic arms he designed for himself, ~1867

https://piefed.social/c/historyphotos/p/1978418/us-civil-war-veteran-samuel-h-decker-posing-with-the-prosthetic-arms-he-designed-for-hi

I hope Reconstruction goes better this time than it did last time. Hell, I just hope we even get to have a Reconstruction!

#resist #USCivilWar

Happy Appomattox Day!

"The Battle of Appomattox Court House, fought in Appomattox County, Virginia, on the morning of April 9, 1865, was one of the last, and ultimately one of the most consequential, battles of the American Civil War."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Appomattox_Court_House

#CivilWar #USCivilWar #history #BattleOfAppomattox