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from chandra manning's wonderful book "what this cruel war was over"
Nothing made slavery’s toxicity more obvious to Union troops than its effect on the fundamental unit of society, the family. For one thing, slave sales separated families. In the Upper South, where many Union soldiers were stationed in 1861, about one in three first marriages was broken by sale, and about half of all slave children were separated from at least one parent. 129 With their own eyes, soldiers saw slavery snap bonds between parents and children. The men of the Seventh Wisconsin were awakened by gunshots one November night. The following day, soldiers “learned, and saw the cause of the alarm in the form of two negro women—a mother and a daughter.” The pair had fled to Union lines to avoid the proposed sale of the “goodlooking” daughter into the so-called fancy trade, which soldiers viewed as a form of concubinage. Outraged by the plight and moved by the vulnerability of the mother and daughter, “every private in the ranks” cursed “that system which tramples on the honor of man, and makes merchandise of the virtue of women,” according to one member of the regiment. 130 When an Iowan encountered a young child about to be sold by her own father, who was also her master, he vowed, “By G–d I’ll fight till hell freezes over and then I’ll cut the ice and fight on.” 131
August 19, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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I had some friends put off by the fact the do dramatic retellings of things that happened, but I thought they were great; everyone thinks they're the hero! It's wild!
August 18, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Mission accomplished; LOVE IT!
August 8, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Congrats!!!
August 6, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Needed to read this today; appreciate the candidness and wish you the best on that journey. I'm about to hop back on the wagon myself.

Hope to see you back with RLM before too long too! The DnD stories and RLM have been crucial for our sanity for a good while!
July 3, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Gorgeous geckos, and excited to follow the babies! One of my dream lizards, loved my gargoyles but want more heft!
June 25, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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@bulldogbundtcake.bsky.social this was Lucy
June 23, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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Saw Madness just recently at Cruel World fest; still knock it out of the park!!
June 23, 2025 at 9:18 PM