Alpo Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 Watching THE UNDEFEATED. The Yankees are waiting for them at the Rio. Their orders are to stop the Confederates and make them turn back. Why? It seems to me that if I fought a war, and the losers wanted to leave the country, I'd be happy to see them go. Unless I planned to enslave them. Don't want to lose that free labor. Just seems that the more upset Southerners that went elsewhere, the better the Yankee invaders would like it. Now, don't tell me it's a movie. I know it's a movie. It's fiction. It's made up. And the whole "can't let the Rebs leave the country" thing could be made up for the movie. But maybe not. There were Southerners who went to Mexico in preference to living under the Yankee yoke. So possibly the Yankees were trying to prevent them from leaving. Maybe. And if they were, what was the reasoning behind it? Why would they want them to stay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocWard Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 Go South, raise funds, arms, men, etc... and plan to fight again, whether in guerrilla fashion, or something else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted August 7, 2022 Author Share Posted August 7, 2022 I suppose that makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muleshoe Bill SASS #67022 Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 Nawthurn aggression know no bounds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted August 7, 2022 Author Share Posted August 7, 2022 A lot of Truth in that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blarney Kid Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 They also didn't want Confederate soldiers fighting for Maximilian, possibly causing an international incident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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