Your class was introduced to the Reconstruction of the South on Mon., 10/4, and Wed., 10/5. Please click on the YouTube link below to listen to a song written by a former Confederate Army officer after the Civil War:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yooAFCUqe0o
Lyrics:
Oh, I’m a good old rebel, now that’s just what I am.
And for this Yankee nation I do not give a damn.
I’m glad I fought agin’ her, I only wish we’d won,
And I ain’t asked any pardon for anything I’ve done.
I hates the Yankee nation, and everything they do;
I hates the Declaration of Independence, too.
I hates the glorious Union, ‘tis dripping with our blood;
And I hates the striped banner – I fit [fought] it all I could.
I rode with Robert E. Lee for three years nearabout,
Got wounded in four places and I starved at Point Lookout.
I cotch [caught] the rheumatism a-campin’ in the snow,
But I killed a chance of Yankees, and I’d like to kill some mo’.
Three hundred thousand Yankees is stiff in Southern dust;
We got three hundred thousand before they conquered us.
They died of Southern fever, and Southern steel and shot;
And I wish they were three million instead of what we got.
I can’t take up my musket and fight ‘em now no more,
But I ain’t gonna love ‘em, now that is certain sure.
And I don’t want no pardon for what I was and am,
And I won’t be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.
Oh, I’m a good old rebel, now that’s just what I am.
And for this Yankee nation I do not give a damn.
I’m glad I fought agin’ [against] her, I only wish we’d won,
And I ain’t asked any pardon for anything I’ve done.
•“The Good Old Rebel” was very popular among former Confederate soldiers who disliked the Reconstruction policies of the federal government.
•Many of these former rebels headed west to Texas and Mexico to avoid Reconstruction.
•This song exemplifies the resistance and anger that many Southerners felt toward the policies of Reconstruction.
•Your task in the next few days is to determine why Reconstruction was so opposed in the South.
Questions
•What were three words or phrases that showed the attitude of the rebels in “The Good Old Rebel?”
•Identify three items that the song seems to dislike.
•Identify any events that seem to be significant to the song’s narrator
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1. But I killed a chance of Yankees, and I’d like to kill some mo’. And for this Yankee nation I do not give a damn. I only wish we’d won.
ReplyDelete2. He disliked the Yankee nation, the Declaration of Independence, and the Union.
3. He starved at Point Lookout.
I thought the song was catchy and it showed a lot of rebel pride.
1.Three phrases showing the rebel attitude are:
ReplyDelete"And for this Yankee nation I do not give a damn"
"I hates the Yankee nation, and everything they do"
"And I wish they were three million instead of what we got"
2.The song seems to dislike:
-The Yankees and their every action
-The United States Flag(probably because it showed one unified country)
-The Declaration of Independence
3. Some events significant to the narrator are:
-Fighting under Robert E. Lee for 3 years
-Starving at Point Lookout
-Helping to kill 300,000 Yankees
---Kimmy Black---
Question 1:
ReplyDeleteI hates the Yankee nation, and everything they do;
I hates the Declaration of Independence, too.
I hates the glorious Union, ‘tis dripping with our blood.
Question 2:
He hates the yankee nation, the declaration of independence, and the striped banner.
Question 3:
The narrator felt strongly about being a rebel and fighting against the confederates. he also felt strongly about killing as many of them as possible.
1.
ReplyDeleteAnd for this Yankee nation I do not give a damn.
But I killed a chance of Yankees, and I’d like to kill some mo’
But I ain’t gonna love ‘em, now that is certain sure.
2.
The Declaration of independence
Th Yankee nation
The Union
3.
Some events that seem significant to him is killing yankees and also serving under general Lee. He also wants to kill many more yankees.
1."And for this Yankee nation, I do not give a damn"
ReplyDelete"I’m glad I fought agin’ her, I only wish we’d won"
"And I ain’t asked any pardon for anything I’ve done."
2 Yankee nation; Declaration of Independence; striped banner
3. It was important to the narrator to kill Yankees
1. -"And for this Yankee nation I do not give a damn."
ReplyDelete-"I hates the Yankee nation, and everything they do"
-"And I ain’t asked any pardon for anything I’ve done."
2. The three things that are disliked are the Yankee Nation, the Declaration, and the Union.
3. Something important to him in this song was that he was glad he fought them.
1. We got three hundred thousand before they conquered us.
ReplyDeleteThey died of Southern fever, and Southern steel and shot;
And I wish they were three million instead of what we got.
2. The Yankee nation, the Declaration of Independence, and the Striped Banner.
3. He fought alongside Robert E. Lee against the yankee nation.
Matthew Pyle
ReplyDelete1. And I wish they were three million instead of what we got. And I hates the striped banner – I fit [fought] it all I could. But I killed a chance of Yankees, and I’d like to kill some mo’.
2. Yankees, reconstruction, and the Declaration of Independence.
3. The end of the war, reconstruction, and riding with General Lee.
1.-And for this Yankee nation I do not give a damn.
ReplyDelete-And I ain’t asked any pardon for anything I’ve done.
-But I killed a chance of Yankees, and I’d like to kill some mo’.
2.-The Declaration of Independence
-The Yankee Nation
-The Striped banner
3.I rode with Robert E. Lee for three years nearabout,
Got wounded in four places and I starved at Point Lookout.
1. For this Yankee nation, I do not give a damn
ReplyDeleteI killed a chance of Yankees, and I'd like to kill some more
I ain't asked any pardon for anything I've done
2. Dec. of Independence, Yankee Nation, Reconstruction
3. Killin Yankees!
1. -"For this Yankee nation, I do not give a d*mn."
ReplyDelete-"I hates the Yankee nation and everything they do, I hates the Decleration of Independence too."
-"Now I ain't gonna love em', that's for certain sure."
2. -"Yankees" a.k.a The North.
-The Decleration of Independence
-The flag
3. Battle at Point Lookout &nd he is wrapped up in killing Yankees!
1. And for this yankee nation i do not give a damn.I hates the yankee nation and everything they do,i hates the declaration of indapendance too.
ReplyDelete2. Yankee Nation, Declaration of Independance.
3. He absolutely hates yankess and wants to kill them ALL!!!