http://www.armchairgeneral.com/circle-the-wagons-book-review.htm All things military history! Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:45:27 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.armchairgeneral.com/circle-the-wagons-book-review.htm/comment-page-1#comment-8270 Cliff Hall Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:50:02 +0000 http://www.armchairgeneral.com/?p=6030#comment-8270 Finally! As a western historian I've been frustrated by the way Hollywood and the entertainment industry have altered American history to their anti-American agenda. Atrocities were on both sides but it seems more cruelly on the Indian side because of their religious beliefs. My own Great5 Grandfather Thomas Hall, a Revolutionary War vet was killed along with his wife by Cherokee Indians in 1794 at the age of 92. You can read about Indian atrocities in western Virginia (not West Va) in the late 1700's by just googling. You can hear about the Sand Creek massacre but not about the thousands estimated killed by Indians in retaliation. History is history. We all live in peace now as we should but like the Indians we can't forget what our forefathers on both sides sacrificed to build this country. Finally! As a western historian I’ve been frustrated by the way Hollywood and the entertainment industry have altered American history to their anti-American agenda. Atrocities were on both sides but it seems more cruelly on the Indian side because of their religious beliefs. My own Great5 Grandfather Thomas Hall, a Revolutionary War vet was killed along with his wife by Cherokee Indians in 1794 at the age of 92. You can read about Indian atrocities in western Virginia (not West Va) in the late 1700’s by just googling. You can hear about the Sand Creek massacre but not about the thousands estimated killed by Indians in retaliation. History is history. We all live in peace now as we should but like the Indians we can’t forget what our forefathers on both sides sacrificed to build this country.

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