While y'all are correct that the South did not have adequate resources to mount a second insurrection, Kim C's statement that it didn't have the resources to start the first is also true. One can reasonably conclude, then, that it did not matter to these brazen southerners. Believe me, they would have gladly taken to the field to have an opportunity to kill just one more Union solider.

Paddymac, it's more than just "artistic devise" to say that folks in the South were stockpiling weapons in anticipation of a second revolution. The speech I referred to with Larry Sabato went on for some length describing the lingering animosity and resentment in the South. There was a very real chance that the situation could have erupted into another civil insurrection, if not civil war, which is why Dr. Sabato referred to Tilden as a great forgotten man for preventing such a thing from happening. Keep in mind that much of the south was still under military occupation.

On a musical note, I am saddened to say that the Halcyon Daze are over. Musical differences and personal strife have produced irreconcilable differences between the three of us. Kris (vocals/guitar) and I are now looking for a new drummer in the Tallahassee area. If anyone knows of a good drummer, please drop me an e-mail at popeatlarge2000@yahoo.com.