Because America is full of racists and all
 

Right now marks the 156th anniversary of the High Tide of the Confederacy. General Picket is about to charge Meade's Union line at the Copse of Trees. This will begin the end of the CSA and is the end of the beginning for the defeat of Slavery.

156 years ago tomorrow, Vicksburg will surrender to US Grant, the linchpin of the western theater of Operation Anaconda.