The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down-The Band

Today is the 146th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln's assasination by John Wilkes Booth in Ford's Theatre, and the 150th anniversary of the end of the battle at Fort Sumter. April 9th was the 146th anniversary of Lee's surrender to Grant at Appomattox Court House.

4/19/12 update: This video is officially dedicated in memory of Levon Helm, 5/26/40-4/19/12.

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[jcamp39jc]

Why must there be a debate about a beautiful song.?The band never mentioned a word about race, beliefs or ploitical views. The civil war is part of our haritage as Americans.

[Michael Harrison-Little]

Levon died a year ago today RIP 

[Louis Russell]

You idiots are missing my point. I never said I was a supporter of the north. Just because I criticized the south doesn't mean I support the north. The entire point I was trying to make, that you all have clearly missed, is that slavery is wrong and anybody implementing it or in support of it should never be idolized or made into a fucking hero. PLAIN AND SIMPLE! Get over your southern pride and realize what it is I'm saying. I NEVER MENTIONED BEING ON ANYBODIES SIDE. You jackasses.

[cosbyutube]

of all the comments on here, where does it say in this song it is about slavery anyway. never had 1 don't want 1 never have never will. & nobody argued it was right. of the 600 people that built the white house 400 of them were slaves. that's in washington d.c. in case you didn't know. do research & see how many ENGLISHMAN came here escaping slavery. that'd be white people if you're wondering. now that i'm thru i can ignore comments of no knowledge

[cosbyutube]

i guess you don't know the north had slaves too. as one guy below said about enlisting slaves for the north, they did this to have the blacks lead the battles to have them shot instead of white soldiers. they'd line them up & let the southerners shoot til they ran out of bullets. sounds like a helluva bunch of nice guys to me. try that history lesson now. & the war was not about slavery it was about economics. the north was poor & the south had all the money. what was taught in school isn't real

[link biff]

Not at all heavy, but this deserves to be cranked!!!!!!

[johntoes52]

The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in the South but not the North. Since the South had already succeeded from the Union, they, naturally, ignored it. Basically it was a useless document.

[Farley Malorrus]

ONe of the greatest songs every written...Amen Dixie.

[pirouttefull]

Also people of the time period were not trying to end slavery because of the mistretment of slaves. But because they didn't like what was happening to slave owners mentally.

[09ljs]

didnt put up the Emancipation Proclamation till jan 1 1863 and it didnt end slavery then and the only reason he done it was to inlist 200k black soldiers to help fight the war. its like this if the rebel flag is racist why isnt the american flag we chased thousands of native americans from the east to the west and the went out west and exterminated them while waving the american flag.

[09ljs]

I agree this Louis cat needs a history lesson. for example when the irish came over here every man that got off the boat was sent to the front lines and fought for the union. It was all about money and the federal reserve the south controlled a bunch of ports and all the cotton and wanted to print there own money so they broke away all about taxes son the same shit goin on now and the whole reason we come over here and broke away from england shit had nothing to do with slavery plus Lincoln

[MetalZonicFusion]

Just letting you guys know: Lincoln's main reason for fighting in the civil war was not the argument over slavery. Yes he was against it, but his main objective was to unite the country as quickly and as painlessly as possible! He did not recognize the confederacy as a country but as still as part of the union.