And I have also read and even had a Civil War teacher tell me that the numbers probably range more into the 1 million range when you start counting those who died from wounds/disease, etc CAUSED by the war as well and non-combatants who died as a result of the war.The 650k number I believe is very conservative and only looks at soldier combat/disease deaths and not the two above mentioned groups.

Oh yeah… too many options there… you can go with a standalone gallery like NextGen or you use Picasa and then install a plugin that will add shadowbox features and more… The solutions are endless and there is a HUGE community of developers which is another reason WordPress is so awesome…

A bunch of crap. Again, people putting slavery were they want it to be and looking at history through their modern viewpoint.Slavery was an issue. It was a cause, but not the cause. States Rights was too. Do these lefties really think slavery was the only right the southerners wanted to protect? How about the idea of equal representation in the government? How about being able to legislate people from a local viewpoint? How about the idea of being forcibly coerced into defending a culture they had nothing in common with against the one that they did? How about being bad mouthed as being an ignorant southerner or having ones reputation smeared? These were REAL issues at that time and while some are hard to understand now, they weren't then.People looking at this period HAVE to get passed their modern viewpoint and personal bias on the slavery issue. Yes, we know that it is an evil institution, but in that period it was not only common it was LEGAL. This property provided them and their family with their livelyhood, regardless of how wrong or right we see it now. The norths intent is no different than someone walking up to a farmer now and telling him that John Deere tractors are imorrily made and therefore they are going to be confiscated. You would end up with a fight and probably one person dead. It is no different in regards to slavery. That was personal property and a group was trying to take it away. That would get anyone up in arms.Then, you have the whole mess of westward expansion and trying to keep a balance as the country grows.I don't think it was one or the other. States rights and slavery were equal in the conflict. When you look at the big picture, the Civil War was going to happen regardless. You had two very different cultures attempting to coerce and govermentize the other.We can see that playing out today, without the slavery or states rights issues.

Uhg… too bad this is The Atlantic… a more liberal rag is hard to find…I'll look at the photos but I had patronizing their Marxist website... I posted a clear, concise rebuttal to an article and because I didn't "rah, rah, rah" the author and his liberal nonsense I was banned from commenting... A brief view shows these are pretty common pictures... awesome, no doubt, but I'll view them elsewhere...

As I said, I have not had any problem reading PDFs nor making notes and highlights.  The only issue I have with the Kindle so far is battery life. It is supposed to be good for a month or so if you don't use the wireless too much, I have found that is about 2 - 2 1/2 weeks and I use my wireless very little.  Still good but not what the ads say.

Thats odd... I have had mine since Christmas, and it was my uncles before me, and I have yet had to charge it...

I have Calibre installed and it has converted some OK, but most of them don't come out perfect. I had a copy of Cole Youngers autobiography and it's readable, but with some garbage in it…