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We can see how evil the slavery evil in the South can be from Cold Mountain and Riding the Devil.
However, there is also a small clip in Lengshan. A small grain expropriation team of the Northern Union Army tied a young woman to a post, put the baby in the cold wind, and raped the young woman after collecting grain. This is of course a fictional plot, but there is a question we have to ask:
Is there any historical basis?
If the film is obviously not serious, naturally there will be no such problem. But this movie gives the impression that it is very particular about history, so it is necessary to raise this question.
Of course, not all the good guys in the Union Army, the commander-in-chief, General McClellan, has to suppress slaves and fight the abolitionists. What good things can those Democratic hooligans do when they become Union soldiers? But being evil in thought does not mean that there will be actual action. Not doing good does not mean doing evil. Evil does not necessarily mean rape and murder. The crux of the problem is what bad things can be done and how far the bottom line can be broken.
We cannot guess and assume, we must speak with facts. The truth is, I have not seen any historical records of rape by the Federal Army. After all, in a country of a free press, such things would be revealed, such as the invasion of Mexico 15 years before the war, which clearly documented the massacres and rapes of Mexican civilians by Confederate forces, especially Texan forces.
Although the director arranged for the soldier who deserved the crime to be killed by the protagonist, which strengthened the conflict of the film and promoted the development of the story, but in a film that creates a sense of history, it is necessary to be vigilant against such a rape of historical facts. Such slander against the just cause must be opposed.
We should not forget that the truth of history is the sacrifice of millions of Union troops for the just cause of freeing slaves.
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