All about yourself!

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Age: 20, almost 21
Gender: male
Race/ethnic compostion: Mostly Swedish
Religion: Christian, denomination: ELCA
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 190 lbs
Location: Mankato, MN
Where you were born: Bismarck, ND
Occupation: MAC Typist
Person you most admire: Ian MacKaye
Favorite Band: Blink 182 or Jimmy Eat World
Favorite President: FDR
Favorite Sports team: I only like watching women's sports, mostly ones like beach volleyball
Your other interests: vinyl, computer programming, video games, alcohol and partying

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Favorite Sports team: Green Bay Packers

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[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Age: 22

Gender: Male

Race/ethnic compostion: Mostly Swedish, some German, a little Norwegian and Czech

Religion: Lutheran

Height: 6'4"

Weight: around 200 lbs.

Location: Mankato, MN

Where you were born: Bismarck, ND

Occupation: Data entry typist

Person you most admire: Jon Stewart

Favorite Band/Artist: Fugazi, Lifetime or Jimmy Eat World (mostly the old stuff, not the stuff on the radio)

Favorite Presidents: FDR

Favorite Sports team: Twins

Your other interests: Vinyl, DIY music scene

Favorite ice-cream: Cookies and Cream

Favorite tv show: Now? Aqua Teen Hunger Force All time? Pete and Pete or Undressed

Favorite color: Red

Do you live by yourself: Yes

Do you have any siblings? Yes, two younger brothers.

Are you married? No

What year did you join Atlas? very late 2003

PoliticsMatch quiz score:

Personal Score   68%      
Economic Score    10%

Based on the above score, I am a Populist-Leaning Liberal.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Other than a few Louisiana soldiers of French descent, I bet Catholics were a very small minority in the Confederate forces.

What about the thousands of Maryland soldiers? Also, I believe Patrick Cleburne was Catholic as well. Also, the Catholic Church and the Confederate States. Pope Pius IX supported the confederacy and saw the American North as having "threatening tendencies" (probably because of the Norths' harsh repression of Judiasm and Irish Catholicism).

States,

Just curious. The irish that fought for the south...were they irish catholics or Ulster Irish/Scots-Irish/Orangemen (Presbies)

It is said that the American Civil war was just an extension of the conflicts between the British, Scots, Irish and Welsh. The North, was of course, dominated by people of British stock descent, while the south was a whole hodgepodge of groups, mainly Scots-irish/Scots/irish/welsh. I believe their was actually a mix of Irish Catholics with the other groups you've mentioned. For example my wifes ancestors were all Protestants of Irish descent.

Was your wife Protestant?  It would be interesting if she converted, since I always thought that usually it's the husband who converts to the wife's religion.  This happened with both President Bush and his brother, as well as my parents.

That didn't happen in my family, although my mom would've left Catholicism anyway. If it weren't for that I doubt either one would've. I know of plenty of mixed marriages where neither one converted, so it's usually not an issue.