Sad news about a good man. Thank you for the notification.
A stalwart contributor who will be missed. Tenacious and civil in disagreements. My the Lord keep and protect him.
The original Stand Watie was a signer of the Treaty of New Echota that started the, Trail of Tears, the forced removal of The Five Civilized Tribes to Indian Territory, Oklahoma. Most of the treaty signers were later on assassinated by the tribe but Stand Watie evaded the assassins by minutes.
Twenty five years later, no longer trusting the Federal government, Principal Chief Stand Watie organized a Confederate States regiment of mounted infantry, becoming Colonel of the 1st Cherokee Mounted Rifles. He was later promoted to Brigadier General and commanded the First Indian Brigade of the Army of the Trans-Mississippi, composed of two regiments of Mounted Rifles and three battalions of Cherokee, Seminole and Osage infantry.
My wife has a small percentage of Cherokee DNA. My Father-in-Law grew up at Spring Place, the small Georgia town that was settled beside the old Cherokee Capital of New Echota. Major Ridge (also known as Pathkiller II), another signer of the Treaty of New Echota, had his plantation home in Rome, Georgia where I grew up. Steeped in Cherokee lore, I have visited the New Echota site many times.
Stand Watie was the last Confederate General to surrender his troops in the field.
R.I.P. Jim Freeman/Stand Watie.
He was a great poster. I remember him from my earlier years at FR.
R.I.P., Jim and Godspeed.
I remember him well. RIP Freeper!
R.I.P.
Stand Watie
I think that you and others knew him.
Rest in Peace.
Soryy to hear this but happy for him.
Also pumped to see your name popup! Trust all is well.
In his book, Lee: The Last Years, Charles Bracelen Flood reports that after the Civil War, Robert E. Lee visited a Kentucky lady, who took him to the remains of a grand old tree in front of her house. There she bitterly cried that its limbs and trunk had been destroyed by Federal Artillery fire. She looked to Lee for a word condemning the North or at least sympathizing with her loss. After a brief silence, Lee said, "Cut it down, my dear Madam, and forget it." It is better to forgive the injustices of the past than to allow them to remain and cause bitterness.
May he rest in the LORD’s light.
so sorry to hear of his passing, may he rest in peace.
Sorry to hear this. Too many Freepers gone now.
R.I.P., and prayers up for his family and loved ones.
I’ll bet the fish are amazing in Heaven Brother!
Rest in peace, stand wadie.
Rest in Peace Patriot!
RIP. I remember reading his posts. He was truly a brilliant individual.