Posted on 04/22/2015 7:51:55 AM PDT by Sean_Anthony
Confederate History and Heritage Month
Tennessee Senator Edward Ward Carmack said it best in 1903:
“The Confederate Soldiers were our kinfolk and our heroes. We testify to the country our enduring fidelity to their memory. We commemorate their valor and devotion. There were some things that were not surrendered at Appomattox. We did not surrender our rights and history; nor was it one of the conditions of surrender that unfriendly lips should be suffered to tell the story of that war or that unfriendly hands should write the epitaphs of the Confederate dead. We have the right to teach our children the true history of the war, the causes that led up to it and the principles involved.”
Southerners continue to remember the men and women of the Old Confederacy throughout the year but Confederate Memorial Day is even more special to us when old times are not forgotten.
(Excerpt) Read more at canadafreepress.com ...
Out of popcorn again! Off to the store. :)
It is altogether fitting and proper that you do so.
Dulce et decorum est ...
I realize that slavery, though a Biblical institution, was evil as it was practiced in the U.S. But for the most part, the Confederacy was a just cause. States absolutely have the right to unilaterally secede from the union. The principle of states’ rights remains important.
Senator Carmack said it well.
Well said.
“But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate — we can not consecrate — we can not hallow — this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract.”
Like all our other rights. Totally worthless if only keyboard patriots are willing to "stand up" for it.
Among the plethora of books about the Civil War Company Aytch stands out for its uniquely personal view of the events as related by a most engaging writer--a man with Twain-like talents who served as a foot soldier for four long years in the Confederate army. Originally published in 1881 as a series of articles in the Columbia, Tennessee, Herald, Sam Watkins's account has long been recognized by historians as one of the most lively and witty accounts of the war. Parallels between this text and The Red Badge of Courage suggest that Stephen Crane was also among Private Watkins's readers. This edition of Company Aytch also contains six previously uncollected articles by Sam Watkins, plus other valuable supplementary materials, including a map and period illustrations, a glossary of technical and military terms, a chronology of events, a concise history of Watkins's regiment, a biographical directory of individuals mentioned in the narrative, and geographic and topical indexes. This new edition of a Civil War classic is bound to become the edition of choice for students, military buffs, and general readers alike.
There was never a Confederacy. The greatest nation on this earth, the United States of America, never recognized any such thing, rather the US rallied to put down the actions of traitors. The controversy was decided by God himnself. The good guys won. Get over it.
A civil war with thousands of lives lost, and at least one SCOTUS decision determined otherwise.
“The good guys won. Get over it.”
Not sure there was a winner as it resulted in an ever further reaching federal monster.
Oh yea, they were really good alright. You might want to read “War Crimes Against Southern Civilians” by Walter Brian Cisco before you come to that conclusion. It is probably the best documented account you’ll find regarding the federal government’s motives for invading the Southern states. I believe you to be correct in the fact that it was God’s will that the North won but, it was quite possibly due to the fact that we needed a united front to defeat the demon possessed Hitler 80 years later. After all, he does know what our future holds. The federal government’s quest for power was about the same then as it is today. Don’t think what they did then can’t happen today. All they have to do is come up with another righteous battle that certain citizens will buy off on.
The irony of secession is that without it and the Civil War, slavery would have continued much longer in the United States. How would it have ever been ended? Even in Delaware, with 2000 slaves (outnumbered by the free persons of color), the slaveholders refused to agree to gradual emancipation during the War.
Hey, there, Regal. Still think white people are whiners?
Hard to tell if it’s a whine, or a drawl.
Yeah, you probably hate those drawls, don't you?
You've already been outed as a troll by a longtime Freeper. Keep it up as long as it lasts, bigot.
When my ancestors took your traitorous, but defeated ancestors back into the union, we should have made it clear that you were expected to learn the language and assimilate into the culture.
Deo Vindice.
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