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Boys these people are talking about surrendering, and I am going out of this place before they do or bust hell wide open! Pronoun : Wiz-The Wizard of the Saddle
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Help the Gordonsville Grays erect a new 14' monument to General Lee on private property in Virginia.
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1939 communist convention in Chicago.
Recognize the face?
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Confederate Veteran Sergeant Berry Greenwood Benson.
Washington D.C. Confederate Veterans Reunion And Parade 1917.
He wears the uniform he wore the day he walked home in 1865 carrying his rifle he carried that day as well.
Berry Benson was born on February 9th, 1843 in…
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The terrorist John Brown was hanged on this day in 1859.
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Last words of Bedford Forrest, who died on this day in 1877.
“Just here I have an indescribable peace. All is peace within. I want you to know that between me...and the face of my Heavenly Father, not a cloud intervenes. I have put my trust in my Lord and Saviour.
...Call my…
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Shelby Foote Q & A.
SHELBY FOOTE ANSWERS INTERVIEWER: Had you been alive during the War, would you have fought for the Confederates?
FOOTE: No doubt about it. What’s more, I would fight for the Confederacy today if the circumstances were similar. There’s a great deal of…
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Happy birthday to Thomas Stonewall Jackson
“Don’t say it’s impossible! Turn your command over to the next officer. If he can’t do it, I’ll find someone who can, even if I have to take him from the ranks!”
"I yield to no man in sympathy for the gallant men under my command; but…
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"Whenever you meet the enemy show fight. No matter how few there are of you or how many of them, show fight. If you run away they will pursue and probably catch you. If you show fight they will think there are more of you and not push you half so hard. Whenever you see a Yankee…
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We exchanged gifts at work and this is what I got. I reckon everyone knows a civil war fanatic,lol
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“I am nothing but a poor sinner, trusting in Christ alone for salvation.”
- Robert E. Lee
Artwork by: David Wright
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“All that the South has ever desired was that the Union as established by our forefathers should be preserved and that the government as originally organized should be administered in purity and truth.”
- Robert E. Lee
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Tiffany Window at Blandford Church, Petersburg, Virginia.
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Im in Biloxi for my daughter's volleyball tournament, so I had to get a shot of the Jeff Davis home Beauvoir.
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A single, ragged Confederate who obviously didn't own any slaves,was asked by a group of Yankee soldiers why he was fighting, the Rebel replied, "I'm fighting because you're down here," which was a pretty satisfactory answer.
- Shelby Foote, Ken Burns documentary
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During the War Between the States, George Armstrong Custer had seven of John Singleton Mosby’s men hanged. In retaliation, Mosby had seven of Custer’s men that he had captured draw lots for one of them to be hanged.
But he found out that the one who had drawn the lot to be..
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studied violin in New York and became a concert performer.
Berry Benson became an advocate for striking mill workers and worked on developing high-protein food crops for poor black sharecroppers.
Benson also became a nationally known puzzle solver, breaking a secret French…
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Happy birthday (a day late) to Novelist and historian Shelby Foote, born OTD in 1916 in Greenville, Mississippi, the only son of Shelby Dade and Lillian Rosenstock Foote. Foote grew up in the Delta town, where he was influenced by William Alexander Percy, a local author and the…
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Traveller was first named Jeff Davis by his original owner Major Broun, and for a short time Lee called him Greenbrier. He was of Grey Eagle stock; as a colt, he took the first prize at the Lewisburg, Virginia fairs in 1859.
General Lee took a great fancy to the horse. He called…
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Battle flag of the 9th Texas infantry
An old citizen recalled the departure of the regiment. He said: "It was a bright sunny Sabbath day. The men had on brand new Confederate gray uniforms, and as General Maxey at their head, seated on his fine horse, resplendent in a new…
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On Aug 21, 1864, Major General Nathan Bedford Forrest led his troops on a daring raid of the Union stronghold at Memphis, TN. Colonel Matthew H Starr of the 6th Illinois launched a pursuit of Forrest's Cavalry. After catching up with the rear of Forrest's command, Starr realized…
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“ I served the last 2 years under Gen Nathan B Forrest and accompanied him in most of his desperate and daring enterprises. I thought of him then as the most wonderful man Ive ever known. My admiration of him has grown daily during the last 63 years since I first met him. I am…
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During Forrest's Murfreesboro raid in July, 1862, one of the objectives was to free Confederate political prisoners held in the town jail. When Union soldiers saw they would lose control of the jail, they set it on fire to try to burn the inmates alive. The prisoners were rescued…
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As a general in the Confederate Army, Stonewall Jackson had a profound influence over his men. It was his holy and prayerful example that contributed to the great revival among the Southern troops.
By mid-summer of 1863, revival had spread to all the Confederate armies. A…
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Sylvanus Cadwallader, a reporter who rode with Grant for 3 years said Forrest was "the only Confederate calvary leader with whom Grant stood in much dread."
Sherman said that Forrest was "the most remarkable man the Civil War produced on either side. He had a genius for strategy…
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James Albert Spicer - Co.K 7th Virginia Infantry (May 5, 1844 - February 9, 1948.)
Listed as the last living Confederate soldier in Virginia.
This photo was taken during a parade in Orange, Virginia 1930. Spicer was 86 yrs old, he died at the age of 103 in 1947.
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“The South is our country; the North is the country of those who live there. We are an agricultural people; they are a manufacturing people. They are the descendants of the good old Puritan Plymouth Rock stock, and we of the South from the proud and aristocratic stock of…
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“THE LOST CAUSE”
By: Henry Mosler.
A weary Confederate soldier returns home, only to find the family homestead devastated and his family gone.
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"Truth and manliness are two qualities that will carry you through this world much better than policy, tact, or expediency, or any other word that was ever devised to conceal a deviation from a straight line."
- Robert E. Lee
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Happy Birthday Marse Robert
(January 19, 1807 - October 12, 1870)
“I am nothing but a poor sinner, trusting in Christ alone for salvation.”
Definition of a Gentleman – “The forbearing use of power does not only form a touchstone, but the manner in which an individual enjoys…
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On this day 1889 in New Orleans Louisiana, Jefferson Davis passed away. As the news flashed over the south, telegrams and letters poured in offering the sympathies of many people. One such telegram was from the old Davis family plantation, signed by 13 people which read - We the…
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“Let danger never turn you aside from the pursuit of honor or the service to your country … Know that death is inevitable and the fame of virtue is immortal.”
- Robert E. Lee
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Douglas Southall Freeman Saluting Statue of General Robert E. Lee, 1948
Richmond, Virginia.
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“Lee was the noblest American who had ever lived, and one of the greatest commanders known to the annals of war.” - Winston Churchill
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Jeffrey Forrest's death at Okolona, 2/22/1864.
Jeffery Forrest was over-shadowed by his older brother - quite a few think he was a military genius equal to Bedford. By the time he was old enough, Forrest was wealthy and provided the means for the best education to be had. He was…
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OTD in 1861 Lincoln illegally and unilaterally suspends the U.S. Constitution’s “Writ of Habeas Corpus”, without the consent of congress, and declares martial law.
As many as 38,000 of his political enemies were imprisoned as estimated by the Columbia Law Review, XXI, 527-28,1921
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Shenandoah Burning: The Civil War’s Worst Forgotten Atrocity
By : James Bovard
This is the 150th anniversary of one of the Civil War’s most destructive and controversial campaigns. Union Gen. Philip Sheridan unleashed a hundred mile swath of flames in the Shenandoah Valley that…
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Why Did The Confederate Soldier Fight?
"It has not seemed the whole truth to me that the Confederate soldier went into battle to vindicate a constitutional argument. He went to war because he loved his people, because his country was invaded, because his heart was throbbing for…
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On December 14th, 1862, a Confederate soldier named Richard Rowland Kirkland served the 2nd South Carolina Volunteer Infantry as a Sergeant. For the past day, Kirkland and his unit had been stationed at the stonewall at Marye's Heights.
On the morning of December 14th, it was…
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Jeffrey Forrest's death at Okolona, 2/22/1864.
Jeffery Forrest was over-shadowed by his older brother - quite a few think he was a military genius equal to Bedford. By the time he was old enough, Forrest was wealthy and provided the means for the best education to be had. He was…
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The legendary Terry’s Texas Rangers were named for the man who formed the unit, Benjamin Franklin Terry. The group’s official name was the 8th Texas Cavalry. Every man who joined had to bring a shotgun or rifle, Colt revolver, and a Bowie knife (this was Texas, after all). They…
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Today in history..
Forrest almost killed Sherman himself on April 8 1862. After Shiloh, Sherman pursued the Confederates. Forrest and his cavalry hid in the woods off of his flank at Fallen Timbers. Sherman's vanguard fled as Forrest's men galloped near, and years later he…
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James Keeling was a private in the Thomas Legion of the Confederate Army. He single-handedly saved the railroad bridge at Strawberry Plains, Tennessee. During the battle for the bridge Mr. Keeling was armed with a single-shot pistol and a Bowie knife. Private Keeling was shot in…
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John S. Mosby, with the profound regards of James A. Daley, the drummer boy, captured by Mosby’s command near Newton, Virginia." Mosby used that cane until his death on Memorial Day in 1916, at the age of 83.
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The name of Robert E Lee will spoken with honor and reverence by true Southerners long after the monument t destroyers are gone and forgotten! - Virginia Flaggers.
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Pipe bowl carved by a prisoner at the Elmira Confederate Prisoner-of-War camp.
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OTD in 1862, R.E. Lee issued a proclamation to the citizens of Maryland.
HEAD-QUARTERS ARMY N. VA.,
NEAR FREDERICK TOWN, 8th September, 1862.
TO THE PEOPLE OF MARYLAND:
It is right that you should know the purpose that has brought the Army under my command within the limits…
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Virginia’s Sons
by: Henry E. Kidd
In early 1861, Virginia voted not to secede from the Union. However, after Ft. Sumter, S.C. was fired upon, President Lincoln called for seventy five thousand troops to force southern states back into the Union. These troops were to come from…
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A Prayer by General Lee
General Orders, No. 83
August 13, 1863
The President of the Confederate States has, in the name of the people, appointed the 21st day of August as a day of fasting, humiliation and prayer. A strict observence of the day is enjoined upon the officers and…
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Cherokees of Thomas' Legion
Shown is the last photograph ever taken of the remaining members of the famous Thomas Legion, composed of Cherokee Indians in the Confederate Army. The photograph was made in New Orleans at the time of the New Orleans Reunion of Confederate Veterans.…
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John B. Kennedy with the battle flag of the 3rd Tennessee Infantry (a standardized Army of Tennessee pattern, probably issued in 1864).
Kennedy served the Confederacy as a private with Company A of the 3rd Tennessee Infantry Regiment. He was wounded at Chickamauga and…
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Today in history..
Forrest almost killed Sherman himself on April 8, 1862. After Shiloh, Sherman pursued the Confederates. Forrest and his cavalry hid in the woods off of his flank at Fallen Timbers. Sherman's vanguard fled as Forrest's men galloped near, and years later he said…
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Words to live by:
"Whenever you meet the enemy show fight. No matter how few there are of you or how many of them, show fight. If you run away they will pursue and probably catch you. If you show fight they will think there are more of you and not push you half so hard. Whenever…
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The Rebel Yell!
"There is nothing like it on this side of the infernal region. The peculiar corkscrew sensation that it sends down your backbone under these circumstances can never be told. You have to feel it."
Historian Robert K. Krick notes the Yankee response upon hearing…
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Colonel Richard Henry Lee was the grandson of Henry Lee, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. He resided in Charles Town when he enlisted in the Confederate Army on April 18, 1861 as a Lieutenant. Some 28 years after the war, at the dedication of the Confederate monument…
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Definition of a Gentleman – “The forbearing use of power does not only form a touchstone, but the manner in which an individual enjoys certain advantages over others is a test of a true gentleman. The power which the strong have over the weak, the employer over the employed, the…
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Confederate veteran, legendary mountaineer and hunter, successful entrepreneur, exceptional marksman, and family patriarch of the feuding Hatfields, Captain William Anderson "Devil Anse" Hatfield (1839-1921) was known internationally by the time this photograph was taken.…
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From Dr. Clyde Wilson, professor Emeritus of History at The University of South Carolina
“When we speak about the causes of war should we not pay some attention to the motives of the attacker and not blame everything on the people who were attacked and conquered? To say that the…
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The Audacity of General Robert E. Lee after the battle of Sharpsburg. As told by Walter Montgomery of the 12th North Carolina:
"The battle was splendidly fought by Lee and his lieutenants. The Confederates used all their forces, except about two brigades. Nearly two Corps of the…
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OTD in 1861 at 1st Manassas, Thomas Jackson earned the nickname Stonewall. Jackson's brigade took heavy cannon fire, and the general himself suffered a hand wound but refused to leave the field for medical assistance. Union troops initially managed to push back the Confederate…
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ALABAMA CORP OF CADETS CALL TO BATTLE
University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa
April 3, 1865
It was the twilight of the Confederacy in the spring of 1865. Federal armies were tramping throughout the southern states, burning, pillaging, and destroying anything of value, with little…
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HBD to John Singleton Mosby (December 6, 1833 – May 30, 1916)
As a private in the 1st Virginia Cavalry, Mosby chose his commander, General J. E. B. Stuart, as his role model and mentor. Stuart and General Robert E. Lee came to value Mosby's skills as a scout and raider. In June…
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Son of General Nathan B. Forrest
William Montgomery Forrest
This is the only known picture of William in a Confederate uniform. He would join his fathers command and was on his staff. By age 18 he had been wounded three times in combat, once at Fort Donelson, again at…
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After the battle of Sharpsburg, 3rd Lieutenant Robert Gaston (18 years old) was buried in a separate grave and not put in a mass pit of bodies which usually happens after a battle. He was honored by Union soldiers who admired his brave acts during the advance of the 1st Texas…
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A View of the Yankee People by a Confederate officer captured at Gettysburg, writing to some friends:
“They believed their manners and customs more enlightened, their intelligence and culture immeasurably superior. Brim-full of hypocritical..
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KING PHILIP
A large iron-grey gelding, King Philip was one of General Nathan Bedford Forrest's favorite horses.
Unlike 29 of Forrest’s other horses, King Philip miraculously survived the war.
In an 1866 history of the campaigns, General Thomas Jordan wrote about King Philip:…
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Stratford Hall.
Ancestral home of the Lee's of Virginia, including two signers of the Declaration of Independence—Richard Henry Lee and Francis Lightfoot Lee, and birthplace of Robert E. Lee.
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7th Louisiana
8th Louisiana
9th Louisiana
9th LA infantry battalion
1st LA Cav
7th LA Cav
Palmetto State Sharpshooters
55th NC
7th Mississippi
46th Mississippi
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Francis Marion Gibson
November 1st, 1847 - March 13th, 1939
Private, Company "E " 29th North Carolina Infantry Regiment.
The Last Surviving Confederate Veteran in Bradley County, Tennessee, 1938.
Colorization by: M. Williams
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Theodore A. White enlisted as a private in the 43rd North Carolina Infantry Company K “Anson County Independents” on 25 Feb 1862 at the age of 16.
He was wounded in the left leg at the Battle of Gettysburg on July 2nd 1863. White was evacuated with the rest of the wounded and…
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In a speech made at the unveiling of the Confederate monument at Arlington in 1914, Bennett H. Young said the following about what was shamefully wrought by Lincoln’s force of war against that most basic of American rights known as self-determination:
“The sword said the South…
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I'm on the 4th book of Freeman's Lee bio, and I admire the man more than ever.
Legendary status.
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On Nov. 4, 1864, Forrest's Tennessee raid ended in the destruction of Yankee supply depots at Johnsonville. He captured or destroyed 4 gun boats, 14 transports, 20 barges, 26 pieces of field artillery and millions of dollars worth of supplies. At one point Forrest turned to...
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“If they (the North) prevail, the whole character of the Government will be changed, and instead of a federal republic, the common agent of sovereign and independent States, we shall have a central despotism, with the notion of States forever abolished, deriving its powers from…
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The 1908 Reunion of Confederate Veterans in Scottsville drew about 128 soldiers from the Virginia counties of Albemarle, Buckingham, Fluvanna, and Nelson. Present were 43 officers and members of the Henry Gantt Camp of Scottsville. Many old Southern songs were sung, and…
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“Let danger never turn you aside from the pursuit of honor or the service to your country … know that death is inevitable and the fame of virtue is immortal.” - Robert E. Lee
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In 1868, Forrest sat for this pair of portraits at Mathew B. Brady’s studio in New York City. Forrest and his son, William, had made the journey from their home in Memphis to attend the Democratic Convention, at which Forrest served as a Tennessee delegate.
Cartes de visite by…
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Just before Bedford's death, Colonel Merriwether took his young son Lee to visit Forrest who was living at his brother Jessie's Memphis home. As we walked away from that house, young Merriwether recalled, my father's eyes dimmed with tears as he said to me "Lee, the man you saw…
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