Born to Revolutionary War hero Henry “Light-Horse Harry” Lee in Stratford Hall, Virginia, Robert Edward Lee seemed destined for military greatness. Despite financial hardship that caused his father to depart to the West Indies, young Robert secured an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he graduated second in the class of 1829. Two years later,…
Category: History of the Civil War
Happy Birthday General Robert E. Lee!
Know Your Real Civil War History: ‘Bloody Bill’ Anderson
The Gifted Psychopath: Civil War’s “Bloody Bill” Anderson William T. “Bloody Bill” Anderson was quite the gifted psychopath. The deadliest Confederate guerilla leader of the American Civil War, Anderson led his ruthless mob of cutthroats on a reign of terror along the rugged Kansas–Missouri border and killed hundreds along the way. The path Bloody Bill…
The Burning of Alexandria
The Burning of Alexandria The Yankees occupied New Orleans and its surrounding environs from April, 1862 until the end of the Civil War. In 1863, Gen. Nathaniel Banks left New Orleans to start an advance toward Shreveport. He hoped to seize the busy river port. He followed the Red River upstream. Banks joined with forces…
The Great Anti-Southern Psyop!
The Great anti-Southern Psyop! From the Virginia Flaggers: The leftist are going all out to paint our grandfathers who defended their families, home, and States as only being white supremacists who only fought to preserve slavery. They make the same claims about our ancestors who scrimped and saved money to erect monuments in honor of…
The Flag Is Still There
The Flag Is Still There I’ve written in the past about the controversy over the huge Confederate battle flag that flies in a prominent place just off the exit from US460 to the east of the Virginia town of Farmville. The flag was erected on private property by a non-profit called Virginia Flaggers in an arrangement…
Lest We Forget
Appomattox: Lest We Forget This afternoon I attended a ceremony marking the 160th anniversary of the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia (which I often sardonically refer to as “the Confederate Nakba”). It was organized by the Appomattox chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, and took place at the Confederate…
The Nature of Guerilla Warfare in the Heart of ‘Mosby’s Confederacy’
The Nature of Guerilla Warfare in the Heart of ‘Mosby’s Confederacy’ I happened upon this 106 page theses paper submitted in 2015 to Clemson University by Brett D. Zeggil while doing research for an upcoming short story. For all you serious students of both Southern History and Guerilla Warfare, I urge you to read…
Happy (Belated) Birthday General Stonewall Jackson!
*Apologies, fully meant to post this yesterday morning but due to extreme weather conditions, it was delayed. I hope Stonewall can forgive me! Stonewall Jackson’s 200th Birthday Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson was born 200 years ago on this day in history, January 21, 1824, in Clarksburg, Virginia (now West Virginia). Fatherless at the…