Yesterday marked the final removal of ALL Public Confederate Statues in Richmond, Virginia, the former Capital of the Confederate States of America (CSA). The Last Statue to be removed was of Confederate Lt. General A.P. Hill. On the surface it seems the woke black cultural marxist and their cucked white liberal entourage have been successful…
Category: History of the Civil War
Requiem for a Culture Part 4: The Amelia Christmas Parade
H/T WRSA Requiem for a Culture Part 4: The Amelia Christmas Parade This is the fourth essay in an occasional series. Previously: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3. “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” -William Faulkner, Requiem for a Nun, Act I, Scene III (page 80 in the Vintage paperback edition)
Requiem for a Culture Part 3: The Battle of Staunton River Bridge
Requiem for a Culture, Part 3: The Battle of Staunton River Bridge On June 23rd General Lee sent word to Captain Benjamin Farinholt, who commanded a battalion of reserves charged with defending the bridge, warning him that the Federals were about to come down hard on him, and ordering him to prevent the bridge…
Know Your Southern History: Major General Patrick Cleburne, CSA
Cleburne Part I: The Making of an Irish-Southern Nationalist The following is a four-part series on the life of Major General Patrick Cleburne, C.S.A. It derives heavily from two sources, “Cleburne and His Command,” by Captain Irving A. Buck, C.S.A., (1908), and “Stonewall of the West: Patrick Cleburne & the Civil War,” by Professor Craig…
The Noble Carolinians, A Walk to Remember
The Noble Carolinians, A Walk to Remember “The Empire is a slow and methodical killer, especially for our people. It has slowly bled us since 1861. If it does not destroy our bodies, on foreign battlefields for vain glory and gold, as in the case of my father, it will most certainly destroy our…
A Refutation of Jesse James: Last Rebel of the Civil War by T.J. Stiles
Jesse James: Last Rebel of the Civil War Being a writer, historian and defender of Southern History, more specifically “Reconstruction Era” Southern/Confederate History that is rife with political bias and inaccuracies by writers looking to demonize not only the Confederate cause but also the good, God fearing Southern people (many of them my relatives)…
Know Your Confederate History: Col. John S. Mosby, CSA
“My purpose was to weaken the armies invading Virginia, by harassing their rear… to destroy supply trains, to break up the means of conveying intelligence, and thus isolating an army from its base, as well as its different corps from each other, to confuse their plans by capturing their dispatches, are the objects of…
Why Did The Great Compromise Take So Long?
WHY DID THE GREAT COMPROMISE LAST SO LONG? “If you are younger than a Boomer, you have spent much of your life under only one pillar of the Great Compromise. Although we lost home rule in 1965, we were able to keep our identity. The reasoning for this was largely two-fold, the destruction of…
Know Your History: Civil War Myths
H/T WRSA Civil War Myths, Parts 1 and 2 In a Nutshell: The Civil War was NOT fought to end Slavery. The war was fought by the North to keep the South from seceding and to strengthen Northern control over the Southern states. The North, or Union, was fighting against the rights of states; it…
Lest We Forget
Lest We Forget I also recommend this Potent (and Bitter) Dose of Truth over at Identity Dixie. As a Veteran It’s time to dispense with all the Patriotic sentimentality. This Federal Government is off the Rails and Out of Control. Something Must be Done.