Both my great grandfather and great uncle surrendered under General Gordon.
The Attack On Fort Stedman, And (My Great Grandfather)
Lee's Surrender, By My Great Grandfather
Video Of Dead My G.Grandfather/G.Uncle Had Fought Alongside
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"Reminiscences Of The Civil War", (Chapter I)
By John B. Gordon, Maj. Gen. CSA
Looking In The Mirror
VERBATIM POST
The Attack On Fort Stedman, And (My Great Grandfather)
Lee's Surrender, By My Great Grandfather
Video Of Dead My G.Grandfather/G.Uncle Had Fought Alongside
| THE LAST HOURS/DEATH & FUNERAL OF GENERAL JOHN B. GORDON |
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"Reminiscences Of The Civil War", (Chapter I)
By John B. Gordon, Maj. Gen. CSA
Looking In The Mirror
VERBATIM POST
For anyone interested in the Southern point of view with regards to the Civil War, this is a great place to visit.
From a Southern soldier;
I apprehend that if all living Union soldiers were summoned to the witness stand, every one of them would testify that it was the preservation of the American Union and not the destruction of Southern slavery that induced him to volunteer at the call of his country. As for the South, it is enough to say that perhaps eighty per cent. of her armies were neither slave-holders, nor had the remotest interest in the institution. No other proof, however, is needed than the undeniable fact that at any period of the war from its beginning to near its close the South could have saved slavery by simply laying down its arms and returning to the Union.
Seems to be a lot of talk and imo, a revision of history in the man Abraham Lincoln.
Anyone truly interested in hearing from both sides ought to take time and listen to a Southern soldiers perspective of how it really was.
Very few places offer this view of history.
And that is sad.
Igorance is truly dangerous.
Mozart
Very well said, Sir. That is what my reading of that unpleasantness indicates pretty much to a man.
ReplyDeleteBoth sides were fighting FOR America, as they understood it, Patriots, all.
Both sides were fighting FOR America, as they understood it, Patriots, all.
ReplyDeleteAnd well said, also my friend.
And the side that won is currently in the process of learning who was right.
ReplyDeleteDamn, if that ain't the truth.:)
ReplyDeleteTruth crushed to the earth is truth still and like a seed will rise again.
---Jefferson Davis (1808 - 1889)
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“A question settled by violence or in disregard of law must remain unsettled forever.”
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"The contest is not over, the strife is not ended. It has only entered upon a new and enlarged arena.
---Address to the Mississippi legislature - 16 years after the wars end.
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"The principle for which we contend is bound to reassert itself, though it may be at another time and in another form."
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"When certain sovereign and independent states form a union with limited powers for some general purpose, and any one or more of them, in the progress of time, suffer unjust and oppressive grievances for which there is no redress but in a withdrawal from the association, is such withdrawal an insurrection? If so, then of what advantage is a compact of union to states? Within the Union are oppressions and grievances; the attempt to go out brings war and subjugation. The ambitious and aggressive states obtain possession of the central authority which, having grown strong in the lapse of time, asserts its entire sovereignty over the states.
Whichever of them denies it and seeks to retire is declared to be guilty of insurrection, its citizens are stigmatized as "rebels", as if they revolted against a master, and a war of subjugation is begun. If this action is once tolerated, where will it end? Where is constitutional liberty? What strength is there in bills of rights-in limitation of power? What new hope for mankind is to be found in written constitutions, what remedy which did not exist under kings of emperors? If the doctrines thus announced by the government of the United States are conceded, then look through either end of the political telescope, and one sees only an empire, and the once famous Declaration of Independence trodden in the dust of as a "glittering generality," and the compact of the union denounced as a "flaunting lie".
Those who submit to such consequence without resistance are not worthy the liberties and rights to which they were born, and deserve to be made slaves. Such must be the verdict of mankind."
--- President Jefferson Davis
Ignorance is NO excuse for our situation. Blaming the system for hiding truths might have worked at one-time, the equalizer (the internet) puts all responsibility square on your/our/mine... everyone's shoulders.
ReplyDeleteBuck up and learn or sit back and reap the consequences.
History will repeat itself, guaranteed!!
Mozart
Indeed Brock, this is a great post to visit. Having been born and raised in New York, no doubt, my education is from the northern point of view.
ReplyDeleteI welcome your viewpoint and the opportunity to see history through another lens.
I am saddened, however, that a century and a half later, our country has not merged the ALL of our nation's history. After all, there is plenty to learn.
Btw Brock,
Thought I would invite you to check out Voting American's blog, http://votingamerican.wordpress.com/.
The blogger's name is Samiam. He is a patriot who is very passionate about our liberties.
Samiam created a private forum called Village of the Banned where we can voice our concerns and views off the radar from time to time.
The site I refer you to above is the public site.
Please feel free to pay Samiam a visit (if you have not done so already) and share your views.
Whether you are interested in the forum, my friend, is solely up to you.
Your voice would be welcomed either way.
Back to your post. Thank you for sharing.
Will re-post a paragraph or two and link back.
D.
Thank you, sweetie for your continual fight in the heart of the beast.:)
ReplyDeleteAnd when you think about it, today, the States themselves, and thus the people, have become slaves of the Federal Government. It's time for the states and the people to break those shackles.
ReplyDeletethe States themselves, and thus the people, have become slaves of the Federal Government.
ReplyDeletePrecisely.
"The principle for which we contend is bound to reassert itself, though it may be at another time and in another form."