Flag of the Confederate States Marine Corps
(This I read in a Civil War (SIC) Times Magazine in the 1980's. BT)
2. "I would like to see the infernal Yankee race exterminated, and only
known as a people who have passed away, unhonored and unwept."
1st Lt. John Douglas Fowler
04-23-1862
The only Confederate Marine officer to die on active duty
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The US Marine Corps in 1861 had a total strength of 1,775, including 63 officers. Nineteen of these went South in 1861 to join the newly established Confederate States Marine Corps, and all were very well-informed on the Constitution they had sworn an oath to defend against enemies both foreign and domestic, especially the latter. The following are taken from the resignation letters of three officers: one Marine and two Navy.
“Going South”
After reading Lincoln’s inaugural address, Captain Robert Tansill, USMC explained his resignation from the US Marine Corps:
More @ Circa 1865
Like the preceeding article discussing family farming these two events are related. Where you till soil you create a bond with the area. These bonds blossom outward to the local and regional communities. Only then does the bond form with any Federal system or King.
ReplyDeleteWithout these roots it's easy to get people to attach to a centralized system of control. They seem to care not about the negative effects locally because then they are powerless to change it.
These gentlemen like Lee knew where their loyalties lay because of their strong ties to their communities.
Well said.
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