tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55265924638107616092024-03-14T04:31:34.230-05:00Messages From Hughes CampMessages from John T. Hughes Camp #614 Sons of Confederate Veterans. We are constantly looking for news and information related to Southern Heritage and the War Between The States.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09980815957212657902noreply@blogger.comBlogger1490125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526592463810761609.post-16922516179010497812017-03-31T08:30:00.000-05:002017-03-31T08:30:21.105-05:00SCV Sponsored Race Car in Sedalia, MO<br />We have a car racing in Warrensburg, this Spring
and Summer. The opening day for the Warrensburg track is
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09980815957212657902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526592463810761609.post-17388571655494982017-03-19T09:14:00.000-05:002017-03-20T07:09:58.847-05:002017 Missouri Division Reunion FlyerTravis Archie Camp Commander of
Campbell's Company #2252 will be our speaker Friday evening. The
Woman's tour Saturday morning will be the Downtown Fulton "The
Brick District", Art House, Brick District Playhouse, Kingdom of
Callaway Historical Society Museum and several retail shops. The afternoon
tour we will visit 8-10 of the Gray Ghost Trail interpretive panels in
Callaway County and if time allows The Battle of Moore's Mill and the
mass grave site also if time allows the Halton Cemetery. All tours will
have free bus to take everyone around.<br />
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As Darrell Maples reported yesterday, Tim Apgar passed away yesterday
after his long battle with Leukemia. Let's all keep his family in our
thoughts and prayers, to include his wife Sue, Daughter Mindy, sister in
law and UDC member Trish Spencer, and brother
in law and Hughes Camp member Jerry Spencer. <br />
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Tim was a long time Commander of Hughes Camp. My time frame is rough,
but he served Hughes Camp in that capacity from about 2006 until around
2012-when he retired from Independence Power and Light and retired to the
lake area, living in Versailles, Missouri.
His wife Sue was a born and bred Versailles person I believe, and her
mother, Rita Hammand, lived there until this last May when she passed away.
Rita was a long time UDC member. Tim and Sue were able to be close to Rita
to cae for her in her later years.<br />
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Tim was a staunch defender of our Confederate history. Tim was a new
member to the SCV in 2005 or 2006, when Hughes Camp was in need of a new
Commander. New member or not, Tim was willing to jump in and volunteer to
run for that position. As a Commander,
he was a consummate professional and his managerial skills from
Independence Power and Light helped him in running a well organized Hughes
Camp ship. Our membership blossomed under his Command, growing 20 members
or so to well over 60.<br />
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Tim attended nearly all functions such as the Reunions, Lee Jackson and
Secession Day Dinners. He was also a great financial supporter of our Camp
and Heritage Defense Fund efforts. Tim went the extra mile for our
organizations.
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Tim spearheaded a grave marking project at Woodlawn Cemetery in
Independence, where the camp marked over 20 Confederate Graves. His
research of who needed markers was extensive. He worked well with the
cemetery sextant there. Woodlawn is owned by the city
of Independence, and Tim's strong Independence ties to the city aided
greatly in us obtaining that level of cooperation.
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After Commander retirement, Tim served as a Western Brigade Commander I
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Tim's funeral will be in Versailles, Missouri. The arrangements are
not final yet but will be handled by Kidwell -Garber funeral home in
Versailles. Tim will be buried in the cemetery that is on W Hwy as you head
south out of Versailles. It's maybe 3/4's
of a mile south of the square. Tim always joked to me that his cemetery
plot there was their future lake home!
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We will know tomorrow what days etc the funeral will be. I'm thinking
somewhere between Tuesday to Thursday this week. Jerry Spencer told me
yesterday that since Tim was not a suit and tie guy, Sue is thinking about
burying Tim in his Confederate Frock Coat
and embroidered shirt she had made him, along with his slouch hat. They do
plan on having Confederate Flags present. I asked Jerry, if he thought Tim
might like a Confederate Honor Guard volley salute. Jerry is going to ask
Sue and Mindy about that.
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I have often wondered if an honor guard salute would be appropriate for
us SCV guys at our funerals. On one hand, we are not Confederate Soldiers,
but on the other hand, we have done a good job of honoring our Confederate
soldiers, and if it has been our
life and passion to defend our heritage, I believe our Confederate
Ancestors would be proud to have us do that for our members, as that still
keeps their traditions and memory alive.
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So, while I don't know if it is wanted yet for sure, I'm looking for 4
plus volunteers that have uniforms and can handle a musket firing, to
volunteer for this duty, as honor guard. If you can do that somewhere along
the line of midweek, please respond to
me, then I'll keep you posted from there. <br />
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God Bless Tim and his family.<br />
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Sincerely yours,<br />
Larry Yeatman, Adjutant, Hughes Camp 614<br />
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larryyeatman@msn.comAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09980815957212657902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526592463810761609.post-4759317822072924682016-08-22T09:00:00.000-05:002016-08-22T09:00:12.498-05:00Black Confederates Book<header class="headline_area" style="background-color: white; color: #888888; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px 0px 27px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><h1 class="headline" itemprop="headline" style="color: #111111; font-size: 26px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 40px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">
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But this past week I realized that there was another problem. I have spent so much time on this subject over the past 8 years that I lost sight of what it is I even want to say in the form of a book. Naively, I believed that my familiarity with the subject meant that I did not have to waste time outlining chapters and smaller sections. Somehow this book was going to write itself.<span id="more-30494" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"></span></div>
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What ‘woke me up from my dogmatic slumbers’ was picking up a copy of <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393324613/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0393324613&linkCode=as2&tag=civwarmem-20&linkId=B67TSSD4C5FEG357" style="color: #dd0000; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">Thinking Like Your Editor: How to Write Great Serious Nonfiction and Get It Published</a></em> by Susan Rabinder and Alfred Fortunato, which was suggested to me by a friend in my book writing group last spring, but I had never bothered to read before now. This book was just the kick in the ass that I needed. Almost immediately I started sketching a proposal along the lines suggested by the authors. What question will this book pursue from beginning to end? What will the table of contents look like and what specifically will be addressed in each one. Why is this book needed and why am I the person to write it? Simple questions, yes, but framed in a way that allowed me to approach the subject with fresh eyes.</div>
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For the first time in years I am once again excited about this subject. Yesterday I completed a draft of the proposal that outlines what the book is about and its central argument. I have sample chapter that is also close to completion. Today and tomorrow I will work on two sections that focus on the books that already occupy this market and how my own research, writing, and public outreach on this subject will help to set my book apart from the field. Once it is ready I will share it with a few friends, have them tear it apart, and start all over.</div>
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Finally, I am going to pursue an agent to help with selling the proposal as a trade book. This project has all the elements of a solid history trade book and I have absolutely no doubt that it will sell well. It is definitely a step in a new direction and I am going to rely heavily on the advice of my good friends in Book Squad, but I am convinced that this is the right move and the right time to pursue it.</div>
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Not too long ago I was convinced that I had missed my window of opportunity, but the horrific events in Charleston last summer and the continued debate about Confederate iconography that ensued all but<a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/08/08/the-myth-of-the-black-confederate-soldier.html" style="color: #dd0000; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">guarantees that the debate about Black Confederate soldiers</a> will remain a popular and misunderstood subject.</div>
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Again, thanks to all of you who have expressed interest in this project. I hope you can hold out with me for just a little longer. It will hopefully be worth the wait</div>
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Many of you contacted us to express concern about the risk of vandalism and damage to our monuments in light of the protesters who gathered in RVA over the weekend and announced plans to hold a rally at the RE Lee monument.</div>
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We have known about the planned protests for weeks, and communicated directly with the Richmond Police and the State Capitol Police regarding their plans and ours. <br />
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One of the most disturbing aspects of the planned protests was a professed communist group that specifically targeted the monuments. We monitored their activity in the weeks leading up to August 13, and their attempt to tack on the "March to Destroy White Supremacy" to the larger protest was a dismal failure. There were only a small handful visible among the hundreds of "minimum wage" protestors, and they garnered no attention from protest organizers or the media. <br />
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I am sure you all are more than aware of the damage unleashed upon our Southern heritage last year by Nikki Haley, the Republican governor of South Carolina. Haley's actions began the latest and most severe round of Southern cultural genocide—the ferocity of which I have not seen in my 50 years of defending Southern Rights. As bad as Nikki Haley's attack was there is one coming that may very well spell the total or near total death of our Southern Rights defense in Louisiana—David Duke! </div>
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Let me be clear about this, I was a supporter of Mr. Duke many years ago after he announced that he no longer held racist views and believed in equal rights before the law. Subsequent to that statement Mr. Duke has, often with Confederate flags flying in or near his ranting, made crude racists remarks that offers our enemies the very tools they need to "tar-brush" every member of the SCV or other Southern heritage organizations as bigoted, racists and "Heritage Klansmen." </div>
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In his upcoming campaign for U.S. Senator from Louisiana if Duke attempts to wrap himself in the Confederate flag as a champion in defense of our flag and monuments, you can count on it, every time we attempt to defend our heritage as being non-racist, Duke's name and image will be thrown at us. As unfair as it is, we will be tarred by the brush of a racist David Duke—all the goodwill we have gained for being an open and inclusive group will evaporate from both the Black and White community. If you think it is difficult defending our heritage and rights today, just wait until our movement is seen as an adjunct of David Duke's Louisiana. As I said, I once supported Mr. Duke; fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me! I refuse to be a fool for such a racist, whose racism is more in line with the racism of the North than the warm friendly race relationship of the South. Remember, Duke does not represent the South; after all, Mr. Duke's relatives wore the Blue of the Yankee invader not the Gray of our Confederate ancestors. </div>
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During the National Sons of Confederate Veterans Reunion this past July, Ron and I witnessed many "minority" members of our movement who openly cast their lot with us in defending our Southern heritage. For example there were several African-Americans vendors selling pro-South books and articles, a Hispanic Confederate selling SCV grave markers (his ancestors fought in both the War for Texas Independence and the War for Southern Independence), the Heritage Luncheon speaker was an African-American retired police chief who spoke on the subject 'A Black Man's View of the SCV,' and at the Awards Luncheon, an award was given to an African-American lady from Virginia for her resolute defense of Southern heritage. As many polls have demonstrated, not only do a vast majority of White Southerners support our message but a large and growing number of minorities are awaking to the fact that the Confederate flag, Confederate monuments, and their fellow Southern White neighbors, are not their enemies. Recently a poll demonstrated that over 65% of Louisianans support keeping Confederate memorials and monuments. The same poll also demonstrated that a sizable number of African-Americans (42%) also said to "leave the monuments alone." Duke can and will destroy this ever enlarging pool of good will. </div>
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Fellow compatriots of the Louisiana Division SCV, the Kennedy Twins are not trying to tell you to support or not support any candidate but we do want you to be aware of the danger that some people pose to the defense of our heritage and rights. Ron and I have always believed in a Liberty Based Society of very limited government where liberty always trumps government. Just because a man "sounds" good on a given issue does not mean he is one of us—he may very well just be using our issue to gain our support for his agenda. Duke's entry into this political race demonstrates why we must gain for one of our own a high political office so he can use the moral suasion of his office to counter the anti-South antics of anti-South cultural bigots such as Haley and Duke. As for now, we must be aware of the danger of allowing our Southern heritage efforts to be linked to someone who is an unrepentant bigot. Please consider these things in the upcoming Senatorial campaign.</div>
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It seems that it is now fashionable to rabidly hate yet another flag besides the Confederate Battle flag. Earlier this year the EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) received a complaint from an African-American charging his employer with discrimination because a co-worker wore a cap with the Gadsden flag (a Revolutionary War banner featuring a coiled snake above the words "Don't Tread On Me.") on it. The supposed offense came because the flag's designer, Christopher Gadsden owned slaves. EEOC likely welcomes such nonsense to justify their existence, so they began investigating if wearing Gadsden Flag headgear to work could be considered racial harassment. Folks, will the utter insanity of political correctness ever just go away? Are we now, as a Nation, so pitifully dumb?<br />
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I wonder what the next target will be? Will offended souls start a bonfire of dollar bills because George Washington owned slaves? Let's up the ante – Grant is on the fifty dollar bill and he held his slaves well after the Civil War was over. Come on now. If something is offensive then it is offensive – pitch those greenbacks into the flames if you feel so strongly about it. Perhaps millions of offended will stop drinking Coca Cola because a former Confederate soldier invested it? Just wait, one day someone will figure out that Old Glory flew from the mast of slave ships that docked in America – not the Confederate flag. I'll say one thing for political correctness – it is pretty selective. </div>
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The war nearly over in early April 1865 and Southern regiments vastly outnumbered and starving, the defense of Fort Gregg by the decimated Thirty-seventh North Carolina demonstrated the resolve to continue the struggle for independence. Like the earlier heroic defense of Fort McAllister in Georgia, Fort Gregg can be easily compared to the embattled Texians at the Alamo.</div>
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We'll spend almost two hours at the new Seminary Ridge Museum, which focuses on the July 1, 1863 battle that included fighting on the streets of town and the death of Union Major General John Reynolds. The Museum has four floors chock full of colorful and interesting displays. Elevators make the tour an easy task for all. After lunch at Pickett's Buffet next to the site of the famous charge, we'll take a short drive to the base of Big Round Top to explain the late afternoon battle on July 3 that pitted Union cavalry against Confederate infantry. On the way to Monterrey Pass, we'll travel through Fairfield, the site of a cavalry encounter earlier the same day. At the new museum, you'll hear the full story of a midnight battle involving Union General George Custer that was fought in a tremendous storm as a long Confederate wagon train retreated toward the Potomac River. </div>
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Start the day with coffee and donuts at the Museum, 6121 Franconia Road, in the Franconia Governmental Center. Board a comfortable, restroom equipped motor coach for the trip to the battlefields as well as lunch, gratuities, fees and a McDonald's snack card on the way home. </div>
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Coming in April 2017: Spend a day visiting battle sites from the 1864 Shenandoah Valley Campaign near Winchester, Virginia.</div>
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There are two Abraham Lincolns: Lincoln the political celebrity, whose image has been carefully crafted by Lincoln scholars, biographers, and mythographers, and the true Lincoln, whose actual words are almost completely unknown to the general public. Why are they not known? Because they have been concealed, ignored, or misconstrued by Lincoln apologists. In some cases they have even been destroyed. Lincoln's business associates, family members, and personal friends, for example, intentionally burned many of his writings. What is it that Lincoln devotees are so afraid of, and why have they been so careful to bury all traces of the real man? The reason is simple. Exposing the hidden but authentic Lincoln would uncover both his felonious behavior and the illegalities of his war on the South in 1861. In his stunning 1,050-page work, "Lincolnology" - the only study ever undertaken on the president's suppressed, misinterpreted, and forgotten writings and speeches - Southern historian and award-winning Tennessee author Lochlainn Seabrook seeks to replace these pages so nefariously torn from our American history books. With nearly 2,000 footnotes and a 1,000-book bibliography, this well documented 400,000-word volume will forever alter the way America views its sixteenth chief executive. This special Civil War Sesquicentennial Edition includes an exhaustive index and provocative in-depth chapters on everything you need to know about so-called "Honest Abe," from his war crimes, political outrages, anti-South Reconstruction plans, black colonization efforts, and atheism, to his real views on race, secession, the Constitution, and abolition. Also included are photographs of Lincoln, his cabinet, and his military chiefs. Introduction is by Dr. J. Michael Hill, President of the League of the South, former Professor at Stillman College, former Professor of British History, University of Alabama, and author of Celtic Warfare. Foreword is by Robert Lovell, M.A., five-term mayor of Leesburg, Florida, ten-year Republican State Committee Representative, Lieutenant Colonel in Hardee's Corps, and author of Cracker Outlaw. Lochlainn Seabrook is the winner of the prestigious Jefferson Davis Historical Gold Medal. Known as the "American Robert Graves" after his celebrated English cousin, Seabrook is a seventh-generation Kentuckian of Appalachian heritage, the sixth great-grandson of the Earl of Oxford, and the author of over thirty popular books, including: "Abraham Lincoln: The Southern View"; "The Unquotable Abraham Lincoln"; "A Rebel Born: A Defense of Nathan Bedford Forrest"; "The Quotable Jefferson Davis"; "The Quotable Robert E. Lee"; "The McGavocks of Carnton Plantation: A Southern History"; "Nathan Bedford Forrest: Southern Hero, American Patriot"; "Carnton Plantation Ghost Stories: True Tales of the Unexplained From Tennessee's Most Haunted Civil War House!"; and "The Caudills: An Etymological, Ethnological, and Genealogical Study."</div>
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Thursday, August 18th: Flagging the VMFA, 200 N. Boulevard, 4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.</div>
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Saturday, August 20th: Flagging the VMFA, 200 N. Boulevard, 9:00 a.m. - NOON</div>
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Saturday, August 20th: King William County Fest, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm, In Front of Historic Courthouse <br />
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Tuesday, August 23rd: Flagging the VMFA, 200 N. Boulevard, 4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.</div>
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Saturday, August 27th: Flagging the VMFA, 200 N. Boulevard, 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.</div>
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August 27, 2016 - The Olde South Ball<br />
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Monday, September 5th: The Virginia Flaggers will join the Powhatan Troop, Camp #1389 for the Annual Powhatan Labor Day Parade. 11:00 a.m. Historic Powhatan County Courthouse.</div>
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Sept. 7 - Meeting Announcement, Battle of Sharpsburg Camp #1582, Sons of Confederate Veterans<br />
Battle of Sharpsburg Camp #1582, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Wednesday, September 7th, 2016, 7:00 P.M., Sharpsburg Town Hall, 2nd Floor, 106 East Main St., Sharpsburg, MD. Our guest speaker will be historian and author, Mr. Dan Toomey who will be presenting a talk on, "War Came By Train". The meeting is free and is open to the public. For more information, contact Camp Commander Michael Wasiljov at <a href="mailto:mike24745@aol.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:mike24745@aol.com">mike24745@aol.com</a> or 301-992-3122-C</div>
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Friday, September 16th - Sunday, September 18th: The Va Flaggers will have a table set up at the Field Day of the Past, intersection of Rout 623 (Ashland Road) and Route 622 in Goochland County. Off I-64, exit #172 (Rockville Manakin) south. Grounds are located 1/8 mile from the interstate.</div>
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Sept. 17 - 36st Annual Fall Mosby's Confederacy Bus Tour <br />
Sponsored by the Stuart~Mosby Historical Society<br />
Date: Saturday, September 17th, 2016<br />
The Tour Leaders will be Don Hakenson & Eric Buckland & Honored Special Guest: Tom Evans<br />
The bus will be leaving the Truro Rectory (10520 Main Street, Fairfax City) at 8:30 a.m. We will be visiting the Falkland Farm (the home of the notorious Nick Carter), Mosby's Grave, in Warrenton, Marshall, Mount Bleak (A Mosby safe house and later the home of Ranger George Slater), the Clarke Hotel and more. We will (hopefully) be arriving back at Truro around 5:30 p.m. Price: $65 members for the Stuart-Mosby Society - $75 for non-members <br />
To sign up for the tour please contact one of the following:<br />
Don Hakenson ~ Phone: [703] 971-4984 ~ email: <a href="mailto:dhakenson@cox.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:dhakenson@cox.net">dhakenson@cox.net</a> <br />
You may also send a check made payable to Don Hakenson to<br />
Don Hakenson , 4708 Lillian Drive, Alexandria, Virginia 22310<br />
Come with us and tour Northern Virginia's historic "Hallowed Ground". We will be stopping at a "fast food" restaurant for lunch. But Lunch is on your own. This tour is the longest continuous running Mosby bus tour in America! Sorry, we cannot make refunds after September 10, 2016</div>
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Sunday, September 25th: SAVE THE DATE! Va Flaggers 5th Anniversary Picnic/Auction. 3:00 p.m. Mechanicsville Moose Lodge Picnic Pavilion, Mechanicsville, VA</div>
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Saturday, September 17th: Dedication of the Campbell County Confederate Monument, Campbell County Guards Camp #2117.</div>
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Oct. 29 - An SCV family day Whitehall Confederate Memorial Park in Seven Springs Saturday, October 29, 2016 at 2:00 pm<br />
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Friday, January 20th, 2017: Susan Hathaway of the Va Flaggers will be the guest speaker for the Lee-Jackson Banquet of the Lt. General Wade Hampton Camp #273, SCV. Seawell's Restaurant, 1125 Rosewood Drive, Columbia, SC, 6:00 p.m.</div>
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In 1877, the Edward Brothers of Missouri printed an Illustrated Map of Ray County that listed the town of Albany, population 150. It was 1 mile north and east of Orrick and was a brisk little town that had seven business houses, a school, a mill and a church. Albany was where Capt. Bill Anderson was shot in 1864. After reading the following story, it looks like he wasn't the only famous "Bill" that got shot in Albany.<br />
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<i id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1471540270570_8765"> The Richmond Missourian</i>, Mar. 8, 1937: "Elmer Pigg and Jewell Mayes have decided that the signed article by Oliver J. Thompson, Lawrence Ks., in the Kansas City Star, might well be set down in local print. One reason for re-production is the hope that somebody in Ray County may have heard it first-hand from a parent or other person, and if so, will please write the local version for these chapters. Another reason for this presentation is that the story continues to be discussed locally – and, if true, (as it may be), it adds to the lore of Southwest Ray County.<br />
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"The following is Mr. Thompson's signed statement: In the Sunday Star on Dec. 27, 1937, I read a story picturing Wild Bill Hickok as a gloried 2-gunman of the West. There are several stories about Wild Bill that my father told me, which I have no reason to doubt. One of them I heard him relate several times.<br />
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"A short time after the Civil War, when the enmity and hard feeling still ran to grudge fights and murder along the Missouri and Kansas border, my father, accompanied by Si Jesse of Independence, journeyed to the town of Albany, east of Liberty. Their object was to purchase some horses owned jointly by Bob McCorkle and a man named Story, who was known as Bud Story, and McCorkle hired a wrangler for the horses by the name of John Wright, all three having served in the Confederate army.<br />
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"Then he introduced the well-dressed man as Billy Hickok, 'the best shot in the whole Uunion army and killed more rebels than any one man that fought for Abe Lincoln.' The other fellow was Luke somebody, who had been scouting in the West. No one had said a word but the soldier, and none seemed interested in him.<br />
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"Before he had finished, the younger of the two men setting on the table stuck his knife in the top of the head of cheese and walked over to the three. Taking the sergeant and Hickok by the shoulders, he turned them toward him. 'Listen, You —- ! General Price is not present to speak for himself, but he has several representatives here who will answer in his place. 'Pologize now or —- !'<br />
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"The sergeant and Hickok both dropped their hands. There was a flash and two rapid gun shots. The sergeant staggered and fell to the floor. Hickok's gun fell to the floor and he was holding his right hand about the wrist. 'Down on your knees and pologize!' demanded the young man, still holding his gun pointed at Hickok. Hickok dropped to his knees and staring terror-stricken straight at the young man, offered amends to General Sterling Price.<br />
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"When he had finished, the young man ordered him to 'get the hell out of the county and stay out until he could learn some common sense.' Hickok got up and the scout took the sergeant with him! After the trio had gone, the young man went back to his cheese – and the group talked about the matter as if it were an everyday occurrence.<br />
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"Wright asked the older man if he had pulled his gun. 'Naw,' he replied, 'If Jesse had needed any help I would have plugged the nearest one with this knife.' It was Jesse and Frank James, who sat on the table.<br />
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"Many people thought that Hickok was left-handed, but my father always said that after that fracas at Albany his right hand was a little stiff from the flesh wound and he used his left faster than his right. He also claimed that the reason Hickok gave up his vaudeville tour of the county was because Jesse James followed him about for about a week, and when he came out on the stage to do his act he always found Jesse James sitting in the front row and even Hickok did not dare attempt to take him, although there was a large price on his head at that time. My father always stated that Hickok became so nervous before he gave up the tour that he drank heavily and he thought that James was gunning for him."<br />
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Did Wild Bill really get shot by Jesse James in Albany? Many such tales usually have some shred of truth and this one could be based on a true story. There was a man named Oliver B. Thompson who lived in Lecompton, Kan. in the 1930s. Oliver's father Lewis may have visited Albany and been an eye witness to this story from the 1870s.<br />
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Wild Bill toured with Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show from 1872 to 1873 before he moved to Deadwood, Dakota. Wild Bill was shot in Deadwood in 1876 by Jack McCall, who was revenging his brother's death. There are many interesting stories associated with Bloody Bill, Wild Bill and Buffalo Bill, but I find this one fascinating because Jesse James had to be thinking about his friend Bill Anderson's death a few years earlier at Albany while sitting in that store eating cheese.<br />
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On the day of the flag raising ceremony in Danville, there were a number of media outlets present. One of them was a documentary film maker from Richmond. Although we had no idea what kind of piece he was producing, we thought the finished product turned out very well and wanted to share it with all of you, especially those who couldn't be there that day...<br />
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Although the video has been removed, the content of this report remains, and was one of our favorites...<br />
http://www.virginiafirst.com/news/local-news/largest-confederate-battle-flag-flies-near-danville<br />
<i>DANVILLE, Va.</i></div>
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<i>If you are driving on route 29 near Danville, you can't miss the World's largest Confederate Battle flag on the side of the road.</i></div>
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<i>Standing at one hundred and nineteen feet tall and 30 feet by 50 feet in dimension, there is no confederate battle flag which can rival it.</i></div>
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<i>This is the 14th battle flag installed near the last confederacy capital during the Civil War.</i></div>
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<i>A group called the Virginia Flaggers decided to put big flags up all around the area after City Council of Danville prohibited flying the flag on city property.</i></div>
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<i>"There are folks that want us to go away. They want our history to go away. They want that flag to go away, because they know what it really means and it really means resistance to tyrany and an over reaching federal government , and we're still fighting that battle today. This is our history, our heritage, and we're not going to lie down and let these people take it away from us," said Susan Hathaway, who is the founder of the Virginia Flaggers.</i></div>
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<i>Though the flag is met with some opposition from the public, today there were no protestors at the ceremony.</i></div>
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<i>The group says they have already been contacted by another Danville resident who wants to put a flag up and the group says they will not stop putting up flags any time soon.</i><br />
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Finally, sharing these great comments from a Danville resident, posted online. These words beautifully summarize the situation in Danville...and many other localities across America...</div>
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"<i>For MOST it is about heritage, honor, and respect for their ancestors. They were ok with that taking place at the graves of the veterans and historic sites, but once the few places that had flags, statues, and monuments were attacked, their only recourse was to protest. The entire city of Danville stood as the Last</i><span class="yiv1395606645text_exposed_show"><i> Capital, not just the mansion, but preservationists were content with that one small monument in 40 square miles. I'd say they had already compromised as far as humanly possible. Are their protests big? Yes, but they (and their views) have been totally disenfranchised and eliminated. Their view and opinion is instantly disregarded by most and labeled hateful and racist ( before they can even articulate it). (The actions of) one idiot in SC with one picture buried in his Facebook posts was able to (be leveraged by others as an excuse to) destroy historic statues and monuments and change the names of streets, colleges, and sports teams. The COEXIST crowd doesn't really want that, they want inclusion, but only those who think the same</i>."<br /> <br /> <a class="yiv1395606645_58cn" href="http://blogspot.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d4c1169382fd7792cd5d15e6f&id=a042b380c5&e=3ebcaa193e" rel="nofollow" style="color: #2baadf; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><span class="yiv1395606645_58cl">#</span><span class="yiv1395606645_58cm">NeverForget</span></a><br /> <a class="yiv1395606645_58cn" href="http://blogspot.us13.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=d4c1169382fd7792cd5d15e6f&id=f05a32b11e&e=3ebcaa193e" rel="nofollow" style="color: #2baadf; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><span class="yiv1395606645_58cl">#</span><span class="yiv1395606645_58cm">ConfederateDanville</span></a><br /> <a class="yiv1395606645_58cn" href="http://blogspot.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d4c1169382fd7792cd5d15e6f&id=a8f21e44bd&e=3ebcaa193e" rel="nofollow" style="color: #2baadf; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><span class="yiv1395606645_58cl">#</span><span class="yiv1395606645_58cm">LastCapitalCSA</span></a></span></div>
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<i style="background-color: white; font-family: 'palatino linotype';">Slavery Was Not the Cause of the War Between the States, The Irrefutable Argument.</i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "palatino linotype";"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "palatino linotype";">was reviewed in the most</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "palatino linotype";"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "palatino linotype";">recent</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "palatino linotype";"> </span><i style="background-color: white; font-family: 'palatino linotype';">Confederate Veteran</i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "palatino linotype";"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "palatino linotype";">magazine, July-August, 2016, and here is the review:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Rounded MT Bold;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Three Civil War Monuments in Moberly's Oakland Cemetery have been restored. Thanks should be extended to the City of Moberly & the Randolph County Historical Society for there efforts in leading the way in what is a source of pride for many people in many different ways.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Rounded MT Bold;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This event is a part of the City of Moberly 150th year Sesquicentennial. Re-dedication of each monument will take place on SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29<sup>TH</sup> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>STARTING AT 2:00 PM. Posting of the Colors will start at the GAR's Soldiers Monument on the west side of the cemetery. Proceed to the GAR Lincoln Monument at the center and end with the UDC Monument at the foot of the hill. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Rounded MT Bold;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>SUV & DUV members with be responsible for the speakers at both GAR monuments and SCV & UDC members for the UDC monument. The City & RCHS can have and invite as many additional speakers as they wish. It is the desire of this writer to have as many Dignitaries & Scholars here to participate. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Rounded MT Bold;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This notice is being widely distributed among members of the SUV, DUV, UDC & SCV/MOSB. MCWRA Civil War Re-enacting Company members in Missouri and surrounding states.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Rounded MT Bold;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This Magic City came to be at the close of the war and was built by the survivors. It sprang up around the railroads going west and southwest and the coal mines that fueled them. There are well over 100 known soldiers of that conflict buried in this one cemetery. The three monuments erected here are very unique and a great source of pride for the community.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Rounded MT Bold;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We hope you can join us there! Take the Rollins Street exit off US HWY 63 about 1 mile south of junction US HWY 24. Oakland Cemetery is on the north side of Rollins Street a very short from HWY 63. </span></div>
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Below is the correct Charge given to the USCV in 1906 and it can also be found in our Constitution on pages 3 and 4. <br /><br /><a alt="https://scv.secure-sites.biz/pdf/AIC-SCVCONSTITUTION-(Revised-Nash).pdf" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001cdC60JhHKDrdUQI_vCxw2dkutiQoGslcqBVPYb_oSVOL3iJ31UTqytnzwbtZxCfesVxbJ-1BSo_QoqYRazjwZKkZ3-fj9fx85vS-_h_UY8TaOXUSiZ9UuiRhdwW23g9oElXmutGJYwIxZ8-FB7GP8BFz5zbSqrd9NXjgTgD6y8GQeGzPD8uMhrqQh4_L9NGZPTEMxM93KUES8j1JHH3du2U_vij31cRIiue-cyr5OgB3zpTrahOTcg==&c=8eDGbGPsdrMNc83_q-81hqcVH9QB6x-D_jn8Rn2BAL876ff9GYtMnw==&ch=ccnB4J49e9SqRnV2fMhxAMv9ErXEVuoRPbhv98z434o0J5zLV5L20w==" linktype="1" shape="rect" style="color: #004db4; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" track="on">https://scv.secure-sites.biz/pdf/AIC-SCVCONSTITUTION-(Revised-Nash).pdf</a></div>
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Over the years, there have been many variations and add-ons; however, this is the Official Charge and it "highly encouraged" that it should be the one used. How can we as an organization who defends the truth and fights revisionism but then in turn use a version of The Charge that is not true or historical accurate be taken seriously? Be sure your Division and its members use the correct Charge.</div>
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For many of us, our first introduction to the Civil War came through a teacher. A good teacher can turn dry facts into an engaging experience that stirs their students' imaginations. They not only teach the key lessons of our history, they inspire kids to care about our past and our hallowed ground.</div>
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Unfortunately, with shrinking school budgets and increasingly strict education standards, teachers are being asked to do more and more with less and less. As a result, <a href="http://members.civilwar.org/site/R?i=aWqIgU2SLaM5TyngSKBjTg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">our teachers have less time and fewer resources</a> to devote to teaching the Civil War.</div>
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To reverse this trend, the Civil War Trust established our National Teacher Institute, a free professional development experience that provides K-12 educators with all the tools they need to teach the Civil War in creative and engaging ways. Now in its 20th year, our Teacher Institute has become the world's best Civil War professional development conference. Attendees walk Civil War battlefields with noted historians, get behind-the-scenes tours of museums, and—most importantly—connect with fellow educators to share strategies for tackling the unique challenges teachers face.</div>
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Less than a month from now, nearly 200 teachers are signed up to join us for the 2016 National Teacher Institute in Richmond, Virginia. This promises to be an excellent event! But, with just nineteen days before the event kicks off—giving teachers from around the U.S. this enriching experience—we have learned that a source of funding will not come through this year. <a href="http://members.civilwar.org/site/R?i=AjRZjeF_2uCQr3SmNRO47g" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">We need $20,000 to cover the remaining cost of this year's institute.</a></div>
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Will you <a href="http://members.civilwar.org/site/R?i=seIBTOc3qw4XnYDDqOK9zg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">help provide</a> this experience for educators and, in turn, inspire and excite the next generation of Americans about their history?</div>
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By sending teachers to Richmond, you are allowing them to receive crucial education sources like lesson plans and multimedia materials—things they can take back to the classroom for the upcoming school year. You are giving our nation's educators the opportunity to learn from Civil War experts, including Bud Robertson and Kevin Levin. You are giving teachers FREE continuing education units and certifications through Virginia Tech. And you are giving teachers an amazing experience that will get them prepared and refreshed for the upcoming year!</div>
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School is out for summer, but teachers are just beginning their most important lesson planning. Let's ensure that our students are receiving the best possible Civil War education. <a href="http://members.civilwar.org/site/R?i=t8gxGGv-HI3BjgOs7RrmLQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Please help support our Teacher Institute</a> so educators across the country can inspire the next generation and instill a passion for history.</div>
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'Til the Battle is Won<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09980815957212657902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526592463810761609.post-69491756766529451292016-06-11T07:04:00.000-05:002016-06-11T07:04:17.478-05:00The last year has been the worst for our Southern heritage since the end of Reconstruction.<div style="color: black;">
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<tr><td><b>From: </b></td><td>Christopher M. Sullivan <Sullivanc@skyagunsta.com></td></tr>
<tr><td><b>Date: </b></td><td>June 9, 2016 4:34:48 AM</td></tr>
<tr><td><b>Subject: </b></td><td>Our So. Car. ally needs our help</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times" , "baskerville" , "georgia" , serif;">It's safe to say that the last year has been the worst for our Southern heritage since the end of Reconstruction.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times" , "baskerville" , "georgia" , serif;">Beginning here in South Carolina with the removal of the Confederate Battleflag <img align="right" height="342" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/ea8efc7b015b39c2be2d9e513/images/c39bdcd2-2230-4317-8ad1-688a7c2aeb87.jpg" style="border: 0; height: 342px; margin: 6px 0px 0px 6px; outline: none; text-decoration: none; width: 228px;" width="228" />from beside the Confederate Soldiers' Monument on the Statehouse grounds, we have seen an endless string of attacks on our flags, monuments, and even the very graves of our noble Confederate ancestors.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times" , "baskerville" , "georgia" , serif;">Last July, when the powerful forces of political correctness were bearing down on the Palmetto State, our legislators, many of whom had previously pretended to be an ally, cowered under the heat of the national media spotlight.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times" , "baskerville" , "georgia" , serif;">When the actual vote came down in the State Senate, only three Senators voted right, but only one Senator took the floor to unashamedly defend our heritage and make the case to keep it flying: that Senator was SCV Compatriot Lee Bright.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times" , "baskerville" , "georgia" , serif;">Sen. Bright made a forceful and courageous stand, not only on the floor of the Senate, but he braved numerous interviews with the national media, all while being excoriated and threatened for refusing to toe the party line.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times" , "baskerville" , "georgia" , serif;">I hope you haven't forgotten about the courageous stand Sen. Bright took because, I can tell you, our enemies haven't.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times" , "baskerville" , "georgia" , serif;">At the time of the vote last year, they vowed to defeat Sen. Bright in his re-election. They want to be rid of him, and they are spending tens of thousands of dollars on radio and television attacking Sen. Bright for his conservative stands on everything from government spending to his fight to prevent President Obama from forcing us to open the ladies bathroom to men who "identify" as women.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times" , "baskerville" , "georgia" , serif;">Because of that, Sen Bright is in a tough re-election bid. These liberal groups want to put his head on a pike, because if they can defeat him, they can intimidate anybody else who dares to stand up to them.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times" , "baskerville" , "georgia" , serif;">And don't think the fight is over. Just last week, Governor Nikki Haley announced she now wants to get rid of the historic Confederate Battleflag displayed in the Chapel at The Citadel.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times" , "baskerville" , "georgia" , serif;">I hope I don't need to convince you that we need to become much more aggressive in fighting back against these repeated insults to our ancestors' sacred memory.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times" , "baskerville" , "georgia" , serif;">The first step is to join ranks with Sen. Bright.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times" , "baskerville" , "georgia" , serif;">The election is just a few days away: June 14. Please take a moment, right now, and make a contribution to Sen. Bright's re-election campaign.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times" , "baskerville" , "georgia" , serif;">Sen. Bright has some great television and radio commercials but right now we're being overwhelmed by the opposition.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times" , "baskerville" , "georgia" , serif;">Sen. Bright stood up for us last year, now is our chance to stand up for him. Now is our chance to regroup and begin returning fire.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times" , "baskerville" , "georgia" , serif;">In addition to making a contribution, you can also volunteer to help the campaign by sending an email to <a href="mailto:Manager@BrightforSenate.com" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #2baadf; font-weight: normal; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-decoration: underline;">Manager@BrightforSenate.com</a>. Using an internet-based system you can make calls from anywhere.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times" , "baskerville" , "georgia" , serif;"> Let us do or die!</span></span></div>
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Today, we are pleased to announce a new opportunity to save 313 acres at <a href="http://members.civilwar.org/site/R?i=ONbEHhYR6uU-1VXkVbQQnQ">five Virginia battlefields.</a> These battlefields—<a href="http://members.civilwar.org/site/R?i=l8CqB1_l-WbuRaKNd7zAgQ">Williamsburg,</a> <a href="http://members.civilwar.org/site/R?i=H0qEaoXtM_SkCE4bEIKCTQ">Gaines' Mill,</a> <a href="http://members.civilwar.org/site/R?i=yVPAFWjtoyeqwEGHcQ6j3w">Ream's Station,</a> <a href="http://members.civilwar.org/site/R?i=D4zl8zvbv6AoPBzO_bpIsw">White Oak Road,</a> and <a href="http://members.civilwar.org/site/R?i=n8HWGUR1dCe3JJlG_2cpuQ">Sailor's Creek</a>—represent a significant cross-section of Virginia's rich Civil War history from the early campaigns around Richmond to Lee's retreat to Appomattox Court House. <strong>Saving this hallowed ground is exactly why the Civil War Trust exists.</strong></div>
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As a lover of history, you probably know that Virginia was the most fought-over state of the Civil War. The war's first major battle—Bull Run (Manassas)—took place in the Old Dominion. Richmond, Virginia was also the capital of the Confederacy, and thus was the focal point of numerous campaigns. And, of course, Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House has long been viewed—both then and now—as the symbolic end of the Civil War. Simply put, Virginia was at the center of the conflict. Throughout the war, the nation's attention was riveted on the Old Dominion.</div>
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It should be no surprise that—thanks to members like you—we have already saved more than 22,000 acres of battlefield land in Virginia. That's far more land than in any other state. But when you consider just how much American history occurred in the Old Dominion, it's easy to understand why we—and you—have done so much work there.</div>
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<strong>This effort—which features an incredible $10.80-to-$1 match—will save nearly $1 million worth of hallowed ground for just $91,000.</strong> These are battlefields that you and I have already worked to preserve, where a combined 34,500 Americans became casualties in our nation's defining conflict. In each case, we will be building on previous successes and bringing these battlefields one step closer to completion and honoring the memory of those who fought there.</div>
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<a href="http://members.civilwar.org/site/R?i=eQhxgHrC-BFd7FkdpzsNKQ">Help us Save Five Virginia Battlefields,</a></div>
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<br /> <img alt="Jim" src="http://www.civilwar.org/assets/images/aboutus/jim-lighthizer-signature.png" /><br /> 'Til the Battle is Won,<br /> Jim Lighthizer</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09980815957212657902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526592463810761609.post-11982576875245895582016-06-07T13:50:00.002-05:002016-06-07T13:50:46.265-05:00Hughes Camp June Meeting is this Thursday Night -- JUNE 9TH<br />
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We did not send a newsletter out this month because we decided to take a
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break. We did not send a postcard out either. We are having a meeting
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this Thursday night at Ernies and Cross Lounge in Sugar Creek. Our guest
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speaker will be Paul Petersen. I do not know what he will give his
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camp merchandise there as usual. See you Thursday night at the meeting.
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Jason Coffman
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CommanderAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09980815957212657902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526592463810761609.post-53321262069686367132016-06-01T05:00:00.000-05:002016-06-01T05:00:06.540-05:00Little Mary Phagan Day Proclamation in Georgia<br />
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<strong>(ATLANTA - May 29, 2015) </strong> Perhaps the most well-known and most horrific murder in the history of Georgia occurred on April 26, 1913 when little Mary Phagan was brutally raped and murdered while going to collect her wages of $1.20 before attending the parade for the aging Georgia veterans on Confederate Memorial Day. </div>
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The following proclamation establishing "Little Mary Phagan Day" was announced in 2013 as an annual remembrance: </div>
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Little Mary Phagan was born to Frances Elizabeth L. "Fannie" Phagan Benton Coleman and William Joshua Phagan in Florence, Alabama, on the 1st day of June, in the year of our Lord 1899; and<br />
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Fannie Phagan married John W. Coleman in 1912, moving into the downtown Atlanta community of "Cabbagetown" where Little Mary Phagan began employment at the National Pencil Factory in the Spring of 1912; and<br />
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The United Confederate Veterans and the Masons raised money to bury her at Marietta City Cemetery. She lies in the Southeast corner where Cemetery Street and West Atlanta Street intersect, adjacent to the Confederate Cemetery; and<br />
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Missouri House Bill 2476 has been filed by Representative Warren Love. Attached is a copy of the bill. Please note - this is by no means of a guarantee of ANYTHING. As with all bills, it must clear several hurdles. It must receive several "readings", then be assigned to a committee, get voted on and passed by the committee, before being brought to a vote of the House. It can also be amended during this process as well. It would then have to pass the House before being moved to the Senate. </div>
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This bill is probably not perfect, but it is a start. Let us hope it does not die in committee and gets to the floor and beyond. Let us also thank Representative Love for his efforts and hard work.</div>
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I suggesting that you contact your State Representatives at this time and let your voices be heard. Again this is:</div>
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House Bill 2476 - Establishes the Missouri Heritage Protection Act of 2016 to preserve any state historic military monument or memorial, marker, designated veterans' grave marker, and statutorily designated monument or memorial.</div>
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I am also copying Bruce Hillis on this as he has worked hard and also understands the Missouri Legislative Process probably better than any of us.</div>
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See text of the bill here: <a href="http://hughescamp.org/Documents/HB2476I.PDF" target="_blank">HB2476I.PDF</a></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09980815957212657902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526592463810761609.post-63842870431146849382016-01-09T08:00:00.000-06:002016-01-09T08:00:10.769-06:00There was no slavery in the NORTH?<br />
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5526592463810761609" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a>The idea that the Northern states were against slavery is a complete falsehood. The newspapers are filled with ads buying and selling African people. The only reason that slavery was more widespread in the South was not because Northern Whites loved Black people, but because the warmer climate and flatter terrain in the South allowed for more varieties of produce to be grown in a much larger area. Simply put: the farther South one goes, the higher the concentration of Black slaves.<br />
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The early Massachusetts legislature was the first to officially welcome the African slave trade; in fact, many "proper Bostonians" built their fortunes upon that despicable enterprise. Massachusetts became America's leading slave-ship builder and sent one expedition after another into Africa to rape, pillage, and plunder her Black humanity. Gangs of chained Africans were landed on the docks of Boston and Salem by white Massachusetts merchants and auctioned alongside hogs, lumber, and casks of cheese, destined for a life of hopeless bondage.<br />
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Slaveholders in the North were exceedingly brutal and in New York "inappropriate and disruptive kindness" was actually against the law. Any master "forgiving, making up, or compromising" with slaves was severely fined in New York. Wall Street (which has now enslaved ALL of America) was notorious in the 1600s for its African and Indian slave auctions.<br />
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Source: The Reclamation Project, The Hidden History of Massachusetts (2003); The Hidden History of New York (1998); NOI, Jews Selling Blacks, pp. 46-48 (RI & CT), 58 & 59 (RI), 109-111 (NY), 36-37, 57, 106 & 107 (PA).<br />
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09980815957212657902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526592463810761609.post-6179108005054223292016-01-08T08:00:00.000-06:002016-01-08T08:00:23.934-06:00The South More Cheated Than Conquered<br />
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From: bernhard1848@gmail.com<br />
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The enemies of the American South fought to preserve a fraternal Union which no longer existed, and forced that South under despotic Northern rule with bayonets. The North's politicians claimed that the Southern States had not left the Union and only had to send its representatives back Washington — and all would be as before. The following is an excerpt from Senator B.H. Hill's 18 February 1874 address to the Southern Historical Society in Atlanta.<br />
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Bernhard Thuersam, www.Circa1865.com The Great American Political Divide<br />
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The South More Cheated than Conquered<br />
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"[The] Northern States and people were not satisfied with [slavery abolished throughout the South]. The war being over, our arms surrendered, our government scattered, and our people helpless, they now determined not only to enlarge the issues made by the war and during the war, but they also determined to change those issues and make demands which had not before been made . . . they now made demands which they had, in every form, declared they could have no power or right to make without violating the Constitution they had sworn to support, and destroying the Union they had waged war itself to preserve.<br />
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Over and over during the war they proclaimed in every authoritative form to us and to foreign governments, that secession was a nullity, that our States were still in the Union; and that we had only to lay down our arms, and retain all our rights and powers as equal States in the Union.<br />
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We laid down our arms, and immediately they insisted our States had lost all their rights and powers in the Union, and while compelled to remain under the control if the Union, we could only do so with such rights and powers as they might accord, and on such terms and conditions they might impose.<br />
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Over and over again during the war they, in like authoritative forms, proclaimed that our people had taken up arms in defense of secession under misapprehension of their purposes toward us, and that we only had to lay down our arms and continue to enjoy, in the Union, every right and privilege as before the mistaken act of secession.<br />
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We laid down our arms and they declared we were all criminals and traitors, who had forfeited all rights and privilege, and were entitled to neither property, liberty or life, except through their clemency!<br />
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Over and over again during the wat they, in like authoritative forms, proclaimed that the seats of our members in Congress were vacant, and we had only to return and occupy them as it was both our right and duty to do.<br />
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Our people laid down their arms and sent on their members, and they were met with the startling proposition that we neither had the right to participate in the administration of the Union, nor even to make law or government for our own States!<br />
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Addressing this Society in Virginia, during the last summer, Mr. (Jefferson) Davis said: "We were more cheated than conquered into surrender."<br />
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The Northern press denounced this as a slander, and some of our Southern press deprecated the expression as indiscreet! I aver tonight, what history will affirm, that the English language does not contain, and could not form a sentence of equal size which expressed more truth. We were cheated not only by our enemies; but the profuse proclamations of our enemies, before referred to, were taken up and repeated by malcontents in our midst – many of them too, who had done all in their power to hurry our people into secession.<br />
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Oh, my friends, we were fearfully, sadly, treacherously, altogether cheated into surrender! If the demands were made, after the war was over, had been frankly avowed while the war was in progress, there would have been no pretexts for our treacherous malcontents; there would have been no division or wearying among our people; there would have been no desertions from our armies, and there would have been no surrender of arms, nor loss of our cause. Never! Never!"<br />
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(Southern Secession and Northern Coercion, the Spitefulness of Reconstruction, Senator Benjamin H. Hill, Society for Biblical and Southern Studies, 2001 (original 1874), pp. 9-11)<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09980815957212657902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526592463810761609.post-41544705849280683892016-01-07T08:00:00.000-06:002016-01-07T08:00:18.890-06:00Inheriting Northern Problems<br />
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From: bernhard1848@gmail.com<br />
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The South after 1865 not only became an economic colony for Northern interests, but also fell prey to the vices associated with the relentless and unbridled pursuit of profit inherent in the Northern culture.<br />
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Bernhard Thuersam, www.Circa1865.com The Great American Political Divide<br />
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"During the decade of the twenties, the South surpassed New England in textile manufacturing. A growing percentage of owners of Southern mills were absentee Yankees. In 1929 the region's first serious labor revolts occurred, and Communist agitators were discovered among the rioters in Gastonia, North Carolina. There could no longer be any doubt that industrialization threatened to bring change. Some Southerners questioned the wisdom of continuing to heed the advocates of the "New South."<br />
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If the South proceeded in remaking herself in the image of the North, would she not fall heir to those Northern problems from which she had fancied herself immune? Chief among the literary expressions of reaction was "I'll Take My Stand," published in 1930. A defense of agrarianism and individualism, it was the work of twelve Southern writers, most of them associated with Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. During the 1920's, four of their number (John Crowe Ransom, Allen Tate, Robert Penn Warren, Donald Davidson) published "The Fugitive," a significant magazine of poetry and criticism.<br />
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Later in the decade with the nation seemingly committed to materialism and the South in ferment, they began their quest for Southern identity. They found the good life in an agrarian society where ideals meant more than money — in the South before 1880 — and they recommended it to a nation which had lost its balance. Like the Fugitives, Ball found the cherished personal virtues — the code of the upcountryman — secure only in the land. But because his arena was political, he saw the happier life also dependent upon conservative government.<br />
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(Damned Upcountryman, William Watts Ball, John D. Starke, Duke Press, 1968, pp. 151-152)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09980815957212657902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526592463810761609.post-6290401587540377482016-01-06T08:00:00.000-06:002016-01-06T08:00:14.852-06:00An Infernal Traffic Originating in Avarice<br />
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From: bernhard1848@gmail.com<br />
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Virginia had one-third of the entire slave population of the Union within her borders in 1787, courtesy of the British crown and New England slave traders – and despite her protests to cease importation. Georgia originally banned slaves under James Oglethorpe but British avarice eventually overcame his vision of a free colony. It then follows that the flag of slavery is not the flag of the American Confederacy.<br />
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An Infernal Traffic Originating in Avarice<br />
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"The supreme opportunity for suppressing the importation of slaves and thus hastening the day of emancipation came with the adoption of the Federal Constitution. [With] every increase in the number of slaves [imported] the difficulties and dangers of emancipation were multiplied. The hope of emancipation rested in stopping their further importation and dispersing throughout the land those who had already found a home in our midst.<br />
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To put an end to "this pernicious traffic" was therefore the supreme duty of the hour, but despite Virginia's protests and appeals the foreign slave trade was legalized by the Federal Constitution for an additional period of twenty years.<br />
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The nation knew not the day of its visitation – with blinded eye and reckless hand it sowed the dragon's teeth from which have sprung the conditions and problems which even to-day tax the thought and conscience of the American people.<br />
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The action of the [constitutional] convention is declared by Mr. Fiske, to have been "a bargain between New England and the far South."<br />
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"New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Connecticut," he adds, "consented to the prolonging of the foreign slave trade for twenty years, or until 1808; and in return South Carolina and Georgia consented to the clause empowering Congress to pass Navigation Acts and otherwise regulate commerce by a simple majority of votes."<br />
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Continuing, Mr. Fiske says, "This compromise was carried against the sturdy opposition o Virginia." George Mason spoke the sentiments of the Mother-Commonwealth when in a speech against this provision of the constitution, which reads like prophecy and judgment, he said:<br />
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"This infernal traffic originated in the avarice of British merchants. The British Government constantly checked the attempts of Virginia to put a stop to it. The present question concerns, not the importing States alone, but the whole Union . . . Maryland and Virginia, he said, had already prohibited the importation of slaves expressly. North Carolina had done the same in substance. All this would be in vain if South Carolina and Georgia were at liberty to import.<br />
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The Western people are already calling out for slaves for their new lands; and will fill that country with slaves if they can be got through South Carolina and Georgia.<br />
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Slavery discourages arts and manufactures. The poor despise labor when performed by slaves. They prevent the emigration of whites, who really enrich and strengthen a country. They produce the most pernicious effect on manners. Every master of slaves is born a petty tyrant. They bring the judgment of Heaven on a country. As nations cannot be rewarded or punished in the next world, they must be in this. By an inevitable chain of cause and events, Providence punishes National sins by National calamities.<br />
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He lamented that some of our Eastern [New England] brethren had, from a lust of gain, embarked in this nefarious traffic."<br />
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"But these prophetic words of George Mason," adds Mr. Fiske, "were powerless against the combination of New England and the far South. Governor Randolph and Mr. Madison earnestly supported their colleague . . . and the latter asserting: "Twenty years will produce all the mischief that can be apprehended from the liberty to import slaves. So long a term will be more dishonorable to the American character than to say nothing about it in the constitution.<br />
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Thus it was by the votes of New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, and against the votes of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Virginia, that the slave trade was legalized by the National Government for the period from 1787 to 1808."<br />
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(Virginia's Attitude Toward Slavery and Secession, Beverly B. Mumford, L.H. Jenkins, 1909, pp. 29-31)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09980815957212657902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526592463810761609.post-30215248341440009722016-01-05T08:00:00.000-06:002016-01-05T08:00:19.052-06:00Six Thousand Against Twenty Thousand!<br />
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From: bernhard1848@gmail.com<br />
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Despite the tide of war turning against them and being hopelessly outnumbered in every battle, the hungry and ragged American soldiers fought on in North Carolina, bravely trying to destroy the Northern invaders. They fought to protect their families, homes and State; their enemies fought for bounties, looting and conquest.<br />
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Bernhard Thuersam, www.Circa1865.com The Great American Political Divide<br />
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Six Thousand Against Twenty Thousand!<br />
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"At Monroe's Farm . . . General Wade Hampton and his Confederate cavalry caught Judson Kilpatrick with his pants down — in fact, without any pants — in a sudden surprise attack during the early dawn of March 11 [1865]. Had the famished Confederates not stopped to loot the Yankee camp of food, they might have gained a signal victory that day.<br />
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Many of the Confederates killed in that fight were boys — the seed corn of the Confederacy, as Governor Vance called them. They died then, those boys, many calling for their mothers. Their mangled bodies lie in a mass grave in old Longstreet Church Cemetery, now a part of the Fort Bragg [military] Reservation.<br />
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On through Fayetteville, across the Cape Fear River and up toward Averasboro went [General Joseph E.] Johnston's little army of hungry, ragged men. Only a few days before an order had been issued than none would be excused from duty merely because he had no shoes! And this was March, and it was cold and it rained — Lord, it rained all the time.<br />
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So they slogged through the mud and the mire and ate parched corn, pickled pork, roots, grub worms — anything they could chew and swallow. It was at the time when Johnston's chief surgeon stated he didn't believe there was a sound set of guts in the entire Confederate Army.<br />
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The route of Johnston's retreat could be followed by following the trail of dysentery-ridden soldiers left in houses along the way. These, then, were the 6,000 men of General Hardee's Corps, composed principally of South Carolinians, who placed themselves across that 3-1/2 mile stretch of land between the Cape Fear River and Black Rivers — 4 miles south of old Averasboro. Their job? Lick the Yankees!<br />
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Over in the Black River Swamp the Confederates had charged the Yankee position . . . The charge was intended to turn the Federal right and neatly cul-de-sac the whole Yankee Army against the Cape Fear River and destroy it. Six thousand against twenty thousand!"<br />
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(They Passed This Way, Malcolm Fowler, Friends of Harnett County Library, 1955, pp. 95-96)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09980815957212657902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526592463810761609.post-50904686969610242952016-01-04T08:00:00.000-06:002016-01-04T08:00:09.001-06:00The Northern Record Speaks a Lie<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5526592463810761609" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><br />
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From: bernhard1848@gmail.com<br />
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The victor of wars writes the history, inflates his lofty intentions and controls what is set in the record. William Joseph Peele was a simple North Carolinian who is credited with the creation of the Agricultural and Mechanic Arts schools in the State, and support for a State Historical Commission which would set the record straight.<br />
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Bernhard Thuersam, www.Circa1865.com The Great American Political Divide<br />
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"Mr. Peele could not get away from the idea that the cause of the Civil War was commercial jealousy. Henry Adams and Mill say that in '61 the people of England entertained the same opinion. Peele did give credit to the North for so shifting the issue that it seemed to be a war for freedom.<br />
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"The agitation about the Negro, as a counter-irritant to distract attention from the injustice of Federal revenue laws, was [said Peele] more than a success; for the shallow politicians of both sections forgot the real issue; but the beneficiaries never lost sight of it. I will use a homely illustration:<br />
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A and B are doing business on the opposite sides of a street; B begins to undersell A; A becomes angry, but cannot afford to tell his customers the cause; he hears that B once cheated a Negro out of a mule; he makes that charge; they fight; the court record of the trial shows that the fight was about the Negro and the mule; but there is not a business man on the street who does not know that the record speaks a lie."<br />
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(William Joseph Peele, by Robert W. Winston, Proceedings of the North Carolina Historical Commission, November, 1919, page 116)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09980815957212657902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526592463810761609.post-35739082265929473762016-01-03T08:00:00.000-06:002016-01-03T08:00:07.440-06:00How Sunday's Were Kept<br />
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From: bernhard1848@gmail.com<br />
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5526592463810761609" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a>The passage below describes how Sunday was kept in Wilmington, North Carolina about a century ago, when religious faith commanded better attention than today. The painting that captivated Emma (below) was of the burial of Captain William Latane, the only casualty of Stuart's ride around McClellan's army in the Spring of 1862. His body was seized by the enemy, who refused to allow a clergyman to pass through their lines to officiate at the burial. The lady holding the Bible described below was Mrs. Willoughby Newton, who read the funeral service.<br />
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Bernhard Thuersam, www.Circa1865.com The Great American Political Divide<br />
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"Preparations for Sunday started on Saturday in our house; the kitchen was a-hustle with the making of cake, bread, puddings and pies. My Mother did not believe in making her servant cook anything on Sunday that could be prepared the day before. We children were made to study our Sunday School lessons and the catechism and to take a more thorough and inspected hot bath than on other days.<br />
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In our home we generally got up on Sundays an hour later than week days. We were always eager for our breakfast as we knew we would have salt mackerel and hominy. The mackerel had been soaked overnight and when cooked was served with cut up hard boiled eggs and butter poured on top.<br />
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And that was real butter — no substitute — we did not know there was such a commodity. The hominy had been cooked and stirred for an hour. There were biscuits and coffee and cambric tea for the children. And in season we had canteloupes and oranges—fruit juices were unknown.<br />
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After a leisurely meal the family dispersed until Church time, some to read the papers. We smaller children generally followed Mama to look at her garden, for my mother always had flowers in bloom, regardless of season, and Sunday morning was always the time to show them off and talk about them.<br />
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If there was time before church we would run next door to speak to Grandpa Worth, but only for a minute because we had to be at Church on time and we walked . . . as there were few pavements we had to pick the best side to walk on, for we had our Sunday-go-to-meeting shoes to keep clean.<br />
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After Sunday dinner the older members of the family had their naps and woe to any of us that played the piano or gramophone during those hours. Then we had to get ready for Sunday School at four o'clock.<br />
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By the time we reached home it was almost 5:00 p.m. But as we sat listening to our elders talking about things we were not interested in, we had one unfailing source of wonder. We sat facing a picture which has been almost a part of our lives. I have it to this day in a place of honor in my living room — "The Burial of Latane."<br />
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It told us a story of a young Confederate officer's burial. Weeping young women stood there. There was the grave digger leaning on his spade ready. There was no clergyman to read the service. A dignified woman dressed in black held an open book and was ready to do what she could for service. Two lovely children stood near and the faithful colored servants were in the background. We read much into the picture and have always loved it."<br />
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(A Goodly Heritage, Emma Woodward MacMillan, Wilmington Printing Company, 1961, pp. 9- 14)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09980815957212657902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526592463810761609.post-64697023418152526702016-01-02T08:00:00.000-06:002016-01-02T08:00:11.716-06:00Holden's Evil Genius in North Carolina<br />
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After the military overthrow of North Carolina's government in 1865, political opportunist William Woods Holden was appointed provisional governor by Andrew Johnson. An organizer of the Republican party in the State, he was elected governor in 1868 through election corruption and the disqualification of white voters. Holden biographer William C. Harris wrote: "Most contemporaries characterized Holden as a bitter, unscrupulous, and arrogant demagogue who frequently changed his political stripes to advance his own ambitions."<br />
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Bernhard Thuersam, www.Circa1865.com The Great American Political Divide<br />
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Holden's Evil Genius in North Carolina<br />
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"Governor Holden in his inaugural address laid down the doctrine that no part in government should be played by those who had opposed reconstruction. He then advocated and threatened the use of force by the State administration. These two ideas, with his defense of the carpetbaggers, were prophetic of the character of his administration, for it was bitterly partisan throughout, force was employed to uphold it, and it was entirely controlled by carpetbaggers.<br />
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With the one exception of John Pool, who was, throughout his administration, his evil genius, no one had any such upon him as was exerted by the corrupt gang of aliens who infested the State and surrounded him. All played on his ambition, and there lay his most fatal weakness. Into their hands he committed his future, believing that high national honors were soon to be his, and the result was not only disastrous to himself, but well-nigh ruinous to the State.<br />
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The first matter to receive the attention of the governor was, as was to be expected, the filling of such offices as lay within his gift. [The] governor busied himself with the appointments, keeping clearly in mind their political value, and taking care that the Negroes obtained their full share of these cheap honors.<br />
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The office of magistrate in North Carolina had always been one of honor and importance. It now became a by-word and a reproach. Governor Holden's appointments were notoriously poor and, in the main, the white men appointed were not much more fitted to discharge the duties of the office than were the Negroes. Hundreds of them could not read or write and prisoners often had to make out the papers to which the justice laboriously affixed his mark. Much of the later trouble in the administration of justice was due to these ignorant and often corrupt appointees of the governor.<br />
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The towns next won the governor's attention and, without any authority, he commenced the appointment of mayors and commissioners of the various towns of the State. The municipal officers of Raleigh refused to yield to the new [city] administration which was headed by the governor's brother-in-law. The governor then telegraphed to General Canby for a military force to seat his appointees. The next day he wired for the necessary force to oust the sheriff of New Hanover who had also declined to recognize an appointee of the governor. The sheriffs of Granville, Randolph, and other counties refused to and in every case military force was employed.<br />
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It was not a favorable outlook for North Carolina, though the real evils of Reconstruction were scarcely dreamed of. The leaders of [Holden's Republican] party were holding back until the presidential election should be won, when they would be safe from unfriendly interference by the national government. To that time they looked forward with more eagerness than any slave had ever hoped for freedom and with more longing than any weary Hebrew had ever felt for the Promised Land."<br />
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(Reconstruction in North Carolina, Joseph G. deR. Hamilton, 1914, excerpts, pp. 343-349)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09980815957212657902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526592463810761609.post-78169451146068375462016-01-01T08:00:00.000-06:002016-01-01T08:00:13.808-06:00Hoke Reveals a Kinship with Lee's Spirit<br />
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Major-General Robert F. Hoke of Lincolnton, North Carolina was said to be Lee's personal choice for command of the Army of Northern Virginia should he be incapacitated. A brilliant division commander, Hoke was not a West Pointer and after the war declined any reminiscences of his participation.<br />
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Bernhard Thuersam, www.Circa1865.com The Great American Political Divide<br />
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Hoke Reveals a Kinship of Lee's Spirit<br />
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"I once saw General Hoke eating ham and eggs and buckwheat cakes in a hotel in Greensboro. A massive man with broad smooth brow and well-trimmed gray beard, he resembled the pictures of General Lee. Later in the day when I was introduced to him at a railway station, the talk fell on the war with Spain, which had just ended and he told me President McKinley had offered him by telegraph a brigadier's commission in the army preparing to go to Cuba.<br />
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He thanked the President but declined. "I have seen enough of war in my time," he said. He spoke as casually as if he had said," "I had all the buckwheat cakes for breakfast I wanted."<br />
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We were then only four miles from the spot where he as the commander of a division in [General Joseph E.] Johnston's army had surrendered to Sherman. I tried to draw him out on the subject, but he was politely uninterested.<br />
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General Hoke engaged in mining and railroading after 1865. He resolutely refused to enter politics, unlike many of his brother officers who were only too ready to capitalize their war records. In this General Hoke revealed a kinship of the spirit of General Lee."<br />
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(Son of Carolina, Augustus White Long, Duke University Press, 1939, pp. 36-37)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09980815957212657902noreply@blogger.com