Confederate Memorial Day
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I'm a very short walk from the little church where the man who once owned my land is buried. His tomb stone says "Served Four Years in the War of 1860".
If you do the math on the stone, he was 40 years old in 1860. ... and lived into his late 80's. He must have been one tough ol' boot.
If you do the math on the stone, he was 40 years old in 1860. ... and lived into his late 80's. He must have been one tough ol' boot.
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Larkin Green came over from Ireland. Had a son named Charles Green. Both served in the war of Northern aggression. They are on mother's side of family tree.
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The generations run pretty long on my paternal grandmother's side. I'm 39yrs old and my great great grandfather, Silas S. McColl, was a private in the Confederate Army during the war of northern aggression. He was among the troops with Robert E. Lee when he surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse.
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I’m mighty proud of our family history.
My great-Great grandfather was a Captain in the 7th Mississippi, captured at Vicksburg, parolled on condition he go home and never take up arms against the United States again.
I have some of his paystubs from the Confederate Army.......
......... several starting the month after he was paroled.
I have some of his paystubs from the Confederate Army.......
......... several starting the month after he was paroled.
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My Great Great Hamilton Hayes and his 4 brothers went to fight The War of Northern Aggression and only he came back. In my Gun Room is a picture of GG Hayes and his Bride taken in 1863 in Charleston. He proudly wears his uniform. He is buried in Oak Grove, S.C. Cemetery, inside an iron fence in the center of the grave yard. I have a great bit of War history in the Gun Room All our Battery Oaks Alumni stand proud when they look over the array of Southern history.
I have several copies of the original slave sale posters that were on many walls of the city of Charleston. I also have displayed an Original Ku Klux Klan robe from the 1930s along with a lot of Klan info including an Original mail out of a Klan ralley for Kolumbia, S.C. All of this to show All the history of the Glorious South, the good and the well intended that went sideways.
This day was Once an honored day in S.C. and I am sad to say had it not been for Larry I would have let it slip by.. Bless him and shame on me.
I have several copies of the original slave sale posters that were on many walls of the city of Charleston. I also have displayed an Original Ku Klux Klan robe from the 1930s along with a lot of Klan info including an Original mail out of a Klan ralley for Kolumbia, S.C. All of this to show All the history of the Glorious South, the good and the well intended that went sideways.
This day was Once an honored day in S.C. and I am sad to say had it not been for Larry I would have let it slip by.. Bless him and shame on me.
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Years ago several fellow students in elementary school brought Confederate money for us to learn how to count. It was from families that lost everything in that period. We played and trashed untold former fortunes. Now the stuff is becoming a worthwhile collectable, who would have guessed, certainly not a second grader. Sure would like to have some of those thousand dollar bills back!
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Since mom's family was from Richmond and nearby areas, we have pretty deep roots in that area. My grandfather had quite the collection of finds. Everything from buttons, buckles, artillery shells (used as doorstops!), and even a complete 1842 Springfield musket. He said watching the ground was more interesting than the ass end of a mule while plowing. Since mom's relatives was a mucky muck in the UDC, any time we visited we got to go places and see stuff the average Joe wouldn't.
Part of the family property was on the Confederate rear at Cold Harbor and other parts were literally in the Richmond defenses.
I have a picture of Mom as a little tyke sitting on the front porch of a house with one of my Confederate ancestors. He said after the War he didn't ever want to as much as see a Yankee again. And he moved so far into the sticks outside Richmond that the state didn't get a road into his area till the early 1930s.
One of my childhood friends had family outside Atlanta and a couple old trees soon their land still wore Sherman's Neckties, a railroad rail that was heated and bent around a tree. They still didn't much like Yankees but sadly, Atlanta fell in 1864 and is still under occupation.
Part of the family property was on the Confederate rear at Cold Harbor and other parts were literally in the Richmond defenses.
I have a picture of Mom as a little tyke sitting on the front porch of a house with one of my Confederate ancestors. He said after the War he didn't ever want to as much as see a Yankee again. And he moved so far into the sticks outside Richmond that the state didn't get a road into his area till the early 1930s.
One of my childhood friends had family outside Atlanta and a couple old trees soon their land still wore Sherman's Neckties, a railroad rail that was heated and bent around a tree. They still didn't much like Yankees but sadly, Atlanta fell in 1864 and is still under occupation.
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Billy does have a lot of historical memorabilia and examples of Southern culture. Our good friend @garvin has a lot of historical items and he's a wealth of knowledge about Southern history. I have learned a lot by being around these two fine gentlemen.
My CSA ancestor list keeps growing. I had all the direct grandfathers listed and now I starting to find all the uncles. Only found 1 so far that was a traitor and fought for the yankees.
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I was at a SCV meeting once. Everybody stood and told who their connection was. After all had stood and recounted their Captains, Majors, Colonels and so forth I stood and said..Hamilton Hayes, Company D, 25th Infantry Volunteers...and it appears he was the only Private in the Confederate Army.
Great laughter ensued.
Great laughter ensued.
I found a couple pieces of Confederate money in an old family Bible in my great aunt's house when she passed. It had been packed away in a trunk for yrs and in very good condition. I'll post pics when I get a chance.
One of my uncles is buried in Elmira, NY.... breaks my heart that he is not back in Virginia and laying in that rich Virginia soil. Instead, he died of dysentery at the Yankee POW camp and they laid him in that frozen, god-forsaken ground.
Yeah, everybody wants officers in their lineage. None in mine, at least commissioned officers. I have a couple sergeants, but mostly buck privates. If you think about it, officers were a distinct minority and that holds true in any military today.
That's because some people live life through association. Such people have to elevate ones associates to have a better perceived net worth. Truth be damned.
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This is a really good read for anyone interested in the real reasons the war was fought.
http://www.ushist.com/general-information/10_causes_of_the_war_between_the_states.shtml
http://www.ushist.com/general-information/10_causes_of_the_war_between_the_states.shtml
took my Great Grand father four weeks to walk home from there.
Where was he returning to? Mine walked back to McColl, SC. It's possible they shared a campfire at some point..... pretty cool to think about.
Charles Green was at Gettysburg and caught two slugs. They wanted to remove a leg and he told them no.
Charles took a bride before he left. During his time gone she died. When he came back and no wife, he married his dead wife's best friend. They had a son. Charles named his son after his first wife's brother. The brothers name was Barzilla Mills. Barzilla Mills founded a community in Polk Co. NC known as Mills Spring. Naming the son after the former brother in law pissed his new wife off something fierce.
The name Barzilla was passed to my grandfather and was passed to me. It is pronounced Bar like a bar, zil, e. Bar-zil-e.
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Charles took a bride before he left. During his time gone she died. When he came back and no wife, he married his dead wife's best friend. They had a son. Charles named his son after his first wife's brother. The brothers name was Barzilla Mills. Barzilla Mills founded a community in Polk Co. NC known as Mills Spring. Naming the son after the former brother in law pissed his new wife off something fierce.
The name Barzilla was passed to my grandfather and was passed to me. It is pronounced Bar like a bar, zil, e. Bar-zil-e.
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Very interesting read. Does he have sources cited somewhere too? I can see how some would say he is a bit of a biased source himself. Has anyone played "devil's advocate" with his assertions?
Not that I've seen, but he hits on several points that are also covered in the book The South Was Right by James and Walter Kennedy. It's been years since I read it but it's full of information.
The South Was Right!
By James Ronald Kennedy and Walter Donald Kennedy
History is written by the victor, and that of the American Civil War is no different. The idea that Southerners would die in order for only 6 percent of the population to own slaves just does not pass the "sniff" test.
The myth of a freedom-loving North and an evil, slave-holding South is just one that is exposed in The South Was Right! The idea of big government not only was politicized through the issue of slavery but also was made inevitable in the South's defeat. Because of the surrender, "we the people" of the United States are no longer sovereign. Today, a supreme federal government dictates what rights the states can exercise.
After the Union victory, a campaign of ongoing cultural cleansing has been waged to keep the South in its assigned place in American history. While many ethnic, religious, and cultural groups are celebrated, Southern heritage often is viewed with a wary eye.
Predicted to be "one of the most controversial books of the decade" when first published, The South Was Right! lives up to that forecast. This book is filled with documented evidence supporting all of the authors' claims and paints a frighteningly realistic picture of a captured people, their struggle to preserve their heritage, and their right to exist as a distinct culture and an independent country.
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That link is pure B.S. of the highest order. I will shoot it down in one simple stroke. Please read this
https://www.battlefields.org/learn/primary-sources/declaration-causes-seceding-states#South_Carolina
You can read the other documents as to why each state separated also. But to assume such garbage as linked in my quote is even remotely true is pure delusional. Each separating state wrote documents like the one I linked as to the why. And we still pay for that like of decision making it to this day.
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You shot nothing down. One was a historical breakdown of multiple social, political, economic, and religious reasons written as a summary. Your link is to individual documents from states. Both articles can be accurate.
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There was a Senator from Maine who stood on the floor of the Senate and said [paraphrasing] Not one state in the Union would ever have signed on to Statehood if they had thought for an instant that they could not leave. That's what we wanted to do...leave. 12-21-1860, right then, right now.
WWII has dozens of causes, but you wouldn’t read just the US declaration of war on Japan as the ultimate “reason” for the war. Such would be historically unjust and incorrect.
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The Fire Station in Mills Spring is where I go to vote. It's a 45 minute drive.
It's still a small community..just a couple gas stations, the general store and a school.