The American South has been wrangling in recent years with how to deal with its Confederate history, as public sentiment mounts against the relics of its ugly past. Savannah, Georgia has agreed to take one step to dismantle the public reminder of its citizens’ involvement in the War. The City Council recently moved to transfer […]
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The Confederate Flag does not represent a historical relic, but rather is a political symbol. The expansion project removed the flag because the State House believed that the community did not treat it as a piece of the past, but a representation of hatred. Confederate Flag from State House Still Causing Rifts As Relic Room Commission
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The last time I wrote about Sam Watkins, he got a Minnie ball through his new hat. That’s Sam in the photo above, but definitely not the same hat. (Sam was in Company H, First Tennessee Infantry). Well, it seems the next day he was on picket duty on top of Missionary Ridge. That’s part of Lookout
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Private Sam Watkins was on picket duty on Missionary Ridge, on top of Lookout Mountain near Chattanooga, Tennessee.Sam watched a night battle at the base of the mountain: “It looked like lightning bugs on a dark night.” Sam, Theodore Sloan and Hog Johnson were in an old log cabin, no sleep for two days, but
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The story goes that in 1861 the hamlet of Town Line decided to secede from the Union, by a vote of 85 to 40. It wasn’t until 1946 that another vote was held about rejoining the United States. This time there were 90 votes to rejoin the Union. But 23 Rebels were still holding out
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The Civil War Battle of Lexington, Missouri is also known as the Battle of Hemp Bales. As you may know, hemp is a variety of the Cannabis plant that is used for making rope.Some quick background. Missouri was sort of neutral in early 1861. Then Lincoln called for 75,000 troops to put down the rebellion.
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“Fightin’ Joe” Wheeler has the distinction of serving as both a Confederate General in the Civil War, and later as a U.S. Army General. That’s him in the photo, in front of the others.Joseph Wheeler graduated from West Point in 1859. After completing Cavalry School, he was posted to Fort Craig in New Mexico Territory. It
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The South Carolina Confederate flag display has remained uncertain. The flag that has been removed from South Carolina’s Statehouse grounds has been in storage since it was removed. The flag was removed after a man killed many people and used the flag as a symbol of his beliefs. It has been more than two years
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There is a school in Amarillo that is going to have its name changed. The name of Robert E. Lee Elementary is going to be changed to Lee Elementary. The name change is not sitting well with some people because they feel the name is still tied to people that were for slavery. Amarillo’s Robert E.
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A lawmaker has proposed a law that allow local municipalities to remove Confederate statues, rather than going through the state legislature. This streamlines the removal process, and leaves these decisions up to the local governments. In wake of the recent unrest regarding the removal of such statues, the lawmaker felt and expedited process was necessary. Toscano
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