Two paintings now on display at the Gettysburg National Military Park offer a vivid depiction of two unique perspectives of the Civil War. “The Armed Slave” depicts a slave reading a book with a cigar in hand and a bayonet-equipped musket close by, ready to spring to action in John Brown’s failed slave uprising of
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North Fort Myers High School draws attention once more over the presence of confederate flags on their campus. Sky Hunter, a student, maintains that the school would not allow her to keep her confederate flag on her truck. This is the second time this issue has arisen, as the school came under fire last year
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A brief account of the battery flag and what became of it. Mr. Jno. W. Todd recounts his experience and provides details of his time with the confederacy with the flag. There was more use for guns than a flag, but it was worn under his uniform by cutting two holes in the flag to
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A number one worldwide product of today would not have been possible without the genius of a Confederate Soldier. Without the Civil War, you could say the world may have missed out on something really BIG. It’s a fact that the beginnings of the world’s most famous soft drink can be traced back to a
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As controversy continues to swirl around the removal of Confederate history, a prominent cafe in Georgia draws attention at the refusal to remove a carving of the old Georgia state flag that bears a Confederate Army emblem. Even after a fire, the restaurant still chose to display it, simply moving the artwork to the back
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The democratic party refused to set up a booth at the Lorain County Fair in Ohio because the board allowed confederate flags to be sold. In contrast, the Ohio State Fair did not allow the confederate flag to be sold due to the controversial issues. While some feel the confederate flag is part of history
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In 2016, the town of Benson, North Carolina, honored one of its own as a “Real Daughter of the Confederacy.” Iva Lee Benson Gainey was the daughter of Charles H. Benson, who enlisted at age 20 and served as a private in Company I of the 24th North Carolina Infantry. At the time, she was
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Great things come in small packages, they say. This is certainly true of one hard working young woman named Sally Tompkins. She stood only 5 feet tall, but her good work and devotion made her a giant among mankind. Sally came from a proud family with strong military roots. General George Washington had commissioned her
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They say history is written by the winners, sometimes the wrong winners write it. The article gives a review on the book written by Phillip Thomas Tucker in which he details how the famous pickett charge has been wrongly placed as the height of the southern offensive when it was actually the barksdale charge. The
The 5th Texas Regiment had created a new and unique design for their Battle Flag. It looked like the Confederate 1st National Flag, except for one major difference. There was no circle of stars representing Confederate States, only one “lone star” in the upper corner to symbolize Texas. They called it the “Lone Star and Bars.”
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