Robert E. Lee is famous as a battlefield commander, but the Civil War had been raging for over a year before he led men in battle. Here is how it happened.Lee and Joseph E. Johnston were classmates at West Point, and they distinguished themselves during the Mexican-American War (1846). In 1861, they resigned from the […]
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A Memorial High School senior has secured a headstone for a former mayor. Charles Frances Bullock has finally secured a headstone thanks to the efforts of a high school students. The scout was working on improving his rank and came across a person who did not have a name on their headstone. RIP: Scout secures marker
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There is a giant Confederate monument that will not likely be taken down any time in the near future. There was a poll done and the vast majority of people did not want their prized monument to leave. Only seventeen percent of people actually thought the statue should be removed from where it stands now.. Kentucky’s
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A Civil War re-enactment will relocate from Fort Stevens State Park after it was held there for 27 years. There are new fees and people feel as though they have been given the cold shoulder. That is why they are leaving and going somewhere new. Fees were waived for years, but now they are being
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For a very long time this country has been seen as racist. What happened to American pride? The flag is a symbol and trademark of our country and many people do not see it that way. It is is seen as a racist thing along with the national anthem. This flag should be celebrated, not
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The state of Florida is close to replacing a statue of a general war figure who fought for the side of the Confederacy, with the statue of an African American women who has also made a contribution to this country. There are many people that disagree with this move, but there are many that support
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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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