In March of 1865, a Jewish Confederate Captain Samuel Yates Levy wrote his father from a Union prisoner of war camp, “I long to breathe the free air of Dixie.” Many Jewish Southerners rallied to their states and sacrificed their lives in battle. It was probably the largest ethnic group to serve the Confederacy, made
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As Confederate monuments came down across the South in the summer of 2017, people in Catawba County, North Carolina, answered in their own way. Residents began raising Confederate flags on their homes, farms and businesses to show support for the soldiers who fought in the War Between the States. Local critics, including the NAACP, argued
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“I wish I was in the land of cotton, old times there are not forgotten,
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It was not easy going behind enemy lines to gather intelligence. It takes a bit of courage, cleverness, and wit to act when the opportunity arises. Sam Watson was a Confederate soldier serving under General Polk in June 1864 about the time of the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain in Georgia. One night he put those
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Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan was one of the Confederacy’s most colorful and successful cavaliers and raiders. His exploits earned him a reputation for audacity and creativity that took him deep behind federal lines – the farthest north a Confederate force ever penetrated during the Civil War. Morgan grew up in Kentucky, attended college
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Have you ever seen the The Polk Battle Flag? It features the well-known Southern Cross, with an upright cross with the colors reversed. Here’s some things we know about the man behind that banner. Leonidas Polk, the son of a distinguished Revolutionary War officer, was one of the South’s most beloved generals. He attended the
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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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