Preserving Southern Heritage

Letter: War was about economics

John Baxley shares the economic reasons for the civil war. High schools and politicians have changed history to make this war solely about slavery, but that issue was not the main reason for the war. The struggle was about unfair taxation, at least according to the author. The background is examined in more detail in

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Supreme Court rejects attorney’s plan to declare Confederate symbol unconstitutional

The Supreme Court has rejected an attorney’s plan to declare the Confederate symbol as unconstitutional. One person argued that the flag is a symbol of white supremacy and needs to be banned. He wants his daughter to grow up in a world that is not filled with hateful symbols like that one. Supreme Court rejects attorney’s

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How The South Remembers the War

Some may wonder why the South remembers the Civil War as it does. After all, the losses were horrific to both North and South. Most of the war was fought on Southern soil. Small towns and countryside were trampled, occupied and battered for years. Major urban centers were ripped to pieces. The burning of Atlanta

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St. Clair: Lee deserves a monument

Gene St. Clair, a computer technician, and New Castle resident wants to see a monument dedicated to Robert E. Lee erected in Richmond. Like most southerners, Lee was against secession and slavery. Abraham Lincoln wanted Lee to command the Union Army, however, Lee declined citing his loyalty to his “country”. At the end of the

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