The relocation of Confederate monuments has been a hot issue recently. Many people do not want the statues removed, because they feel that they are important. There have been quotes on the coat to move one particular statue and it will cost over 20000 dollars to do so. It is a very dramatic issue. Confederate Statue […]
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A historic cemetery was recently rededicated in Hancock County. There was a special ceremony to honor one man in the Confederate Army. Family members said that he was a prisoner of war as well as a soldier for the Confederacy. Victor Ladner played an important part in American history. He played a historical role in
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“Wheat’s Tigers” was the nickname of a Louisiana Battalion formed from the rougher sections of New Orleans, men described as “thieves, and outcasts…and bad characters generally.” Of all the units that took the field at the First Battle of Manassas in July 1861, none exceeded the flair and intensity of the 1st Louisiana Special Battalion.
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There is a theater that is going to stop showing Gone With the Wind because some people think that it is racist. There is also a Mississippi school that is going to get rid of To Kill a Mockingbird because of the racist themes in it. Confederate memorials are also being taken down across the
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The author tries to address the current issue of removing Confederate statues from public parks across the US. He understands it is a problem that needs more communication on the issue, but agrees that for the best they should be removed. Citing a SPLC article showing a spike in monuments post Jim Crow & Civil
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During the Civil War, the Cherokee Nation had 3,000 men serving as Confederate soldiers. The Cherokee, by nature a peaceful people, were exceptionally skilled at protecting themselves. They were naturals at close-quarters fighting, and adept at the irregular tactics of guerrilla warfare. A leader of the Cherokee, Stand Watie, was eager to join the Confederate
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Nathan Bedford Forrest is one of ablest commanders on record, the only Civil War officer to go from Private at the beginning of the war to highest rank then used, Lieutenant General. Union General Sherman said Confederate Lt. General Forrest was “the most remarkable man our civil war produced on either side.” Sherman, regarded as
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In the United States, many new Confederate monuments are being constructed on private land. Citizens in these areas have no say in the matter because the owners of the land can do as they please. The people funding the monuments are not doing so out of malice or ill-will, they are simply wanting to remember
The Battle of Perryville in Kentucky one of the most important battles of the American Civil War, but most people, including many Civil War buffs, know little about it.. Sam Watkins was there and he wrote about it in his famous memoirs. Sam served in the First Tennessee, Company H, and fought in every major battle
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The owner of Antietam Gallery hosted a weekend open house to give patrons to express views of an legislation put forward by U.S. Representative Anthony Brown, D-MD to remove a General Lee statue from the Antietam National Battlefield. Most of the expressed views were negative regarding the bill being put forth, with opposing views of
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