Confederate territory included areas of the Five Civilized Tribes of Native Americans. Tribal members joined the conflict. The Cherokee Mounted rifles fought out west, ultimately coming under the command of one of their own, Stand Watie (shown here). Watie’s birth name was Tak-er-taw-ker, meaning “Stands Firm.” He combined parts of his own Cherokee name with that […]
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Hi i am writing a summary of why lost cause is not fake history . they didn’t wait years to claim the civil war. It was not fought over slavery but after the war they started saying it was . we can chealk it up to fake history for those who struggle with the horror
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Alot of things are changing now in days. With older generations getting older and newer generations taking over the constitution and freedom is being threatened. With more and more people being attacked for what they believe in and our constitution being tested are we giving away our freedom as Americans. Key Takeaways:The Constitution is a piece
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The confederate flag is constantly being pointed out and condemned by liberals, the latest being after children displayed it in a parade to honor their friend who had died. The history involving racial tensions and even he KKK began with the democrats but these days they are the first to call it in PC. The
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Above you can see Thomas Bates of the 6th Texas Infantry, holding a Bowie knife and revolver. Texans played a key role at Antietam on September 17th, 1862: the bloodiest single day in American military history. The morning thundered as the armies of Robert E. Lee and McClellan clashed, near Sharpsburg, Maryland. Fights raged back
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The day after Hurricane Matthew made landfall, someone spotted a few rusted hunks of metal. It was a bunch of 17 Civil War cannonballs, fused together for a century and a half, newly uncovered by a ferocious sea. The passerby called the police, the police called an Air Force bomb squad, they destroyed the bombs.
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Recently the Marana High School administration has banned the confederate flag from their campus in general. The flag is banned in every other form except for what is used in the schools curriculum. This decision in general has caused a number of students as well as parents to protest. The decision for the ban was
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It may be of interest to read words from letters written home by Confederate soldiers during Christmas. The first is a letter by Henry Kyd Douglas, who was being held at Johnson’s Island Prison in Ohio. Henry had been with Stonewall Jackson at Gettysburg, where he was injured and the captured. In a Christmas 1863
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Private Valerius Giles had picket duty on Christmas day, 1861. A member of the 4th Texas Regiment, Giles “had a splendid view of the river for two or three miles in each direction.” Across the river was a Union brigade from New York. The day was bitterly cold, with snow “gently and silently falling, deepening
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It was the winter of 1862, and the little Virginia town of Warrenton – a village, really – was in the hands of the Yankees. But the people of Warrenton were trying to make the best of it as Christmas approached. One of the women living there was the wife of a Confederate General. He was
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