That photo is of David Eammons Johnston, only 17 when he joined up with Company D of the Virginia Seventh Regiment. After the war, Johnston wrote a book. He explains: “The chief motive which inspires this undertaking is to give some meager idea of the Confederate soldier in the ranks, and of his individual deeds of heroism, […]
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December, 1863, near Dalton, Georgia. The Rebels are on top of Rocky Face Ridge, taking fire from cannons below. “Hold on, boys,” says a sharpshooter, “I’ll stop that racket.” His rifle cracks. Sure enough, things get quiet. But not for long. Soon, “the valley below is full of blue coats.” Private Sam Watkins’ Company H is ordered to
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Have you ever wondered whether folks outside the United States ask us for Confederate flags? In fact, we do get a lot of requests for them. Canada is probably the top destination outside the States, but you might be surprised how many we ship to Scandinavia, Switzerland, Japan and Australia. Some of our customers send us photos.
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Time for another tale of Private Sam Watkins. General Bragg ordered Sam’s First Tennessee Regiment to rearguard duty. It was not much fun: “You don’t move more than ten feet at furthest before you have to halt…. You haven’t time to sit down a moment before you are ordered to move on again. And the Yankees dash
“A minnie ball passes through my Bible.” Read More »
There are 5 very interesting facts on the discovery of a World War 2 Warship known as the Lady Ex. A team that was working for Microsoft found the wreck of the USS Lexington. The USS Lexington was an American warship that was sunk in a Pacific naval battle during World War 2. Five facts on
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The diary of Confederate soldier Eugene L. Johnston was returned to Henderson County, Tennessee. The diary detailed the Civil War experiences of Johnston from July of 1862 to January of 1863. Shortly after starting the diary Johnston was imprisoned in Indiana in August of 1862, but he escaped along with another solider and ultimately had
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Confederate statues have come back into view for the public of Charlottesville. The statues were covered for a long time because of all the controversy surrounding them. Many people have fought against the statues, but they are still standing. They were covered because of a violent act that resulted in the death of a girl. Confederate
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Tarps have been removed from two very important Confederate Statues. This shows that southern heritage is coming back. Some people claim that this causes them some pain about what happened in the past. This is an example of how constitutional rights cannot appease everyone. SOmeone is always going to be offended by something. Editorial: Another round
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A judge in Charlottesville, Virginia has ordered that the city must take down black coverings currently obscuring the statues of several Confederate leaders located in the city. The statues were covered with tarps after a violent right-wing protest in the city in August of 2017, and the city originally planned to remove the statues. However,
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Stafford county officials dismissed an appeal that would disallow anti-American zealots to fly an oversized confederate flag near I-95. The officials claimed that the giant discriminatory symbol is the flag of a state and therefore exempt from the law which would allow regulation. The lawyer representing the appealing party says that the Confederacy is not
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