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MAY 10th CONFEDERATE MEMORIAL DAY.. REMEMBER THEM, HONOR THEM, DEFEND THEM

P*e Dee Rifles Camp is hosting the 7th Brigade Lee / Jackson Banquet on Saturday January 21st at Schulers BBQ in Latta.

Our guest speaker is author and historian Michael C. Hardy. He has written at least 25 books to include Lee’s Bodyguards and General Lee’s Immortals. He is a reenactor and living historian.
Make your plans now to join us for a great time of food, fellowship and history! Please PM me with questions.

About our guest: Michael C. Hardy is one of the leading Confederate history scholars of the twenty-first century. He has written regimentals, histories of places, and histories of battles. In 2010, Michael was named the North Carolina Historian of the Year, and in 2018, his book on the Branch-Lane brigade was honored with the James I. Robertson Literary Award from the Robert E. Lee Civil War Library & Research Center of Central New Jersey. Michael continues to explore Confederate history in his upcoming book, Feeding the Army of Northern Virginia, and in his blog and podcast, Looking for the Confederate War. Michael has a degree in history from the University of Alabama, and since 1995, he has called western North Carolina home. He spends many weekends volunteering at historic sites as a historical interpreter.

www.cpe.vt.edu

A Confederate Christmas Story. I had to share this because it shows not only the character of Lee & his men, but the true meaning of Christian giving...

The winter of Petersburg was hard on the Southern Soldiers. The people in Richmond and other places came together to provide some kind of Christmas dinner for "Lee's Miserables". During this time a special barrel of about a dozen turkeys arrived for Gen. Lee and his staff. These birds were cooked and ready to eat. They were laid out on a board with the largest in the center. Lee looked down at them for a moment and then touched the largest bird with his sword.

"This, then, is my turkey? I don't know, gentlemen, what you are going to do with your turkeys, but I wish mine sent to the hospital at Petersburg..."

Gen. R.E. Lee then went to his horse and rode off. The story is ended by one of the officers at the scene who said, "We looked at one another for a moment, and then without a word replaced the turkeys in the barrel and sent them to the hospital."

Merry Christmas from the P*e Dee Rifles Camp 1419 - Florence SC

Press Release: Arlington Cemetery, December 16, 2022

YOUR IMMEDIATE ACTION IS NEEDED!

In September 2022 several news agencies reported members of the US Military were being asked to take Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), commonly known as food stamps. The cause was stated as inflation. The inability to keep up with inflation and pay those that protect us brings military readiness into question.

Prior to these events, a Naming Commission was charged by US Congress to identify military assets related to the Southern Confederacy. In their final report, the Naming Commission recommended the renaming of bases named after Confederate soldiers and the removal of the “Reconciliation” Memorial in Arlington National Cemetery designed by Moses Ezekiel. The total cost of the recommendations is $61 million dollars.

The facts stated in the two previous paragraphs are extremely concerning because it sends a clear message of a desire to remove history at any cost. At a time when the people who defend this country should be able to support their families and need support from their fellow Americans, why should the government be focusing on erasing history? Further, the Memorial was endorsed by previous Administrations, starting with President William McKinley, with funding approved by the 56th United States Congress on June 6, 1901.

As to current public opinion, a poll was performed by Kaplan Strategies asking the question “do you agree or disagree that US Taxpayer funds be diverted from the US Military budget to remove a historical Memorial in Arlington National Cemetery.” The result was 60% of respondents stated they disagreed, 25% say they agreed and 14% stated they were unsure.

The proposals of the Naming Commission are being considered. What is your opinion? Do you feel it is better to erase history or take care of those currently serving in our military? Should tax payer dollars be used to erase history?

Contact your Federal Representative and allow your voice to be heard.

R. S. Jason Boshers
Commander-in-Chief
Sons of Confederate Veterans

Walter Donnie Kennedy
Lt. Commander-in-Chief
Sons of Confederate Veterans

State House in Columbia SC

The Federal Band is playing the Death March and marching towards the Giles County Courthouse. At 10:00, a prisoner is brought out of the Courthouse in chains and shackles and is made it sit on what will soon be his coffin in the back of the wagon. The hanging procession will travel a quarter of a mile to a hill east of the Courthouse. There the prisoner will be taken off the wagon and he will sit on his coffin. He will talk to his captors about how the war is going. He will ask how long he has to live and be told about 15 minutes. He will be offered his freedom one last time and all he has to do is say the information everyone knows he knows. He has now been interrogated for the better part of 6 days. Never wavering from the cause he felt was right and just. He had said during the interrogation that he had rather die a thousand deaths than betray. He has said to question him would do no good and he knew he would have to die.
He looked at the Pvt C. B. Vanpelt and told him to not think hard about it that he was doing his duty. He looked at the hangman and said " I am ready." He walked up the steps. He hands and feet were tied. A white bag was placed over his head ... and ... shortly before 10:30 AM on Friday November 27th 1863, Pvt Samuel C. Davis paid the full measure a man can pay .. his life. He held true to duty and honor. He never betrayed his friends and his cause.
Today is a day to remember. At the moment I write this, 159 years ago, Sam is on a wagon ride sitting on his coffin and a hangman's knot is waiting. -copied from a friend's page.

A.P. Hill descendants object decision to move statue to Black History Museum Richmond had planned to donate the A.P Hill statue to the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia, but now, four collateral descendants of Hill want ownership of the statue, and Hill& #…

Confederate monument set to be removed, relocated from Robeson County courthouse A monument of a confederate soldier outside the Robeson County Courthouse in downtown Lumberton is set to be removed and relocated, according to Robeson County

4 years ago at the Signers Monument.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10160236521168810&id=790518809

County leaders said the Confederate flag along I-85 violates the 1999 Land Use Ordinance.
https://trib.al/BplQlvB

“My religious beliefs teach me to feel as safe in battle as in bed. God has fixed the time of my death. I do not concern myself with that, but to be always ready whenever it may overtake me. That is the way all men should live, and all men would be equally brave.” - Thomas Jonathan Jackson

Confederate Flag Raising | Largest Confederate Flag in South Carolina The Largest Confederate Flag was raised on October 22, 2022, at 1-85 Spartanburg. This site is dedicated to the memory of the men that did not return home fr...

I-85 North of Spartanburg SC
120 foot pole
30x50 FLAG

A yankee writing about seeing Confederate prisoners of war at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in 1863 --

"Saw a squad of live secesh today at Camp Curtin. As a general thing they are healthy, strong, tough looking. Their physical appearance is excellent. They have a dogged and sullen look, and what is more they are determined men. Their torn and tattered garments are no disgrace to them. As I stood looking at them, noting their scowling eyes, and their utter indifference to the insults that I am sorry to say were cast upon them. I wished our Union Soldiers were as heroic as they are."

In Memory of Robert E. Lee on this day of his death - October 12 1870

"Duty is the sublimest word in the English language. You should do your duty in all things. You can never do more, you should never wish to do less."..Robert E. Lee ...
Jan 19 1807 / October 12 1870

( portrait April 1861) by
Benjamin Franklin Reinhardt

Well folks, looks like we are losing another battle to preserve our nations history. A Fox News headline reads:

“Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has signed off on renaming military bases and assets with Confederate ties.”

This administration is doing everything it can to damage and destroy American culture, history and values. These bases, roads and buildings were named for great Americans. Not to mention the tens of millions of dollars wasted to make this happen. This cowardly act also sets a dangerous presence of removing memorials from cemeteries, the final resting place of AMERICAN VETERANS! It is so sad to watch our country crumble from within and feel helpless to prevent it.

You better get to Arlington before mid December if you want to see the memorial before it’s destroyed.

Confederate statues re-dedicated at new SWVA park Confederate statues re-dedicated at new SWVA park

Panel says Confederate memorial at Arlington cemetery should be dismantled The commission presented its final report on Confederate-honoring military bases and assets that should be renamed

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 24, 2022
The North Carolina Division Sons of Confederate Veterans (NC SCV) stands with other veterans groups and the two-thirds of all Tar Heel citizens who strongly oppose taking down and removing memorials to our veterans. Or is it closer to 100% of North Carolinians who oppose the DESTRUCTION of veterans' memorials?

We are saddened and dismayed at Enfield, NC's Mayor's illegal actions. We hope that justice is swift and the Mayor pays for his flagrant violation of North Carolina law and his oath of office. He's no victim. He's the Mayor and a person of privilege in the Enfield community.

The Enfield veterans' memorial was more than a Confederate memorial. It also served as a veterans' memorial for U.S. veterans from WWI to the Persian Gulf War. Once located downtown and originally dedicated to the town's Confederate and WWI veterans, the monument was always dedicated to all of Enfield's veterans, past and present. Some years ago, in 1954, the memorial was moved from the street to a park adjacent to a cemetery.

The Mayor should be ashamed of his actions. The Mayor should not personally benefit from the destruction of a memorial dedicated to men far more significant than he will ever be.

The town's council did vote to remove the veterans’ memorial, not DESTROY the monument. Still, by the placement of that vote, those government agents commit a grave injustice not only against our veterans, but against a full understanding of our history and all its aspects.

We remind those city fathers that the 2015 North Carolina Monuments Protection Law applies and that unilateral action without the approval of the North Carolina Historical Commission is illegal.

The NC SCV will do everything in our power financially, legally, and politically to oppose this "domestic Taliban" of mindless and destructive hatred.

The Federal government officially recognizes these veterans as deserving of respect and honor. And their monuments are protected by Federal laws. We encourage the Federal government to investigate these occurrences in the Town of Enfield.

We also call on patriotic Americans and veterans' groups to take a stand against "Cancel Culture" and end these attacks on veterans, our history, and western civilization. The uncivil actions of ignorant people should not go unpunished. Call and write your local, state, and federal representatives and tell them how you feel about destroying veterans' memorials

R. Kevin Stone, Commander

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8 Different Scenes tell the tales of real Confederates during the War Between The States who are buried at Magnolia Cemetery in Charleston, SC.

... Prior To The Northern Invasion ...

When calculated for inflation, in 1860 alone (the year before the Civil War started) roughly $9 billion dollars worth of goods were exported out the port of New Orleans. Further, 85% of the world's cotton consumption came from the American South, with 60% leaving out the port of New Orleans. If the American South were to leave the United States, the source of revenue for the Federal Government would have gone with the South, and this put the North in a panic. Here are some primary newspaper accounts of how the North felt about the prospect of losing Southern ports like New Orleans, and the financial ruin it would mean to the United States:

From The New York Evening Post, March 12, 1861:

“That either the revenue from duties must be collected in the ports of the rebel states, or the ports must be closed to importations from abroad, it is generally admitted. If neither of these things be done, our revenue laws are substantially repealed; the sources which supply our treasury will be dried up; we shall have no money to carry on the government; the nation will become bankrupt before the next crop of corn is ripe. . . . Allow railroad iron to be entered at Savannah with the low duty of ten percent, which is all that the Southern Confederacy think of laying on imported goods, and not an ounce more would be imported at New York; the railways would be supplied from the southern ports. What, then, is left for our government? Shall we let the seceding states repeal the revenue laws for the whole Union in this manner? Or will the government choose to consider all foreign commerce destined for these ports where we have no custom-houses and no collectors, as contraband, and stop it, when offering to enter the collection districts from which our authorities have been expelled? Or will the president call a special session of Congress to do what the last unwisely failed to do—to abolish all ports of entry in the seceding states?”

From The Boston Transcript, March 18, 1861:

“It does not require extraordinary sagacity to perceive that trade is perhaps the controlling motive operating to prevent the return of the seceding states to the Union which they have abandoned. Alleged grievances in regard to slavery were originally the causes for separation of the cotton states; but the mask has been thrown off and it is apparent that the people of the principal seceding states are now for commercial independence. They dream that the centres of traffic can be changed from Northern to Southern ports. The merchants of New Orleans, Charleston and Savannah are possessed with the idea that New York, Boston, and Philadelphia may be shorn, in the future, of their mercantile greatness, by a revenue system verging on free trade. If the Southern Confederation is allowed to carry out a policy by which only a nominal duty is laid upon imports, no doubt the business of the chief Northern cities will be seriously injured thereby. The difference is so great between the tariff of the Union and that of the Confederate States that the entire Northwest must find it to their advantage to purchase their imported goods at New Orleans rather than New York. In addition to this, the manufacturing interests of the country will suffer from the increased importation resulting from low duties. . . . The [government] would be false to its obligations if this state of things were not provided against.”

Even before the Confederate Constitution was revealed, there were Northern Newspapers anticipating the problems the Morrill Tariff would cause if the Confederacy adopted a low tariff. The following is from the New-Haven Daily Register, Febreuary 11, 1861:

“There never was a more ill-timed, injudicious and destructive measure proposed, (so far as northern interests are concerned) than the Morrill tariff bill, now pending before Congress. It proposes to greatly increase the duties on all imported goods, and in many articles to carry up the increase to the prohibitory point . . . so that while Congress is raising the duties for the Northern ports, the Southern Convention is doing away with all import duties for the Southern ports. . . . More than three fourths of the seafront of the Atlantic States—extending from the Chesapeake inclusive, to the furtherest boundary of Texas, would be beyond the reach of our Congress tariff. Their ports would invite the free trade of the world! And what would the high tariff be worth to us then, with only a one-fourth fragment of our former seacoast left?”