J. Ogden Murray clearly sets forth his purpose in his Preface to the text, The Confederate Soldier, The Ideal Soldier of the World. I can only add my historical observations of the past one hundred and eight years since its publication. Murray correctly states that the War 1861 – 1865, was “cruel, unjust and illegal…waged with fanatical malice”. […]
In reviewing the phenomenon of the removal of Confederate statues, it strikes me that this is a great opportunity to review some fundamental questions about things Confederate and indeed about the nature of our federal system of government. To those celebrating the removal of soldiers’ statues, I would pose three questions. […]
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