
The Virginia Flag Controversy: A Defense of Historical and Moral Continuity
Here's my 2 cents on the recent Virginia flag controversy, plus a good history on our beloved banner.
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Christianity
Here's my 2 cents on the recent Virginia flag controversy, plus a good history on our beloved banner.
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"The real causes of dissatisfaction in the South with the North are in the unjust taxation and expenditure of the taxes by the government of the United States, and in the revolution the North has effected in this government form a confederate republic, to a national despotism.” ~ Charleston Mercury, November 2, 1860
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Economics
In my initial article entitled The Lie About Lee, I aimed to thoroughly address and debunk the factual inaccuracies presented by Mrs. Pryor in her portrayal of Robert E. Lee. There are numerous distortions throughout her account, including the alleged whipping of Mary Norris, Wesley’s claim that his freedom was gained through escape rather than manumission, the fabricated existence of a whipping post, and the unfounded accusations that Mrs. Pryor claims Lee never responded to.
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"I hope this may not be a war of emancipation but of extermination, & that all under the influence of the foul fiend may be driven like swine into the sea. May we carry fire and sword into their states till not one habitation is left standing." ~ Ellen Sherman, wife of William T. Sherman
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Battles
"So you can imagine whether I had a chance to kill a Yank or not..."
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Battles
We hear much about a "New South." There is no New South.
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Soldier stories
We camped near what was called the Richmond bone yard. The next morning John Hutchinson looked around and declared he was insulted, as President Davis had us taken to the wrong place. He wanted it understood that our bones were not to be left there yet.
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Battles