Closed Due to Confederadication: The Months They Drove Old Dixie Down

Right now there are forces out intent on burying what is left of the Confederacy and they are succeeding.  As a matter of fact, I would they they have accomplished their goal.  It is the second "Night They Drove Old Dixie Down."

I am calling it the eradication of the Confederacy, which it is.  It came to me that I could use the word Confed and just add eradication to it, and, therefore--  Confederadication.  The eradication of the Confederacy.

Definition of eradication:  The total destruction of something.

Since this is a major event in U.S. history, it is my intent to try to document it with media headlines (well, and my comments on it) in a real time situation.  However, with so much happening so fast, I can not keep up, especially when I have a total of eight blogs.

As such, I will be temporarily closing some of my blogs to devote more time to my Civil War II:  The Continuing War on the Confederacy.

Confederadication.  --Old Secesh

Sure Wasn't Expecting to Be "Out West" with This Blog, But, Here I Am: "RoadTrippin' Through History"

Now, this is about mt 17th blog entry dealing with Nebraska and Colorado.  Two months ago, I did not know of any of this and it all started with a move in Nebraska to put up a statue in honor of their 1st Nebraska Infantry Regiment at Fort Donelson.  Before that, I did not even know Nebraska had any regiments during the war.  And, I suppose that since this is not a Confederate statue, certain people will leave it alone.

Both were territories during the war.

You just never know where any of my blogs are headed as I do my research and writing according to road cruising.  I start at a point and just don't know where I am headed with it or how far I'll go with it.   Kind of like going to YouTube to hear a song, and then four hours later, you're still listening to music on that site.

This is something I get from my love of cruising down old roads, especially Route 66, the Lincoln Highway and the Dixie Highway.  You know where you start, but have no idea where you're headed.  I call this "Roadtripping Through History."

It will be interesting to see how far I go with this, or, for that matter, where I go with this.

See You When and Where I Go.  --Old Secesh

Confederate Heritage Under Attack-- Part 3:The Caddo Statue

August 31, 2019 Google Alerts for Confederate.

**  Dismantling the myth of "Black Confederates."

**  Caddo Confederate statue's owners disappointed with parish leaders.

**  Daughters of the Confederacy ordered to move monument at Caddo.

**  Changing Hanover school names "won't change anything."

**  The KKK came to my town.  But hate has no home here.

**  Attorneys continue to argue finer points as lawsuit over Confederate statue nears.

**  Candidate used racially offensive terms on radio show.

--Old Secesh

Confederate Heritage Under Attack-- Part 2: Confederate Railroad Band

These are the August 30, 2019, Google Alerts for Confederate.

**  Maryland museum considers removing Confederate flag from logo.

**  Fair For All Campaign calls Cornel (University) 'uncooperative' in stopping Confederate flag sales at sponsored state fairs.  This group wants sales to stop.  Accompanied by photo of Confederate flags next to MAGA hats.

**  Confederate band to play at Chance.  (Confederate Railroad)

**  Confederate Railroad ready to play next week at Black Diamond Harley-Davidson in Marion (Illinois).

**  Students were punished for pro-LGBTQ t-shirts at a school that allows Confederate flags on clothes.

**  Wreck of paddle steamer throws light on British support for Confederate slave states during U.S. Civil War.

It Just Doesn't End.  --Old Secesh

Confederate Heritage Under Attack-- Part 1: Ole Miss To Embarrass Self

I receive Google Alerts for Confederate every day.  And every day there are more attacks on my heritage.  I usually don't read them as I get too angry.

But, just in case you think these attacks are over just because your local newspaper or media outlet doesn't talk about them, believe me that these are continuing.

These are the ones from August 29, 2019:

**  Early Confederate flag removed from Indiana war monument.  (They didn't realize what the first National Flag looked like.)

**  Ole Miss announces plans to relocate Confederate statue.

**  Federal lawsuit against Hanover schools to change Confederate named schools.

**  H2H Scott:  Should Confederate statues remain standing.

**  Confederate Railroad won't accept payment from fair that canceled their show.  (Guess why they were canceled?)

**  Daughters of the Confederacy said a year ago that they owned the Franklin Square.  Here's where the case stands.

See.  Not Over At All.  --Old Secesh

Confederate Heritage Under Attack-- Part 4: July 31, 2019

These are the July 31, 2019, Google Alerts for Confederate.

**  Lake County commissioners back Confederate statue.

**  'You have  let us down':  Locals unhappy after vote to bring Confederate statue to Lake County.

These  first two all involve the same statue, that of Confederate General Kirby Smith which is being removed from the Capitol in Washington, D.C..

**  Bill would remove Confederate statue.

**  Former Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe on Charlottesville, racism and Donald Trump.

**  Beauvoir's Instagram page hacked with pride flag, Bernie Sanders image.

**  Hispanic group, vets want Fort Hood renamed after Vietnam Medal of Honor recipient.

**  Castleman statue:  Why I decided to find out whether Gen. John Castleman was really racist.

And So It Goes.  --Old Secesh

Confederate Heritage Under Attack-- Part 3: July 30, 2019

**  Rebuilt car with Confederate flag on roof auctioned for $15K at Parkside demolition derby.

**  Lake commissioners should vote to bring Confederate statues to Tavares.

**  Confederate flag hoisted on phone tower near school grounds in Omaha.

**  Dallas voters poled about Confederate Monument, its fate tied up in court.

**  Petitions want Confederate Railroad  perform in Hudson Valley.

--Old Secesh

Confederate Heritage Under Attack-- Part 2: July 30, 2019

Theses are all newspaper articles headlines. You can look them up if you want to know more.

**  Virginia preservationist proposes Confederate design removal.

**  Half-American, half-Confederate flag flown near school sparks controversy.

**  Letter:  Move the Confederate memorial somewhere more appropriate.

**  Car draped in Confederate flag at Monroe County Fair parade draws criticism.

**  On this day:  Confederate spy Belle Boyd arrested.  (Well, what do you know.  Something about the First Civil War!)

--Old Secesh

Illinois' Gov. "Toilets" Bans Confederate Railroad Band

In the last post I mentioned this group being cancelled at a county fair.

The governor banned the country group Confederate Railroad from playing at the Illinois State Fair in August because of the name and Confederate flag on their logo.  He also banned them from the Du Quoin State Fair.

I guess, in truth, the governor, known for his love of toilets, was fearful that the overflow crowds who would come  out to see  the band would be too much for the state fair bathrooms and to avoid an unpleasant scene, he had them cancelled.

However, they will be playing at the Black Diamond Harley-Davidson party in Marion, Illinois, on September 5.

And, Liz and I had been considering going to the Illinois State Fair this year.

Not Now.  --Old Secesh

Confederate Heritage Under Attack-- Part 1: July 29, 2019

As I have been doing for several months, I am not doing a daily account of theses attacks on Confederate heritage, but just the last three days of the month.  Just because you do not read about the attacks in your daily newspaper or media, doesn't mean that they are not continuing.

These are the posts listed in the Google Search site for "Confederate" for July 29, 2019.

**  Confederate flag hoisted on cell pone tower.  (In Nebraska)

**  Felicia Brothers replace Confederate Railroad in Ulster County Fair lineup.  )Theses are bands.)

**  Letter:  Cancelling Confederate Railroad.

**  Confederate memorial vandalized

**  Charlottesville considering putting up historic markers  on Confederate memorials.  (Virginia)

**  Norfolk statues suit dismissal casts doubt  on Charlottesville defense.

**  CDA Chamber 'regrets' local company's Fourth of July parade entry.  Owner dismisses concern his floats' imply racism.

Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.  One of the floats was a General Lee "Dukes of Hazzard" car.

It Just Doesn't End.  --Old Secesh

Confederate Heritage Under Attack-- Part 4: Of Flags and Monuments

From the June 28, 2019, Google Alerts for Confederate.

**  County rejected by state for Confederate monument historical marker.

**  Virginia official ousted:  voted to remove Confederate names.

**  Altamont Fair should ban sale of Confederate flags.

**  VA secretary visiting Dayton military cemetery criticized for pro-Confederate comments.

**  Caves Escape:  Lake-area cave where Confederate guerrillas once camped now hosts escape room.

**  Couple charged in racial incident in NC leaves note and flag at Summerville Center.

**  "I thought the whole Confederacy had fallen on me": A story of the death crater at Vicksburg.  (Well, this is real Civil War news.)

**  David Ramsay:  Readers respond to recent Gazatte columns.  (About the Civil War)

Think It's Over?  --Old Secesh

Confederate Heritage Under Attack-- Part 3: Bow Ties?

From the June 27, 2019, Google Alerts for Confederate.

**  Fired MLGW worker with pro-Confederate views to get $223,000 judgement.

**  In Your Opinion:  Fly American flag, not Confederate one.

**  Archaeology magazine features Salisbury Confederate prison dig.   (Now, this is the type of article most often in the Confederate Google Alerts before Charleston, SC.  I sure wish we could go back to those days.

**  Beaufort County councilman under fire for bow tie.  (Certain people believe it is a Confederate flag.  See photo in article and you decide.)

**  Jefferson Davis monument lacks context to stand alone.

**  Inaugural Junetenth celebration in Tazewell hindered by rain, rumor.  (There was rumor it might be part of an attempt to take down a Confederate statue.)

**  Adam Scott is in a Twitter war with Mitch McConnell.  Part was a photo of McConnell standing in front of a Confederate flag.

Watch Those Bow Ties.  --Old Secesh

Confederate Heritage Under Attack, June 26, 2019-- Part 2

I could make some comments about these, but I'm not.

**  Ornithologists consider changing "Confederate" name of bird.  (McCown's Longspur, named after John P. McCown.)

**  Activist feels "unsafe" after Confederate flag, note are left for him at community center.

**  Pros and cons of relocation sites for Manatee Confederate monument.

**  Virginia Dems hope to change state law, remove Confederate statues.

**  Why I Fly a Confederate flag.

**  Phillip Tutor:  Standing atop the Confederate flag.

**  Flagler County officials disavow Confederate flag that flew at Princess Place Preserve caretaker grounds.


It Just Keep Going On and On.  Really, Birds?   --Old Secesh

Confederate Heritage Under Attack, June 26, 2019-- Part 1

So, just because you don't read about it or see on media, if you think these despicable attacks on Confederate heritage are over, THEY ARE NOT!!

Theses come from today's Google Alerts for Confederate.  I used to try to follow these every day, but they anger me way too much, so I only look at three days toward the end of the month.  I much rather research and write about the first war on the Confederacy, not the second which we have going on right now.

As a matter of fact, I was going to put these attacks in a separate blog which appears at the bottom of the Blogs I Follow list:  The Second Civil War, but I couldn't get that blog to take the news and, I already have way too many blogs with the seven I already write.

From the June 26, 2019, Google Alerts for Confederate headlines.

**  Confederate flags placed on lawn of Independence City hall.  (Missouri)

**  Tyler Perry says he converted Confederate base into film studio to inspire black youths.

--Old Secesh

Heritage Attacks on Confederacy-- Part 4: May 30-31

From the Google Alerts for Confederate for May 30 and 31, 2019.

**  University clarifies flower removal policy for Confederate monuments.

**  Confederate flags will be sold but discouraged at county fair.

**  Confederate flag at community gardens in Concord removed.

The May 31, 2019, Google Alerts for Confederate were mostly about the Confederate flag in the high school yearbook, but there were two others.

**  Parade vehicle with Confederate flag draws criticism.

**  Letter:  Artifacts support out alternative history of the Confederacy.

--Old Secesh

Heritage Attacks on the Confederacy-- Part 3: May 30, 2019

From the May 30, 2019,  Google Alerts for Confederate.

**  Tennessee town's plans for Confederate statue draws controversy.  (Franklin)

**  High school yearbooks recalled over Confederate flag photo.

**  Vendors banned from selling Confederate flags at Gouveneur & St. Lawrence County Fair.

**  Kemp signs bill to protect Confederate monuments.

**  Neighbors furious after person hangs mannequin from tree next to Confederate flag.

And You Think It's Over?  --Old Secesh

Heritage Attacks on the Confederacy-- Part 2: May 29, 2019

**  Tony Horwitz's greatest book "Confederates In the Attic," seems even more crucial today.

**  Md's divided loyalties during the Civil War complicate its memory.

**  Charleston lab restores Civil War cannons pulled from the Pee Dee River.  (South Carolina)  Now, this is the kind of Civil War articles I want to read about.  These are the cannons from the CSS Pee Dee that were discovered in the river in 2015.

**  And Water So Wet:  Study shows whites from former slave states more likely to be biased against Blacks.

--Old Secesh

Heritage Attacks On the Confederacy-- Part 1: May 29, 2019

I am only writing about these attacks three days in a row.  To read them really sends my blood pressure up.

Just to let you know that these  attacks are continuing and will so  until we can get something to stop  them.

These are Confederate Google Alerts from May 29, 2019.

Fortunately, most of these listed  today do not require the removal of a statue or memorial to the gray.

**  The best e-mails I've received about Dallas' Confederate Memorial.

**  Letter:  Removing Confederate flags does not erase history.

**  Debate continues over Confederate statue 'Fame' in downtown Salisbury (N.C.).

**  Sims:  We shouldn't honor the worst of traitors.

**  Letter:  Proud of my Confederate ancestors.

More From Today.  --  RoadDog

Removal of Confederate Mound in Chicago-- Part 2

Both groups are planning on peaceful events in April.

Said, SCV Camp Douglas Commander Matthew Evans:  "We respect their right to the First Amendment.  We respect their right to gather, but it is a two-way road.  We hope that they can respect our presence there at Confederate Mound and realize that this ceremony is not to divide or open old wounds, but to pay respect for the dead.

"Confederate Mound is not a monument, but a headstone for 6,000 men who never got to go home."

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I came across this article in the April 5,2018, Suburban Chicagoland paper.

"Later in the month, on April 22, Smash White Supremacy will come together to stand against the annual white supremacist gathering held by the Sons of the Confederacy.  This will be from 11-1 at the confederate mound in the cemetery."

I Sure Didn't Know That Honoring Your Dead, Especially Thousands Who Died As Prisoners Was a White Supremacist Thing.  --Old Secesh

Last Year It Was A Planned Confrontation At the Confederate Monument in Chicago

The Camp Douglas  Camp #516 of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, with members throughout Chicagoland, has been holding a memorial service at the Confederate Mound in Oak Woods Cemetery in Chicago for many years and, until last year, there has never been a problem, even though this cemetery is located deep within a black neighborhood.

It has been a peaceful commemoration with much solemnity.  That is, until last year.  At that time a group arrived on the scene, supposedly to have a service at the grave of Ida B. Wells, but in reality the reason they were there was to break up the Confederate service and provoke a confrontation.

They had never been there before and neither Ida B. Wells' birthday or death occurs in April.  They had loudspeakers and were chanting right in the middle of the Confederate proceedings.  Strange that it would happen in this time and age.

But, if you read my three previous posts before yesterday, you will see it is all part of the bigger movement to bury and disgrace all things Confederate.  It is so sad that some people can not allow  others to commemorate their heritage.

And, I also believe that Ida B. Wells deserves to be better known than she is.  She was one brave woman to go after the horrible lynchings that took place in the South during her time.  And the fact that she was a black person and a woman, made her going to the South a very dangerous trip.  I'd support a statue at the cemetery or on a public space.

It is too bad that it took the opportunity to cause a confrontation to get the other group fired up enough to go out and do something for a real hero, Ida B. Weells.

--Old Secesh