From Civil War Talk.
An ad placed in the Fredericksburg, Virginia, newspaper in 1866 read:
"PERSONAL INFORMATION WANTED OF OLIVER H.P. ANDERSON, Company A, Forty-eighth Mississippi Regiment, Heth's Division, A.P. Hill's Corps, C.S.A., commanded by Captain Coffen, who has been missing ever since the Battle of Spottsylvania Courthouse, May 12th, 1864.
"Any information by letter addressed to me at Richmond, Virginia, care of Verandum House, or a personal interview, would greatly oblige a distressed mother.
"jc 19- 3t Mrs. Rebecca Anderson"
Comments: Enlisted March 30, 1864, at Jackson, Mississippi. Probably buried in unmarked grave.
The 48th Mississippi was one of the units fighting at the bloody "Mule Shoe" area of the battle.
He was probably young, having enlisted that late in the war.
A Very Sad Story. --Old Secesh
The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.
Tuesday, March 8, 2016
World War II's Battery Farley Named for Union General Joseph Pearson Farley
As I said, I was writing about the 1900s Fort MacArthur protecting Los Angeles Harbor in California in my World War II blog's previous post. One of its Coastal Defense batteries mounted two 14-inch guns called Battery Osgood-Farley. I have already written about Henry Brown Osgood, who eventually rose to the rank of brigadier general in the post Civil War Army.
Battery Farley was named for Brigadier General Joseph Pearson Farley (1839-1912). He was USMA Class of 1861 and served as ordnance officer at the Watertown Arsenal from 1861-1863 and proved more than 600 guns.
He distinguished himself afterwards in operations at Charleston, S.C., Morris Island and the bombardment of Fort Wagner.
After the war, he served in the ordnance department at various arsenals, including Rock island, Springfield, Kennebec and Frankford.
He is buried at West Point.
--Old Secesh
Battery Farley was named for Brigadier General Joseph Pearson Farley (1839-1912). He was USMA Class of 1861 and served as ordnance officer at the Watertown Arsenal from 1861-1863 and proved more than 600 guns.
He distinguished himself afterwards in operations at Charleston, S.C., Morris Island and the bombardment of Fort Wagner.
After the war, he served in the ordnance department at various arsenals, including Rock island, Springfield, Kennebec and Frankford.
He is buried at West Point.
--Old Secesh
Monday, March 7, 2016
The 27th Maine Gets Medals of Honor...And Then Has Them Taken Away
I have been writing about the Osgood-Farley battery at Fort MacArthur near Los Angeles in my World War II blog, "Tattooed On Your Soul." The Osgood part of the name comes from Gen. Henry Brown Osgood, who started his military career as a lieutenant in the 27th Maine Infantry Regiment.
In July 1863, they were nearing the end of their nine-month enlistment and Confederate General Lee was invading in Pennsylvania and threatening Washington, D.C.. Three hundred and twelve of the regiment volunteered to continue serving until the emergency passed and a grateful Congress awarded all of them a Medal of Honor.
In 1916, Congress was tasked with reviewing the Medal of Honor and decided that their awarding to the regiment was not justified and they took them away, including the general's.
I would have to agree with this decision. Volunteering to stay on is not what is needed to get one of the Medals of Honor.
--Old Secesh
In July 1863, they were nearing the end of their nine-month enlistment and Confederate General Lee was invading in Pennsylvania and threatening Washington, D.C.. Three hundred and twelve of the regiment volunteered to continue serving until the emergency passed and a grateful Congress awarded all of them a Medal of Honor.
In 1916, Congress was tasked with reviewing the Medal of Honor and decided that their awarding to the regiment was not justified and they took them away, including the general's.
I would have to agree with this decision. Volunteering to stay on is not what is needed to get one of the Medals of Honor.
--Old Secesh
The Confederacy Under Attack-- Part 208: Does Confederate Imagery on Miss. Flag Invite Acts of Racial Violence?
From the March 1, 2016, Google Alerts for Confederate.
** Mississippi's flag's Confederate imagery invites 'acts of racial violence' lawsuit alleges. (Loss) A Civil Rights lawyer is filing the lawsuit. Big surprise. But he is partially right because if a person has anything Confederate they seem to invite acts of racial violence by the Black Lives Matter folk.
** Confederate Heritage Month declaration sparking controversy. (Mississippi) (Loss) Yes, just like the declaration of February as Black History Month sparked a lot of controversy.
** Sheriff's Office investigates burned Confederate billboard. (Bluffton, S.C.) (Loss) Wonder who did it?
** Senate votes to ban local decision on Confederate monuments. (Georgia) (Win) Making it more difficult to erase history.
--Old Secsh
** Mississippi's flag's Confederate imagery invites 'acts of racial violence' lawsuit alleges. (Loss) A Civil Rights lawyer is filing the lawsuit. Big surprise. But he is partially right because if a person has anything Confederate they seem to invite acts of racial violence by the Black Lives Matter folk.
** Confederate Heritage Month declaration sparking controversy. (Mississippi) (Loss) Yes, just like the declaration of February as Black History Month sparked a lot of controversy.
** Sheriff's Office investigates burned Confederate billboard. (Bluffton, S.C.) (Loss) Wonder who did it?
** Senate votes to ban local decision on Confederate monuments. (Georgia) (Win) Making it more difficult to erase history.
--Old Secsh
Friday, March 4, 2016
MCCWRT: Lincoln Assassination-- Robert Parker and John Parker
A relative of Mary Lincoln, Robert Parker, got certified as a sutler, probably through her efforts. She also got him deferred from the Army.
John Parker and Mary never gave their statements after the assassination. Parker continued on duty at the White House in the following days until Mary accused him of murdering her husband according to Mary;s dressmaker.
The Confederate Secret Service also had plans to kidnap Abraham Lincoln, but no proof has been found that Booth was working with them.
--Old Secesh
McHenry County Civil War Round Table-- Part 3: Lincoln Assassination
John Surratt was to kill Grant but Grant was not at Ford's Theater because of a feud between Mrs. Grant and Mrs. Lincoln. John Surratt left the country and became a member of the Papal Guard, then later went to Egypt. He was apprehended in Alexandria and brought back to the United States in 1867 to stand trial, although it wasn't a military one. The statute of limitations on most of his charges had expired and he wasn't convicted. He later admitted his guilt and lived until 1916.
The other captured conspirators stood a military trial. His mother, Mary Surratt became the first female to be executed.
Mystery man at the Star Bar with Booth. A.C. Richards was a witness and also superintendent of Washington, D.C. police.
John F. Parker was supposed to be on guard duty outside Lincoln's box. He faced charges of being drunk and asleep on duty and yet ended up on White House Security detail and was supposed to be on guard duty at the door to Lincoln's box that night, but wasn't there.
Reports have him drinking at a nearby tavern at the time of the assassination and he never returned. He was dismissed on May 3, 1865, on charges of negligence.
There is the possibility that Mary Todd Lincoln was related to John F. Parker
--Old Secesh
The Confederacy Under Attack-- Part 207: Should UGA Change All Its History Before 1961?
Grom the March 1, 2016, Google Alerts for Confederate.
** Mississippi flag's Confederate imagery invites 'acts of racial violence,' lawsuit alleges. (Loss) A Civil Rights lawyer filed it. I seriously doubt that one single Mississippi state flag has attacked any black people.
** Confederate Heritage Month declaration sparking controversy. (Mississippi) (Loss) Why should it be sparking controversy. I didn't get upset with Black History Month.
** Before Holmes and Hunter: Students look at UGA's history of segregation and slavery. (The Red & Black student newspaper University of Georgia) If slaves were involved at the school before the Civil War, they should have to change the name and remove any and all history before 1865 as racist and prejudicial.
Wait a minute, UGA had its first black students, Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter, enter in 1961. That means that anything before that also needs to be changed.
This was a very interesting article which I will write about next week.
** And, if UGA should change everything before 1961, the University of Mississippi, through its refusal to fly the state flag, should drop everything before 1962, when it was desegregated.
--Old Secesh
** Mississippi flag's Confederate imagery invites 'acts of racial violence,' lawsuit alleges. (Loss) A Civil Rights lawyer filed it. I seriously doubt that one single Mississippi state flag has attacked any black people.
** Confederate Heritage Month declaration sparking controversy. (Mississippi) (Loss) Why should it be sparking controversy. I didn't get upset with Black History Month.
** Before Holmes and Hunter: Students look at UGA's history of segregation and slavery. (The Red & Black student newspaper University of Georgia) If slaves were involved at the school before the Civil War, they should have to change the name and remove any and all history before 1865 as racist and prejudicial.
Wait a minute, UGA had its first black students, Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter, enter in 1961. That means that anything before that also needs to be changed.
This was a very interesting article which I will write about next week.
** And, if UGA should change everything before 1961, the University of Mississippi, through its refusal to fly the state flag, should drop everything before 1962, when it was desegregated.
--Old Secesh
Thursday, March 3, 2016
Best Name Ever for a Civil War Soldier: E. Pluribus Lincicum
From Civil War Talk.
A reader said he had found the name of an E. Pluribus Lincicum (Lincecum) of Co. E 11th Mississippi.
Unfortunately, he had a very short service in the Confederate Army. He died of typhoid at Harpers ferry June 7, 1861.
What were his parents thinking. Perhaps just very patriotic for a man destined to die while fighting against the United States.
--Old SeceshPluribus
A reader said he had found the name of an E. Pluribus Lincicum (Lincecum) of Co. E 11th Mississippi.
Unfortunately, he had a very short service in the Confederate Army. He died of typhoid at Harpers ferry June 7, 1861.
What were his parents thinking. Perhaps just very patriotic for a man destined to die while fighting against the United States.
--Old SeceshPluribus
Wednesday, March 2, 2016
The Confederacy Under Attack-- Part 206: Florida's Statue in D.C.
From the Feb. 27-29, 2016, Google Alerts for Confederate.
** New statue to replace Confederate general? Consider Harry T. Moore. (Win) Florida will replace the statue of Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith in Washington, D.C.. One possibility is Civil Rights pioneer Harry T. Moore. I would also like to nominate Henry Flagler whose railroad and Carl Fisher, whose Dixie highway helped open Florida to the rest of the United States.
** 3 Stabbed At KKK Gathering In California, Including 1 With a Flagpole. (Anaheim) (Loss) Dozens attacked six KKK members and violence broke out. That's what happens when you get fanatics and idiots confronting each other.
--Old Secesh
** New statue to replace Confederate general? Consider Harry T. Moore. (Win) Florida will replace the statue of Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith in Washington, D.C.. One possibility is Civil Rights pioneer Harry T. Moore. I would also like to nominate Henry Flagler whose railroad and Carl Fisher, whose Dixie highway helped open Florida to the rest of the United States.
** 3 Stabbed At KKK Gathering In California, Including 1 With a Flagpole. (Anaheim) (Loss) Dozens attacked six KKK members and violence broke out. That's what happens when you get fanatics and idiots confronting each other.
--Old Secesh
The Confederacy Under Attack-- Part 205: April is Confederate Heritage Month in Mississippi
From the Feb. 26, 2016, Yahoo! News "Mississippi governor: April named Confederate Heritage Month." (Win)
Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant, following what the state's governors have done for many years, has declared April to be Confederate Heritage Month. But, he didn't mention slavery.
The proclamation came days before the legislature killed bills that would have either removed the Confederate emblem from the 122-year-old state flag or stripped state money from colleges and local governments that refuse to fly the state flag.
More credit to the governor for having the backbone to stand up against the racism and pc of today. I have already mentioned that flag opponents have determined they didn't have enough support to remove the Confederate emblem. But, i am sorry to see that a bill to deny state funds to colleges and local governments who refuse to fly the flag was also killed.
I have since seen a whole lot of criticism about this proclamation.
--Old Secesh
Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant, following what the state's governors have done for many years, has declared April to be Confederate Heritage Month. But, he didn't mention slavery.
The proclamation came days before the legislature killed bills that would have either removed the Confederate emblem from the 122-year-old state flag or stripped state money from colleges and local governments that refuse to fly the state flag.
More credit to the governor for having the backbone to stand up against the racism and pc of today. I have already mentioned that flag opponents have determined they didn't have enough support to remove the Confederate emblem. But, i am sorry to see that a bill to deny state funds to colleges and local governments who refuse to fly the flag was also killed.
I have since seen a whole lot of criticism about this proclamation.
--Old Secesh
The Confederacy Under Attack-- Part 204: Impact on "Dukes of Hazard"
From the Feb. 25-26, 2016, Google Alerts for Confederate.
** Md. House OKs barring Confederate Flag license plate renewal. (Loss) these would be the plates for the Sons of Confederate Veterans whose emblem features the flag.
** 'Dukes of Hazard' star John Schneider says Confederate Flag controversy hurts show's reruns. (Loss) OK, their car, the General Lee, has a Confederate Flag on its roof. Some folks were really angered by it.
** Texas Schools Are Getting Serious About Erasing Confederate Names, But Is That The Right Move? (Texas Monthly) About the Houston schools. Is it the right move?
--Old Secesh
** Md. House OKs barring Confederate Flag license plate renewal. (Loss) these would be the plates for the Sons of Confederate Veterans whose emblem features the flag.
** 'Dukes of Hazard' star John Schneider says Confederate Flag controversy hurts show's reruns. (Loss) OK, their car, the General Lee, has a Confederate Flag on its roof. Some folks were really angered by it.
** Texas Schools Are Getting Serious About Erasing Confederate Names, But Is That The Right Move? (Texas Monthly) About the Houston schools. Is it the right move?
--Old Secesh
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Chicago's Death Toll Breaks 100
A black woman was killed over this past weekend to put the Chicago murder number at 101 for the first two months of 2016.
Even though the papers do not break the murders down into black or white, most of those killed were black and most of their killers were black.
And, NOT one of the blacks killed were murdered by Confederate flags or statues.
Strange that you hear so much about how blacks find all things Confederate so offensive, but not much about all these murders. I find all these murders to be offensive. You'd think perhaps they have their priorities all wrong.
After All, Black Lives Matter. --Old Secesh
Even though the papers do not break the murders down into black or white, most of those killed were black and most of their killers were black.
And, NOT one of the blacks killed were murdered by Confederate flags or statues.
Strange that you hear so much about how blacks find all things Confederate so offensive, but not much about all these murders. I find all these murders to be offensive. You'd think perhaps they have their priorities all wrong.
After All, Black Lives Matter. --Old Secesh
The Confederacy Under Attack-- Part 203: Confederate Flag Day to Be Held in Gettysburg
From Feb. 24-25, 2016, Google Alerts for Confederate.
** Permit approved for first Confederate Flag Day event in Gettysburg. (Pennsylvania) (Win) I am really surprised this happened.
** Bidding process begins for removal of three Confederate monuments in new orleans. (Loss) new orleans stays small case because of its great embarrassment.
** Lawmakers approve replacing Confederate statue. (Florida) (OK with me) This would be the statue of Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith in Washington, D.C. Other than growing up in Florida, he had little other connection with the state.
--Old Secesh
** Permit approved for first Confederate Flag Day event in Gettysburg. (Pennsylvania) (Win) I am really surprised this happened.
** Bidding process begins for removal of three Confederate monuments in new orleans. (Loss) new orleans stays small case because of its great embarrassment.
** Lawmakers approve replacing Confederate statue. (Florida) (OK with me) This would be the statue of Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith in Washington, D.C. Other than growing up in Florida, he had little other connection with the state.
--Old Secesh
The Confederacy Under Attack-- Part 202: Mississippi State Flag to Remain (For Now)
From Feb.23-24, 2016, Google Alerts for Confederate.
** University of Alabama students want to name a building after Harper Lee- not a KKK leader. (Toss Up) John Tyler Morgan was a Confederate general and six-term U.S. senator from Alabama. There is a call to rename the campus English building.
Wikipedia says there is a personal account, but no physical or historical proof that he was a Grand Dragon of the group.
** The Confederate Flag Is here To Stay In Mississippi. (Thing Progress) (Win) State lawmakers said Tuesday that they didn't have enough support to replace the 122-year-old flag. I still say, let the people vote on it.
** Removed Confederate Flag may be displayed in Charleston. (South Carolina) The flag is the one taken down at the state capital last summer. There is talk of moving the Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum from Columbia to Charleston. I think part of the problem is all that money they want to "display" the flag at the relic Room.
--Old Secesh
** University of Alabama students want to name a building after Harper Lee- not a KKK leader. (Toss Up) John Tyler Morgan was a Confederate general and six-term U.S. senator from Alabama. There is a call to rename the campus English building.
Wikipedia says there is a personal account, but no physical or historical proof that he was a Grand Dragon of the group.
** The Confederate Flag Is here To Stay In Mississippi. (Thing Progress) (Win) State lawmakers said Tuesday that they didn't have enough support to replace the 122-year-old flag. I still say, let the people vote on it.
** Removed Confederate Flag may be displayed in Charleston. (South Carolina) The flag is the one taken down at the state capital last summer. There is talk of moving the Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum from Columbia to Charleston. I think part of the problem is all that money they want to "display" the flag at the relic Room.
--Old Secesh
The Confederacy Under Attack-- Part 201: Blacks Supporting Confederate Emblem on Mississippi Flag?
From the Feb. 22-23, 2016, Google Alerts for Confederate.
** Carlsbad mom irked over school treatment of confederate flag. (New Mexico) (Win) First off, Confederate is a proper noun and should be capitalized. Shelby Dozier flew a Confederate Flag outside Carlsbad High School. Her son, 15-year-old Dakota Carpenter wore a Confederate Flagon a tee shirt and had to zip it up
In August 2014, Albuquerque took down a Confederate Flag that had flown at a memorial commemorating an 1862 skirmish.
** Dunn: Let Mississippi voters decide on Confederate emblem. (Win) I also say, let them vote on it and abide by that decision, not a legislative or judicial one. They already voted once to keep it not long ago.
** Some black Mississippians support state flag for its history. (Win) And I am shocked by this.
--Old Secesh
** Carlsbad mom irked over school treatment of confederate flag. (New Mexico) (Win) First off, Confederate is a proper noun and should be capitalized. Shelby Dozier flew a Confederate Flag outside Carlsbad High School. Her son, 15-year-old Dakota Carpenter wore a Confederate Flagon a tee shirt and had to zip it up
In August 2014, Albuquerque took down a Confederate Flag that had flown at a memorial commemorating an 1862 skirmish.
** Dunn: Let Mississippi voters decide on Confederate emblem. (Win) I also say, let them vote on it and abide by that decision, not a legislative or judicial one. They already voted once to keep it not long ago.
** Some black Mississippians support state flag for its history. (Win) And I am shocked by this.
--Old Secesh
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