The Confederacy Under Attack-- Part 215: Truly a War of Extinction on the C.S.A.

This is truly a new War of Extinction on the Confederate States of America.

Again, I capitalize the word Flag when used with Confederate out of beleaguered respect.  There are usually at least ten-twelve alerts each day, but I don't use ones that are repeats, only if it is an update.

Sadly, the attacks on all things Confederate really picked up as the sesquicentennial of the Civil War approached.  Then there were those horrible murders in Charleston.  That misguided idiot did more to hurt the Confederacy than John Wilkes Booth did.

It appears that this second war is over in the areas of government, judicial, legislative and college.  We have lost.  The real sad part is seeing how Southern States, those who were in the Confederacy, are turning their backs.  Especially the southern colleges.

It would seem that high schools are carrying forth the battle more than higher education.

As horrible as the nine murders in Charleston are, that pales when you look at how many people (mostly blacks) get shot and murdered in just Chicago where there were twenty shootings this past weekend.

Over 200 shootings have taken place JUST in Chicago so far this year and over 50 murders.

Perhaps Blacks Should Put More Emphasis In Stopping Themselves From Murdering Each Other.  --Old Secesh

Putting the Rock Into the War-- Part 1

From March 17, 2016, Science Codex "How rocks shaped the Civil War."

Gettysburg is the most studied battleground of the war and its terrain is due to a mixture of harder igneous and softer sediments in landforms such as Cemetery Hill and Little Round Top.  These were two major defensive positions of the Union Army.

Carbonates like limestone provided defensive positions in battles in both the eastern and western theaters of the war.

Limestone and dolostones form the terrain of the battlefields at Antietam, Stones River, Chickamauga,  Franklin, Nashville and Monocacy.

Rolling.  --Old Secesh

The Confederacy Under Attack-- Part 214: Charleston, S.C. Votes to Remove Confederate Flags in Institutions of Higher Learning

From the March 9, 2016, Google Alerts for Confederate.

**  Confederate Flag controversy:  group meets today, calls for boycott of Loraine County Fair.  (Ohio)  (Loss)  Some folks are upset that vendors sell Confederate Flags.  My advice to them is that if it offends you, don't buy it.

**  Confederate Flag Controversy Surrounds Berea's Spoonbread Festival.  (Kentucky)  (Loss)  The mayor wants them removed.  This would be another item against vendors.

**  Vandals Damage Confederate Soldier statue.  (Kentucky)  (Loss)  Knocked it over.

**  Charleston City Council voted to remove Confederate Flags.  (South Carolina)  (Loss)  I mentioned this in the previous post and am not surprised this is how they voted.

--Old Secesh

The Confederacy Under Attack-- Part 213: Confederate Flag Splits Mississippi Ahead of Primary

From the March 8, 2016, Google Alerts for Confederate.

**  Confederate Flag splits Mississippi ahead of primary.

**  Removal of Confederate Flag on City of Charleston's agenda.  (South Carolina)  (Loss)  Council members to vote on resolution Tuesday to remove Confederate Flags from institutions of higher learning.  This probably will pass and is mostly aimed at the flag in the Citadel's Summerall Chapel.

--Old Secesh

The Confederacy Under Attack-- Part 212: Confederate Flag Rally at Oklahoma Capitol

From March 6-7, 2016, Google Alerts for Confederate.

**  Students say taping off confederate memorial act of protest for preservation.  (Savannah, Ga.)  (If this is true, Win)  And, Confederate should be capitalized.  They believe history should be debated before being erased.  A group of grad students but didn't say which school.

**  Dozens protest Confederate Flag ride in Durango.  (Colorado)  (Loss)  Again, they should allow the procession with no protest, or at least violence.

**  Confederate Flag rally held at Oklahoma State Capitol.  (Win)

--Old Secesh

The Confederacy Under Attack-- Part 211: Groups Duel in Gettysburg

From the March 5-6, 2016, Google Alerts for Confederate.

**  Rallies for, against Confederate Flag duel at Gettysburg.  (Draw)  Much verbal abuse on both sides, officials had to separate some.  It is too bad the other side can't allow Confederates to commemorate their heritage.

**  Group waves controversial symbol, gather to commemorate Confederate Flag Day.  (Michigan)  (Win)

**  Confederate national flag flying high over N.C. Capitol Saturday.  (Win)  To honor Confederate Flag Day.

**  Proposed bill would block removal of Confederate monuments.  (Louisiana) (Win, but there is no way it will pass.)

--Old Secesh

The Confederacy Under Attack-- Part 210: Bills to Restrict Confederate Erasure in Virginia and Alabama

From the March 4, 2016, Google Alerts for Confederate.

**  Confederate Flag ride planned Saturday from Durango to Pagosa Springs.  (Colorado)  (Win)

**  Bill impacting Confederate monuments on governor's desk.  (Virginia) (Win if he signs it)   It is designed to prevent local governments from moving war memorials.

**  Pro-Confederate legislators make run to save symbols.  (Virginia)  (Win)  This is about the bill in front of the governor.Of course, the legislative Black caucus racist group are against it.  All five members voted against it.

**  Alabama Senate passes bill to restrict removal of Confederate historic monuments.  (Win)

At Long Last, Legislators Are Standing Up for Heritage.  --Old Secesh

The Confederacy Under Attack-- Part 209: Move Over NAACP, There's a New NAACP in Town

From the March 2-3, 2016, Google Alerts for Confederate.

**  Sons of Confederate Veterans to gather at Martinsburg.  (West Virginia)  In honor of the 155th birthday of the Confederate Flag.  They had been banned from walking in the street, but planned on being on the sidewalks.

**  Why man was wearing white-robe and holding Confederate Flag in Colonial Heights.  (Virginia)  (Loss) A man saying he was a member of the National Association for Awakening Confederate Patriots (NAACP) said he was exercising his First Amendment rights.  He was standing in front of the war memorial and, however, wasn't wearing a hood.

Loss because the further distance between he KKK and ourselves, the better.  Although I did like the play on the associations.

**  Confederate Heritage Month is a hot topic across area.  (Mississippi)  (Loss)  It shouldn't be.  Black History Month was not a hot topic either.

National Association for Awakening Confederate Patriots.  That's a Good One.  --Old Secesh

University of Georgia's Slavery and Confederate Connections-- Part 3: Must Change Name and History

And then, further damning the University of Georgia (of course, anything dealing with these two things must be erased), several buildings on campus are named after Confederates or white supremacists.

Grady Smith School of Journalism--  Henry Grady, manager editor of the Atlanta Constitution was a white supremacist.

Hoke Smith Annex houses the College of Agriculture and Environmental Science Cooperative Extension service.  In the 1906 election for governor, he wanted to disenfranchise blacks.

Mell Hall--  Patrick Hues Mell, wrote the treatise "Slavery, neither a Moral, Political, Nor Social Evil."

Actually, the University of Georgia, under the current climate and regards to all its past sins, must change its name and erase all history, including sports, before 1961, and maybe even to today.

After All, We Must Not Offend.  --Old Secesh

University of Georgia's Slavery and Confederate Connections-- Part 2: Students Joined the Confederate Army

There are also traces of the Confederacy around campus.  The monument across from the famous Arch honors Athens residents who served in the Confederacy.  The plaque at the entrance to North Campus honors Confederates as well.

It states:  "During the War for Southern Independence most of the students entered into the Confederate Army.  The University closed its doors in 1864 and did not open again until January 1866.  After the war, many Confederate veterans became students."

--Old Secesh

University of Georgia's Confederate and Slavery Connections-- Part 1: Slaves Once Worked on Campus

From the Red & Black, University of Georgia student newspaper, "Before Holmes and Hunter:  Students look at UGA's history of segregation and slavery" by Hannah Echols.

Many think that the University of Georgia's black history began with the entrance of Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter, the first blacks to enroll at the school in 1961.

But black history goes back to the school's earliest days.  Enslaved people played a pivotal role in the building and maintaining of the campus.  They stoked fires, carried water, rang the chapel bell and constructed buildings.  The only time they were allowed on campus, however, was to perform prescribed duties, then they had to leave.

--Old Secesh

Talking About Those Bad Generals-- Part 2: From Bragg to Devins

The McHenry Civil War Round Table Discussion Group meeting Feb. 27, 2016.

Some other suggestions for "Bad Generals":

BRAGG--  The worst.  He fought his subordinates more than the enemy.

BUTLER--  Enough said.  Real funny when he was telling the Committee on the Conduct of the War that Fort Fisher couldn't be taken right when the paper boys outside in the street started yelling that it had.

SIGEL--  Had German connections leading to his generalship.  But after the 1864 election, Lincoln no longer needed the German vote.

BANKS--  Involved with illegal cotton trade.

CHARLES DEVINS--  From Massachusetts.  Commanded 11th Corps at Chancellorsville.

--Old Secesh

MCCWRT Discussion Group: Bad Generals-- Part 1: J.B. Hood an Early Contender

The February 27, 2016, McHenry County Civil War Round Table met at Panera Bread in Crystal Lake, Illinois and discussed a topic dear to us all, "Bad Generals in the Civil War."  It was a round-robin with most everyone putting their own nominees on the table.

Some early contenders on the Confederate side were Pillow and Hood.  John Bell Hood was probably the most villified one for destroying the Army of Tennessee.  Mention was made of his drug use, laudlum, for his lost limbs.

Confederate General Joseph Johnston was found to not be on any list by "expert" Civil War folk, other than the fact he was fighting not only the Union, but also Davis.

Union General George McClellan was mentioned for his lack of attack, but his organizational skills were outstanding.  One person attributed a quote from Lee to the effect that "in order to be a good general, you must love the Army and be willing to sacrifice it."

The Confederacy Under Attack-- Part 208: Louisiana Man Arrested After Scuffle

From the March 2, 2016, Google Alerts for Confederate.

**  Mississippi Will Defend Lawsuit Over Confederate-Themed Flag.  (Win)  I was surprised that they would actually defend it.

**  Northshore landowner arrested after altercation with Confederate Flag vendor.  (Angie, Louisiana)  (Nobody wins when disagreement turns to violence.)  A black property owner found someone selling Confederate flags and white supremacist merchandise on his land.  He told the guy to get off his land, an argument ensued and eventually the owner pulled out a pistol and struck the vendor.

**  West Salem students force freedom-of-speech showdown with display of Confederate Flags.  (LaCross, Wisconsin)  (Win)  West Salem High School will not allow the flags in the parking lot so students park on nearby streets with flags flying.

--Old Secesh

McHenry County Civil War Round Table: I Re-upped for Two Years

We had the first regular meeting of 2016 last night at the Woodstock, Illinois, Library.  I met some of the folks earlier at Papa G's on Woodstock Square, dating to the 1850s for dinner and general history and Civil War talk.

Earlier I went to the small town, mom and pop bookstore "Between the Lines" and found a book on Stonewall Jackson and looked up W.H.C. Whiting, a Confederate general I'm very much interested in and who was captured at Fort Fisher and later died while in Union prison.

Apparently, when Stonewall Jackson was being relieved of his command by Confederate General Joseph Johnston at some point (perhaps before First Bull Run), Jackson had not received orders to be relieved and refused to step down until everything was in order, almost sparking a scene.  Whiting was there at the time.  Perhaps it was around the Seven Days battles.

Once at the meeting, I paid my $50 to cover the next two years of membership in this excellent organization. I also gave an additional $10 for cemetery work. (The organization has even gotten a new marker for a former Confederate soldier who died in the county.)

We had an excellent talk on Abraham Lincoln and William Seward.

--Old Secesh