The Confederacy Under Attack-- Part 331: Another Fair Protest

From the August 3, 2016, Google Alerts for Confederate..

**  Confederate Flag sales at upcoming Lorain County Fair prompts protest rally.  (Ohio)  (Loss)  If you don't like it, don't look at it and definitely don't buy it, stupid!  This should nor be an issue in light of all the blacks getting killed by other blacks.  Sure makes you wonder about all that "Black Lives Matter" stuff.

**  Males assaulted at Shippensburg fair over Confederate Flag.  (Pennsylvania)  (Loss).  One was wearing a Confederate Flag on a black tee-shirt.  Like I said, we've got "idgits" on both sides.

--Old Secesh

The Confederacy Under Attack-- Part 322: Famous Americans Who Are Descendants of Confederate Soldiers

From July 20, 2016, Google Alerts for Confederate.

In my last Confederacy Under Attack post on Friday, I mentioned that Confederates are legally U.S. military veterans.

Here are some, and that is just some, famous Americans who are descendants of Confederates:

Marine General John A. Lejeune's father was Confederate Army Captain Ovide Lejeune.  Camp Lejeune Marine Corps base in North Carolina is named after John Lejeune.

Marine Lt. General Lewis "Chesty" Puller's grandfather was Confederate Major John Puller, killed in 1864.

Army Lt. General George S. Patton III's grandfather was Col. George Patton, killed in 1864.

And, There Are More.  --Old Secesh

The Confederacy Under Attack-- Part 312: Orderly Pro-Confederate March Held in N.C.

From the July 10, 2016, Google Alerts for Confederate.

**  Group fighting to keep Statue of Former Confederate President in State Capitol Rotunda.  (Frankfort, Ky.)  (Win)  The friends of the Jefferson Davis Historic Site are pushing to keep it.

**  Orderly march held in Pilot Mountain.  (North Carolina)  (Win)  And the BLM folks didn't attempt to disrupt it.  The march was held by the Southern Cross Group.  However, they had the flags over their shoulders like you'd carry a rifle.

--Old Secesh

The Confederacy Under Attack-- Part 297: New Orleans Cleaning Vandalized Confederate Monuments

From the June 25, 2016, Google Alerts for Confederate.

**  Report:  New Orleans works to clean vandalized Confederate monuments.  (Win)  At least they will be clean when they remove them.  Oh well, little victories when we can get 'em.

**  Officials work to prevent repeat of dueling hate rallies.  (Columbia, S.C.)  Last July there were confrontations between Confederate and black supporters.

--Old Secesh

The Confederacy Under Attack-- Part 122: New Battle in Natchitoches

From the Nov. 13, 2015, Google Alerts for Confederate.

Matthews woman's stand on the Confederate Flag goes viral.  (Matthews, N.C. near Charlotte.  (Loss)  She stole a Confederate Flag sticker off a neighbor's truck and replaced it with a racist note.  She is quite proud of what she did though to me that falls under destruction of private property.  Perhaps a nice big fine might convince her of the error of her ways.

Battle over Confederate Flag in Natchitoches.  (Louisana)  (Draw for now)  The mayor wants the flag out of the Christmas parade.  A decision has not been reached, but I'm sure it will be banned.

In Md. some stand against Confederate plate recall.  (Win)  Maryland license plates for SCV.

Review board recommends moving Confederate statues out of Lexington historic courthouse.  (Kentucky) (Loss)   These would be the statues of Confederates John Hunt Morgan and John C. Breckinridge.

Stone Mountain: A Confederate memorial in a black neighborhood.  (Georgia)

--Old Secesh

The Confederacy Under Attack-- Part 99: Bowdoin College in Maine Drops Its Jefferson Davis Award

Confederate Flags in the Illinois Valley.  (Illinois)  (Win)  Can be seen flying from homes, stickers on vehicles and even in front of businesses.  The writer seemed to dislike the idea.

Bowdoin College Ends Confederate Heritage Award Like many Still Offered by U.S. Service Academies.  (Maine)  (Loss)  Hey, if they don't want it, we'll find someone else who will.  However, are there any Southern colleges left that would accept them.  I doubt it.

The award was given by the UDC.  The school will return the endowment funds.  The Jefferson Davis prize was established in 1972 at Bowdoin.

But, all five U.S. service academies continue to offer UDC scholarships:

The Lee Award is offered at the USMA for systems engineering.

The USNA and US Merchant Marine Academies offer an award in the name of Matthew Fontaine Maury.

The USCGA offers the Admiral Raphael Semmes Award for applied science.

--Old Secesh

The Confederacy Under Attack-- Part 90: Ole Miss Students Vote on State Flag Removal

From the Oct. 19, 2015, Google Alerts for Confederate.

Volunteer Rebels?  Tennessee County votes Monday on raising Confederate Flag.  (Greene County, Tennessee) (We'll see if win or loss)

Maryland gets okay to recall Confederate Flag plates, Virginia recall meets defiance.  (Loss and Win)

Making a Home in the Shadow of Confederate Symbols.  (NPR)  (Loss) Upset about a Confederate memorial in front of nearly every courthouse or intersection in the South.

Ole Miss votes Tuesday on Confederate symbol.  (Mississippi) (Win or Loss)  Students are voting on whether or not to remove the Mississippi state flag from campus.  (I'm sure they will vote to remove it.)

Florida Senate to Remove Confederate Battle Flag From Seal.  (Loss)  However, now they should remove all of the flags since every one of the countries have done things in history that are shameful.

Bill Torg At Large: At Stone Mountain, how about a Confederate memorial that tells the truth.  (Loss)

Beauvoir annual fall muster brings up confederate flag discussion.  (Mississippi)  (Draw, perhaps win).  Beauvioir was the postwar home of President Jefferson Davis.  I noticed how the word Confederate wasn't spelled with a capital "C".

--Old Secesh

New York City's Defenses During the War-- Part 2

Twice during the early part of 1861, relief expeditions were sent to Major Anderson's troops at Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor from  Fort Columbus (Fort Jay).  The Army secretly dispatched troops in the steamer Star of the West the first time but the ship was turned back by the cadets from Charleston's Citadel.  The second attempt resulted in the firing on Fort Sumter and the start of the war.

Once hostilities commenced, Fort Columbus was used as recruitment center and a hospital.

Confederate Major General William H.C. Whiting died of dysentery at the fort in February 1865 while being held prisoner at the base hospital.  He had been captured at Fort Fisher on January 15, 1865 and was the highest-ranking Confederate officer to die as a prisoner of war.

--Old Secesh

Frank Crawford Talks About His New Book "In the Shadows of Lincoln"-- Part 2

Frank Crawford had both of his books with him and was selling them at about 2/3 of what you get get it for on Amazon, $20 each.  I was tempted to buy one, especially after finding he was a history buff after my own heart   One more interested in the "small history."

But, I already have too many books and need to start getting rid of some, one reason I usually got to meetings with old college books on the war to the McHenry Civil War Round Table meetings for their raffle.

Crawford said he chose twenty men for his "In the Shadows of Lincoln" book.  Each one of them had something to do with Lincoln's assassination.  They did things heroic and not so heroic.  Who were they, what had they been doing before and what happened to them afterwards.

What happened to the Union soldier who let John Wilkes Booth and David Herold leave Washington?

What happened to the man who fought off Seward's attacker that night.

What about the man chosen to stand under Marry Surratt's hanging spot at Old Capitol Prison?  Mr. Crawford said he had been wounded at the Battle of Petersburg and had lost a finger.  He was now in the Veterans Reserve Corps and chosen to be a knocker.

What Is a Knocker at a Hanging?  --Old Secesh

More on Washington Arsenal Explosion-- Part 3: Arsenal Explosions During the War

Arsenal explosions were common.  Besides the Washington and Pittsburgh explosions, the Confederacy had two major ones at Richmond in 1863 and Augusta, Georgia, in 1864.  At each event, most of the dead were girls and young women.

Like in later conflicts when previously male jobs were filled by women because the men were off fighting. "Government Girls"  worked at the arsenals as well as held jobs as clerks, printers and even sewer work.  Their ranks swelled during the war.

They had to work hard, especially the married ones who often had wounded or disabled husbands as well as children to care for.  The made good wages for back then.  Arsenal workers made$50-60 a month, but even with the good wages, it was hard to keep up with the rampant inflation which reached 76% at one point.

Rent, even in poor, remote suburbs like Georgetown, ate up at least $25 a month (though single women often boarded together and some lived with family.  A cord of wood cost between$12 and $16.

A large number of the female workers were of Irish descent.

--Old Secesh