From the Feb. 1, 2012, Franklin (Va) News-Post "Rocky Mount woman is one of 17 living children of Confederate soldiers" by Linda Stanley.
Well, they might have lost the war, but that sure did nothing against them in a reproductive sort of way.
Isabelle Hodges, 86, is oe of 3 Real Daughters of the Confederacy still living in Virginia. Her sister Mildred, lives in Danville and is one of the other two. Isabelle didn't know her father who died when she was just two weeks old.
She is one of only 17 certified Confederate daughters. Her father, Nathaniel "Nat" Hammock married her mother Lessie Gray Myers on August 8, 1908, with a 51 year difference in their ages. Hammock was 67 and Lessie just 16. The couple had eight children. Isabele was born March 25, 1925, and her father died April 8, 1928.
Hammock joined Co. E, 57th Virginia on August 15, 1863 in Pittsylvania County. He was listed as being sick with severe diarrhea for most of his military career, a sickness that killed so many on both sides.
He was furloughed Oct. 15, 1864, and hospitalized in Danville beginning Nov. 5, 1864. He was back in a hospital with diarrhea again on March 12, 1864 and transferred to the Lynchburg hospital about April 16, 1865.
After the war, he married Mary Elizabeth Smith who died in 1907 and had seven children from that union.
Evidently, Diarrhea Does Not Cause Other Problems. --Old Secesh
The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.
Monday, October 15, 2012
Saturday, October 13, 2012
Florida in the Civil War
From Feb. 10, 2012, "Guest Opinion: Southwest Florida's black history found in the Civil War" by Irvin Winsboro.
Florida's Civil War experience is sometimes referred to as "a trifling affair" but it was much more complex than that. You should check out Dale Cox's excellent Civil War Florida blog to see just how complex it was.
Some 15,000 Floridians, 11% of the population participated after the state became the third to secede. About 5,000 died.
Of Confederate troops, most fought elsewhere, but 2,500 stayed within the state.
Another 2,000 whites and blacks joined Union forces
Twenty-nine of the 65 Union regiments posted in the state were black. Of the 1,044 Florida blacks mustered into Union service, most served in the United States Colored Troops and 255 joined the Navy. Blacks participated in at least 32 skirmishes, scouting expeditions and battles in the state.
A Little-Known Part of the War. --Old Secesh
Florida's Civil War experience is sometimes referred to as "a trifling affair" but it was much more complex than that. You should check out Dale Cox's excellent Civil War Florida blog to see just how complex it was.
Some 15,000 Floridians, 11% of the population participated after the state became the third to secede. About 5,000 died.
Of Confederate troops, most fought elsewhere, but 2,500 stayed within the state.
Another 2,000 whites and blacks joined Union forces
Twenty-nine of the 65 Union regiments posted in the state were black. Of the 1,044 Florida blacks mustered into Union service, most served in the United States Colored Troops and 255 joined the Navy. Blacks participated in at least 32 skirmishes, scouting expeditions and battles in the state.
A Little-Known Part of the War. --Old Secesh
Friday, October 12, 2012
Missouri Man Is Son of Civil War Veteran-- Part 2
The 143rd Indiana was one of the later regments mustered into Union service toward the end of the war, organizing in Indianapolis and became active Fe, 21, 1865. They left Indianapolis Feb. 24th and went to Nashville, then Murfreesboro and Tullahoma, Tennessee. June 26th, the regimentwas split for garrison duty, with some going to Fort Donaleson. They mustered out October 17th.
Hilbert has his father's discharge. He was a member of Co. E, which had 84 members.
The SUVCW, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, was chartered in 1954 (the Sons of Confederate Veterans was chartered in the 1890s).
His parents were Joseph and Mary Otillia Gramelspacher and were married Feb. 6, 1917. His father was 68 and she was 24, the second marriage for both. They had three children: Arthur, born Dec. 23, 1917; Hilbert, born Dec. 31, 1919; and Josepha, born Feb. 22, 1922.
His dad was 71 when Hilbert was born and worked as a bricklayer. His brick house still stands in Jasper, Indiana. After his father, who according to Hilbert, didn't look that old, died, his mother married again.
Hilbert graduated from high school and then worked in the CCC for two years. During World War II, he served in the Coast Guard as a radioman on the cutter Comanche on Greenland Patrol. Later, he was on the destroyer escort USS Falgout on trips to North Africa. In March 1944 the ship was attacked by German torpedo bombers.
He has just gotten married himself to a woman two years younger than he.
Quite a Family History. --Old secesh
Hilbert has his father's discharge. He was a member of Co. E, which had 84 members.
The SUVCW, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, was chartered in 1954 (the Sons of Confederate Veterans was chartered in the 1890s).
His parents were Joseph and Mary Otillia Gramelspacher and were married Feb. 6, 1917. His father was 68 and she was 24, the second marriage for both. They had three children: Arthur, born Dec. 23, 1917; Hilbert, born Dec. 31, 1919; and Josepha, born Feb. 22, 1922.
His dad was 71 when Hilbert was born and worked as a bricklayer. His brick house still stands in Jasper, Indiana. After his father, who according to Hilbert, didn't look that old, died, his mother married again.
Hilbert graduated from high school and then worked in the CCC for two years. During World War II, he served in the Coast Guard as a radioman on the cutter Comanche on Greenland Patrol. Later, he was on the destroyer escort USS Falgout on trips to North Africa. In March 1944 the ship was attacked by German torpedo bombers.
He has just gotten married himself to a woman two years younger than he.
Quite a Family History. --Old secesh
Missouri Man Is Son of Civil War Veteran-- Part 1
From the Feb. 5, 2012 Southeast Missourian by David Silberberg.
Danny Demmy, Sr, executive director of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War knows of only 13 men remaining who fathers fought for the Union in the war. They are between the ages of 84 to 101 and referred to as "Real Sons."
Hilbert J. Gramelspacher, 92, now lives in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. His father was Joseph Gramelspacher born in 1848 in Jasper, Indiana. He enlisted at age 16 in the 143rd Indiana Infantry regiments and would never talk about his war experiences.
He was just 11 when his dad died in 1931 at the age of 83. His father showed him his rifle, but gave it to his sister and her children who now have it. Hilbert, his sister and brother received a civil War pension until he was 16. That pension money got them through the Great Depression.
A Real Son. --Old Secesh
Danny Demmy, Sr, executive director of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War knows of only 13 men remaining who fathers fought for the Union in the war. They are between the ages of 84 to 101 and referred to as "Real Sons."
Hilbert J. Gramelspacher, 92, now lives in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. His father was Joseph Gramelspacher born in 1848 in Jasper, Indiana. He enlisted at age 16 in the 143rd Indiana Infantry regiments and would never talk about his war experiences.
He was just 11 when his dad died in 1931 at the age of 83. His father showed him his rifle, but gave it to his sister and her children who now have it. Hilbert, his sister and brother received a civil War pension until he was 16. That pension money got them through the Great Depression.
A Real Son. --Old Secesh
Thursday, October 11, 2012
GAR in Montana
From the Feb. 6, 2012, Redwood Falls (Mont) Gazette "Civil War vets helped out too, by GAR" by Troy Krause.
GAR here referring to the Grand Army of the Republic, a fraternal organization of Union veterans formed in Decatur, Illinois, in 1866.
The post in Redwood County was named for Captain John Marsh, a Union soldier who died at redwood Ferry during the Dakota conflict. There were 34 members when it started with each paying $1 to get it going. These men marched in all parades.
The GAR was the model for today's veterans organizations like the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars. The organization had district, state and national conventions and were involved in erecting monuments.
The Women's Relief Corps was established as an auxiliary organization. One of their goals was to erect statues in municipal cemeteries.
The GAR officially disbanded in 1956 when the last veteran died.
Quite an Organization. --Old Secesh
GAR here referring to the Grand Army of the Republic, a fraternal organization of Union veterans formed in Decatur, Illinois, in 1866.
The post in Redwood County was named for Captain John Marsh, a Union soldier who died at redwood Ferry during the Dakota conflict. There were 34 members when it started with each paying $1 to get it going. These men marched in all parades.
The GAR was the model for today's veterans organizations like the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars. The organization had district, state and national conventions and were involved in erecting monuments.
The Women's Relief Corps was established as an auxiliary organization. One of their goals was to erect statues in municipal cemeteries.
The GAR officially disbanded in 1956 when the last veteran died.
Quite an Organization. --Old Secesh
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
The Lame Lion of Lynchburg
From Wikipedia.
Back on October 5th, I wrote about John W. Daniel speaking before the veterans of the Stonewall Brigade at the Grand Reunion in Staunton, Virginia, in 1900. He was called "The Lame Lion of Lynchburg." I had never heard of him or his nickname. Some research was called for.
John Warwick Daniel (1842-1910) American lawyer, author and Democratic politician from Lynchburg, Virginia, where he was born and grew up at the Point of Honor mansion owned by his father who was a friend of Thomas Jefferson and physician of Patrick Henry.
John Daniel served in the Virginia House of Delegates and five terms as US Senator.
Served in the Confederate Army from 1861-64, rising to the rank of major and serving on the staff of General Jubal Early. He was seriously wounded at the 1864 Battle of the Wilderness and so disabled that he resigned his commission.
There is a statue of him in Lynchburg in the triangle formed by 9th and Floyd streets and Park Avenue. He is seated and holding crutches. Daniel is considered one of Virginia's foremost orators.
I was unable to find out anything about the particulars of his injury.
Old Secesh
Back on October 5th, I wrote about John W. Daniel speaking before the veterans of the Stonewall Brigade at the Grand Reunion in Staunton, Virginia, in 1900. He was called "The Lame Lion of Lynchburg." I had never heard of him or his nickname. Some research was called for.
John Warwick Daniel (1842-1910) American lawyer, author and Democratic politician from Lynchburg, Virginia, where he was born and grew up at the Point of Honor mansion owned by his father who was a friend of Thomas Jefferson and physician of Patrick Henry.
John Daniel served in the Virginia House of Delegates and five terms as US Senator.
Served in the Confederate Army from 1861-64, rising to the rank of major and serving on the staff of General Jubal Early. He was seriously wounded at the 1864 Battle of the Wilderness and so disabled that he resigned his commission.
There is a statue of him in Lynchburg in the triangle formed by 9th and Floyd streets and Park Avenue. He is seated and holding crutches. Daniel is considered one of Virginia's foremost orators.
I was unable to find out anything about the particulars of his injury.
Old Secesh
Sad, But Expected on TV Show "The Office."
I watched this past Thursday's episode where the new office manager found out his family had owned Michelle Obama's ancestors as slaves. As such, he was proud to be a distant relative, but appalled that his family might have owned slaves in the past.
He went the rest of the show trying to dig up "dirt" on the other employees' ancestors as they gave him a hard time.
This is so typical of today's people trying to impose their cultures and mores onto people from the past. Yes, owning slaves is a bad thing (unless you live in today's Africa or Haiti), but back then in the South, there was no negative stigma attached to it. It was a regrettable institution and I believe retarded the region's growth other than to make the chasm between the rich plantation owners and regular folks even wider, but existed nonetheless.
About the only people really opposed to it were the abolitionists. Most Northerners, while not favoring slavery, certainly did not feel blacks were their equal.
It is this continual attack on Southern history that is more than shaping the new generation's mindset.
Some of my ancestors owned slaves and I do not feel that makes them bad people. Today, it surely would, but not back 150-200 years ago.
Time to Stop Cross-Culturing Back in Time. --Old Secesh
He went the rest of the show trying to dig up "dirt" on the other employees' ancestors as they gave him a hard time.
This is so typical of today's people trying to impose their cultures and mores onto people from the past. Yes, owning slaves is a bad thing (unless you live in today's Africa or Haiti), but back then in the South, there was no negative stigma attached to it. It was a regrettable institution and I believe retarded the region's growth other than to make the chasm between the rich plantation owners and regular folks even wider, but existed nonetheless.
About the only people really opposed to it were the abolitionists. Most Northerners, while not favoring slavery, certainly did not feel blacks were their equal.
It is this continual attack on Southern history that is more than shaping the new generation's mindset.
Some of my ancestors owned slaves and I do not feel that makes them bad people. Today, it surely would, but not back 150-200 years ago.
Time to Stop Cross-Culturing Back in Time. --Old Secesh
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Pennsylvania Tragic Train Wreck-- Part 2
Telegraph operator Douglas Kent left work at 9:30 AM and was never heard of or seen again amid rumors of being drunk.
Confederate and Union dead were buried quickly in shallow mass graves between the track and the Delaware River. Confederates were four to a casket which were made from wreckage. Individual coffins for the 17 Union dead arrived the next day. A total of 48 Confederates died.
Confederate survivors were taken to Shohola and housed in railroad buildings and some of their injured were housed in local homes. John and Michael Johnson were taken to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hickock, but died during the night. The Hickock's decided on giving them a Christian burial and the Johnsons were taken across the Delaware River and buried at the Congregational Church in Barryville, New York. The graves were unmarked so that the guards would be unable to find them.
The Hickocks were questioned by Union authorities, but never revealed the location. Eventually, a single stone marker was erected and is still there.
Five Confederates escaped from the wreck and were never recaptured.
On January 11, 1911, soldiers and prisoners were disinterred and taken to the Elmira Woodlawn national Cemetery. Their graves are marked by a single monument with two bronze plaques: one facing North for the Union soldiers and one facing South for the Confederates.
A little-Known Story of the War. --Old Secesh
Confederate and Union dead were buried quickly in shallow mass graves between the track and the Delaware River. Confederates were four to a casket which were made from wreckage. Individual coffins for the 17 Union dead arrived the next day. A total of 48 Confederates died.
Confederate survivors were taken to Shohola and housed in railroad buildings and some of their injured were housed in local homes. John and Michael Johnson were taken to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hickock, but died during the night. The Hickock's decided on giving them a Christian burial and the Johnsons were taken across the Delaware River and buried at the Congregational Church in Barryville, New York. The graves were unmarked so that the guards would be unable to find them.
The Hickocks were questioned by Union authorities, but never revealed the location. Eventually, a single stone marker was erected and is still there.
Five Confederates escaped from the wreck and were never recaptured.
On January 11, 1911, soldiers and prisoners were disinterred and taken to the Elmira Woodlawn national Cemetery. Their graves are marked by a single monument with two bronze plaques: one facing North for the Union soldiers and one facing South for the Confederates.
A little-Known Story of the War. --Old Secesh
Monday, October 8, 2012
Special Sale on "North Carolina Civil War Troops"
From the Oct. 3, 2012, Beach Carolina Magazine.
The Historical Publication Section of the North Carolina Office of Archives and History is having a 60=70% cut in this series of books. Regularly $50 each, Vols. 1-15 are going for $15 each and Vols. 16-18 for $20.
The series began back during the centennial Civil War commemoration with the goal of providing the service record for every single man serving in a Confederate unit from the state and is a remarkable piece of history.
I remember getting a copy from a library back then and doing research on troops captured at Fort Fisher Jan. 15, 1865 and remember a remarkably high number that I listed as "DIP." That would be "Died in Prison." And that is considering that the war only continued for three months afterwards. Sure says something about northern prisons.
I wouldn't mind getting a volume or two covering Confederate units at Fort Fisher, but have an aversion to P&H.
I imagine the sale has something to do with the coming death of books.
Gimme That Book. --Old Secesh
The Historical Publication Section of the North Carolina Office of Archives and History is having a 60=70% cut in this series of books. Regularly $50 each, Vols. 1-15 are going for $15 each and Vols. 16-18 for $20.
The series began back during the centennial Civil War commemoration with the goal of providing the service record for every single man serving in a Confederate unit from the state and is a remarkable piece of history.
I remember getting a copy from a library back then and doing research on troops captured at Fort Fisher Jan. 15, 1865 and remember a remarkably high number that I listed as "DIP." That would be "Died in Prison." And that is considering that the war only continued for three months afterwards. Sure says something about northern prisons.
I wouldn't mind getting a volume or two covering Confederate units at Fort Fisher, but have an aversion to P&H.
I imagine the sale has something to do with the coming death of books.
Gimme That Book. --Old Secesh
Friday, October 5, 2012
Staunton, Virginia's Grand Camp Reunion, 1900-- Part 2
"Dixie" was played by the Stonewall Brigade Band to open the ceremonies Oct. 10th at Columbian Hall ar Baldwin and Lewis streets.
On October 11th, 2,500 filled the building and heard the keynote address by Virginia Senator John W. Daniel, known as the "Lame Lion of Lynchburg" because of the crippling wound he received at the Battle of the Wilderness.
That afternoon, Stonewall Brigade survivors held a reunion and had an address by General Fitzhugh Lee, the nephew of Robert E. Lee. Other former Confederate leaders made speeches throughout the day and "far into the night."
Principal hotels in Staunton reported housing 3,324 people for the three days of the Grand Camp. Three restaurants reported as having fed 3,300. Fifty boarding houses in the area reported another 225.
As many as 300 former Confederates unable to provide for themselves were treated to meals and lodging by the Grand Camp's entertainment committee and local citizens.
Staunton's hosting of the Grand Camp was deemed as the second largest and successful such event ever held. The prior one was the laying of the cornerstone of the Jefferson Davis monument in Richmond in 1897.
Bringing Back Those Old memories. --Old Secesh
On October 11th, 2,500 filled the building and heard the keynote address by Virginia Senator John W. Daniel, known as the "Lame Lion of Lynchburg" because of the crippling wound he received at the Battle of the Wilderness.
That afternoon, Stonewall Brigade survivors held a reunion and had an address by General Fitzhugh Lee, the nephew of Robert E. Lee. Other former Confederate leaders made speeches throughout the day and "far into the night."
Principal hotels in Staunton reported housing 3,324 people for the three days of the Grand Camp. Three restaurants reported as having fed 3,300. Fifty boarding houses in the area reported another 225.
As many as 300 former Confederates unable to provide for themselves were treated to meals and lodging by the Grand Camp's entertainment committee and local citizens.
Staunton's hosting of the Grand Camp was deemed as the second largest and successful such event ever held. The prior one was the laying of the cornerstone of the Jefferson Davis monument in Richmond in 1897.
Bringing Back Those Old memories. --Old Secesh
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Pennsylvania Tragic Prisoner Train Wreck-- Part 1
From the July 15, 2011, Pocono (Pa) Record "Prisoner train wreck during the Civil War near Shohola recalled as tragedy for both sides" by John Punola.
The Elmira, NY induction center had been converted into a prison for Confederates.
Confederate prisoners captured at the Battle of Cold Harbor, mostly recruits, were sent by train to Jersey City, NJ and transferred to the Erie RR destined for Port Jervis, NY, and a final destination of Elmira.
They arrived at Port Jervis July 15, 1864 on locomotive No. 171, following the West 23 Train as an extra. The train consisted of a mixture of passenger and freight cars, a locomotive, caboose, a Union guard detail and the prisoners.
They were running along a single track at 20 mph and had warning flags for other trains to give the right of way. There were sharp curves along the Delaware River. At Lackawaxen, a station where a branch railroad connected, the telegraph operator, Douglas Kent, noted that West 23 had flags showing that there was a train behind it.
At 2:30 PM, coal train Erie 237 arrived at the junction pulling 50 cars of coal. Kent mistakenly gave the all clear sign, turned the switch and the coal train headed east. The prisoner train and 237 collided at King & Fuller's Cut, a blind curve.
A Calamity. --Old Secesh
The Elmira, NY induction center had been converted into a prison for Confederates.
Confederate prisoners captured at the Battle of Cold Harbor, mostly recruits, were sent by train to Jersey City, NJ and transferred to the Erie RR destined for Port Jervis, NY, and a final destination of Elmira.
They arrived at Port Jervis July 15, 1864 on locomotive No. 171, following the West 23 Train as an extra. The train consisted of a mixture of passenger and freight cars, a locomotive, caboose, a Union guard detail and the prisoners.
They were running along a single track at 20 mph and had warning flags for other trains to give the right of way. There were sharp curves along the Delaware River. At Lackawaxen, a station where a branch railroad connected, the telegraph operator, Douglas Kent, noted that West 23 had flags showing that there was a train behind it.
At 2:30 PM, coal train Erie 237 arrived at the junction pulling 50 cars of coal. Kent mistakenly gave the all clear sign, turned the switch and the coal train headed east. The prisoner train and 237 collided at King & Fuller's Cut, a blind curve.
A Calamity. --Old Secesh
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Staunton, Virginia's Grand Camp Reunion 1900-- Part 1
From the Sept. 28, 2012, Staunton (Va) News- Leader "Staunton hosted Grand Camp reunion in 1900" by Charles Culbertson.
I'm always interested in reading about the post-war 19th century United States, particularly in regards to Civil War items.
An estimated 7,000 attended the October 1900 Virginia Grand Camp of Confederate Veterans. I'd never heard of this Grand Camp in Virginia. The only one who probably didn't have a really good time was Confederate General Thomas L. Rosser (whose cavalry surrendered to Union forces in Staunton in May 1865) who got into a dispute with the Grand Camp's governing body during the meeting at Columbian Hall and walked out in a huff after opposing a clause that urged the disbanding of inert chapters and reorganizing new ones in the same territory.
Everyone else seemed to have a really good time "eating, drinking, reminiscing and listening to speeches and concerts." A highlight was a sham battle on Sears Hill.
More to Come. --Old Secesh
I'm always interested in reading about the post-war 19th century United States, particularly in regards to Civil War items.
An estimated 7,000 attended the October 1900 Virginia Grand Camp of Confederate Veterans. I'd never heard of this Grand Camp in Virginia. The only one who probably didn't have a really good time was Confederate General Thomas L. Rosser (whose cavalry surrendered to Union forces in Staunton in May 1865) who got into a dispute with the Grand Camp's governing body during the meeting at Columbian Hall and walked out in a huff after opposing a clause that urged the disbanding of inert chapters and reorganizing new ones in the same territory.
Everyone else seemed to have a really good time "eating, drinking, reminiscing and listening to speeches and concerts." A highlight was a sham battle on Sears Hill.
More to Come. --Old Secesh
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Three Millionth Visitor for Abraham Lincoln Museum
From the August 21, 2012, Peoria (Il) Journal Star.
Becky Hughes and her children were on their way back to St. Joseph, Missouri, when she decided to enrich her children's lives with a trip to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, Museum. They became the 3,000,000th visitor to the popular place.
It opened April 19, 2005 and admitted its millionth visitor June 6, 2007, two millionth on July 4, 2009.
We were able to visit it that first year and have been back a couple times since. The museum part is the most popular, buy you should also visit the library, located across the street. There is always an ongoing exhibit there.
Make sure you say hello to our buddy J.J. who is a guard there.
WWALT?. --Old Secesh (What Would Abraham Lincoln Think?)
Becky Hughes and her children were on their way back to St. Joseph, Missouri, when she decided to enrich her children's lives with a trip to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, Museum. They became the 3,000,000th visitor to the popular place.
It opened April 19, 2005 and admitted its millionth visitor June 6, 2007, two millionth on July 4, 2009.
We were able to visit it that first year and have been back a couple times since. The museum part is the most popular, buy you should also visit the library, located across the street. There is always an ongoing exhibit there.
Make sure you say hello to our buddy J.J. who is a guard there.
WWALT?. --Old Secesh (What Would Abraham Lincoln Think?)
Monday, October 1, 2012
Ten Surprising Facts About the Confederacy-- Part 2
6. Its first and only president was Jefferson Davis.
5. There were several flags, including the first one, called the Stars and Bars. Theone you usually see being flown was officially the Confederate Navy Jack.
4. Prisoner Exchange. Both sides had absolutely horrid prisons, but you usually only hear about the Confederate ones. The first officially sanctioned exchange took place in Feb. 1862.
3. The Confederacy had the first American draft. On April 16, 1862, nearly a year before the federal government, the Confederate Conscription Act called for all white men from 18 to 35 liable to a three-year term of service. In September 1862, that age was raised to 45.
Druggists, civil officials, railroad and river workers, telegraph operators and teachers were exempt from service. It was estimated that 92% of exemptions from Georgia and North Carolina were fraudulent.
2. Equal Pay-- Black soldiers were to get the same pay as whites. (I'm not sure about this one.)
1. Slavery-- In 1864, the CSA began to abandon the institution.
Well worth a look at Listverse.
Old Secesh
5. There were several flags, including the first one, called the Stars and Bars. Theone you usually see being flown was officially the Confederate Navy Jack.
4. Prisoner Exchange. Both sides had absolutely horrid prisons, but you usually only hear about the Confederate ones. The first officially sanctioned exchange took place in Feb. 1862.
3. The Confederacy had the first American draft. On April 16, 1862, nearly a year before the federal government, the Confederate Conscription Act called for all white men from 18 to 35 liable to a three-year term of service. In September 1862, that age was raised to 45.
Druggists, civil officials, railroad and river workers, telegraph operators and teachers were exempt from service. It was estimated that 92% of exemptions from Georgia and North Carolina were fraudulent.
2. Equal Pay-- Black soldiers were to get the same pay as whites. (I'm not sure about this one.)
1. Slavery-- In 1864, the CSA began to abandon the institution.
Well worth a look at Listverse.
Old Secesh
Keep the Statue Where It Is
From the August 18, 2011, Rockford (Il) Register Star "Our View: Civil War soldier has a home; let him stay at Main, Auburn" editorial.
The statue of the Union soldier at Main and Auburn streets has been moved enough. Let is stand where it is. The City of Rockford wants to keep it where it is. Winnebago County owns it and is thinking about moving it. In 2012, they plan to build a roundabout there. I personally really hate roundabouts of any sort. You never know where you'll get hit from.
The statue has been where it is since 1984. It was dedicated in 1877 by Greenwood Cemetery where hundreds of Civil War veterans are buried. In 1969 it was moved to the County Highway Department for storage for two years then places at the main entrance of the new county courthouse.
It was even painted gray once, but it is a statue honoring the Union dead and called "Boy Blue."
In the 1970s, it became a favorite vandal target before being moved to its present site. Moving it will cost $35,000.
Keep It Where It Is. --Old Secesh
The statue of the Union soldier at Main and Auburn streets has been moved enough. Let is stand where it is. The City of Rockford wants to keep it where it is. Winnebago County owns it and is thinking about moving it. In 2012, they plan to build a roundabout there. I personally really hate roundabouts of any sort. You never know where you'll get hit from.
The statue has been where it is since 1984. It was dedicated in 1877 by Greenwood Cemetery where hundreds of Civil War veterans are buried. In 1969 it was moved to the County Highway Department for storage for two years then places at the main entrance of the new county courthouse.
It was even painted gray once, but it is a statue honoring the Union dead and called "Boy Blue."
In the 1970s, it became a favorite vandal target before being moved to its present site. Moving it will cost $35,000.
Keep It Where It Is. --Old Secesh
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