From the Oct. 6, 2015, Google Alerts for Confederate.
Group backs student display of Confederate battle flag. (Ohio) This group is the Sons of Confederate Veterans. No big surprise there. (Win)
Confederate Flag removed in Batesville. (KARK, Arkansas. This was outside the Independence County courthouse.
Don't Think That Black Voters Are All Onboard With Mitch Landrieu's Confederate Monument Removal. (New Orleans. 46& of blacks want them removed. 31% don't.) (Win) This is a big surprise to me.
Althea Butler: Ivy League Professor Calls Ben Carson a 'Coon' Over His Support of the Confederate Flag. (Loss or Win or Draw?)
More Than a Flag? (Harvard Crimson. I couldn't get this article to come up so not sure if it is win or loss.
Battle flag debate spurs changes to Baldwin County seal. (Lagniappe Weekly. Mobile, Alabama? ) Replaced with the Confederate First National Flag. (Win)
--Old Secesh
The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.
Friday, October 9, 2015
The Confederacy Under Attack-- Part 73
October 4th and 5th, 2-15 Google Confederate Alerts.
'Rebel Ride advocated heritage. Columbus Dispatch and Commercial. (Win) About a motorcycle ride.
Letter: Hornell has no problem with Confederate Flag. (The Evening Tribune) (Win)
Confederate Flag controversy continues. (from the Communique) (Draw)
The shame of Yale's Calhoun College. (Confederate connections?) (Loss)
Poll: Two-thirds of Louisiana voters oppose removing Confederate monuments. (Win)
Weighty Issues: Erected in era of the Gilded Age, Jim Crow. Lexington Ky. Herald-Leader. This is about the removal of the statues of John Hunt Morgan and John C. Breckenridge from the grounds of the Old Fayette County Courthouse. The author says they shouldn't be removed. (Win)
SG (Student Government) addresses gameday controversy, makes progress on new initiatives. (Louisiana State University tailgaters like to fly purple and gold Confederate Flags. The SG is offering to exchange them for a regular LSU flag. (From the Daily Reveille of LSU) (Loss)
--Old Secesh
'Rebel Ride advocated heritage. Columbus Dispatch and Commercial. (Win) About a motorcycle ride.
Letter: Hornell has no problem with Confederate Flag. (The Evening Tribune) (Win)
Confederate Flag controversy continues. (from the Communique) (Draw)
The shame of Yale's Calhoun College. (Confederate connections?) (Loss)
Poll: Two-thirds of Louisiana voters oppose removing Confederate monuments. (Win)
Weighty Issues: Erected in era of the Gilded Age, Jim Crow. Lexington Ky. Herald-Leader. This is about the removal of the statues of John Hunt Morgan and John C. Breckenridge from the grounds of the Old Fayette County Courthouse. The author says they shouldn't be removed. (Win)
SG (Student Government) addresses gameday controversy, makes progress on new initiatives. (Louisiana State University tailgaters like to fly purple and gold Confederate Flags. The SG is offering to exchange them for a regular LSU flag. (From the Daily Reveille of LSU) (Loss)
--Old Secesh
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
The Confederacy Under Attack-- Part 72
From my October 4th and 5th Google Alerts for Confederate.
I sure wish newspapers would prominently mention their town and state up top on their pages. Otherwise I have to look and sometimes don't find the location.
'Rebel Ride' advocates heritage The Columbus Commercial Dispatch. About a motorcycle ride. (Win)
Letter: Hornell has no problem with Confederate Flag. The Evening Tribune. (Win)
Confederate Flag controversy continues. (Communique) (Draw)
The shame of Yale's Calhoun College. (Lost)
Poll: Two-thirds of Louisiana voters oppose removing Confederate monuments. (New Orleans)
--Old Secesh
I sure wish newspapers would prominently mention their town and state up top on their pages. Otherwise I have to look and sometimes don't find the location.
'Rebel Ride' advocates heritage The Columbus Commercial Dispatch. About a motorcycle ride. (Win)
Letter: Hornell has no problem with Confederate Flag. The Evening Tribune. (Win)
Confederate Flag controversy continues. (Communique) (Draw)
The shame of Yale's Calhoun College. (Lost)
Poll: Two-thirds of Louisiana voters oppose removing Confederate monuments. (New Orleans)
--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
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
Tuesday, October 6, 2015
New York City's Defenses During the War-- Part 1
From Wikipedia.
In my Not So Forgotten War of 1812 blog I have been writing about New York City's defensive fortifications during that war. Two of them, however, have a Civil War connection.
These two fortifications were built to defend from an attack from the sea.
CASTLE WILLIAMS on Governors Island, called East Battery, was used as a center for new recruits in the early part of the war and then had a garrison for defense. Later it was a a prison for captured Confederate enlisted soldiers.
FORT JAY (FORT COLUMBUS) was also located on Governors Island. During the war, its armament was seriously upgraded to some of the largest caliber cannons in the North's arsenal, nearly 50 10-inch and 15-inch Rodman guns.
The North Barracks were used to house captured Confederate officers awaiting transfer to Camp Johnson in Ohio, Fort Delaware or Fort Warren in Boston Harbor.
--Old Secesh
In my Not So Forgotten War of 1812 blog I have been writing about New York City's defensive fortifications during that war. Two of them, however, have a Civil War connection.
These two fortifications were built to defend from an attack from the sea.
CASTLE WILLIAMS on Governors Island, called East Battery, was used as a center for new recruits in the early part of the war and then had a garrison for defense. Later it was a a prison for captured Confederate enlisted soldiers.
FORT JAY (FORT COLUMBUS) was also located on Governors Island. During the war, its armament was seriously upgraded to some of the largest caliber cannons in the North's arsenal, nearly 50 10-inch and 15-inch Rodman guns.
The North Barracks were used to house captured Confederate officers awaiting transfer to Camp Johnson in Ohio, Fort Delaware or Fort Warren in Boston Harbor.
--Old Secesh
The Confederacy Under Attack-- Part 71
From my Google Alerts for Confederate October 3, 2015.
Proposal Would Erase Confederate Sign From Mississippi Flag. ABC News (Lost)
Lakeville South High band Confederate Flag after student argument. (Minneapolis-Star, Minnesota) (Lost)
Confederate Flag group rallying for former Hartland firefighter. (Albert Lea, Minnesota) He had been suspended for flying the Confederate Flag on department truck in a parade. (Lost)
WSU to host debate about Confederate Flag displays. (Post Bulletin, Winona State University, Minnesota) (Draw)
Hope College students face scrutiny for Confederate Flag display. (Holland Sentinel, Michigan) (Lost)
Maryland's state song shows Confederate sympathies. (Lost)
--Old Secesh
Proposal Would Erase Confederate Sign From Mississippi Flag. ABC News (Lost)
Lakeville South High band Confederate Flag after student argument. (Minneapolis-Star, Minnesota) (Lost)
Confederate Flag group rallying for former Hartland firefighter. (Albert Lea, Minnesota) He had been suspended for flying the Confederate Flag on department truck in a parade. (Lost)
WSU to host debate about Confederate Flag displays. (Post Bulletin, Winona State University, Minnesota) (Draw)
Hope College students face scrutiny for Confederate Flag display. (Holland Sentinel, Michigan) (Lost)
Maryland's state song shows Confederate sympathies. (Lost)
--Old Secesh
Monday, October 5, 2015
The Confederacy Under Attack-- 70
From my Oct. 4, 2015 Confederate Fort Alerts.
I am now telling if I consider the Headline as a Win, Loss or Draw.
Poll: Overwhelming opposition statewide to removing Confederate monuments. (New Orleans Advocate) Regarding removal of Confederate statues in New Orleans. (WIN)
Judge Dismisses Complaint Against Fort Smith Schools Over Mascot. (Times Record, Fort Smith, Arkansas). The school board had had a meeting in which the public was not alerted in a time matter according to the suit in which they retired Southside High School's Rebel mascot and "Dixie" fight song. Other Confederate monikers like their Dixie Belles drill team, Confederate girls volleyball team and Johnny Reb choir are also to be changed. (Loss)
--Old Secesh
I am now telling if I consider the Headline as a Win, Loss or Draw.
Poll: Overwhelming opposition statewide to removing Confederate monuments. (New Orleans Advocate) Regarding removal of Confederate statues in New Orleans. (WIN)
Judge Dismisses Complaint Against Fort Smith Schools Over Mascot. (Times Record, Fort Smith, Arkansas). The school board had had a meeting in which the public was not alerted in a time matter according to the suit in which they retired Southside High School's Rebel mascot and "Dixie" fight song. Other Confederate monikers like their Dixie Belles drill team, Confederate girls volleyball team and Johnny Reb choir are also to be changed. (Loss)
--Old Secesh
The Confederacy Under Attack-- Part 69
Google Alerts from October 1, 2015.
South Carolina took down the Confederate Flag, and suddenly that's a popular decision. (Washington Post)
Senate could drop the Confederate Flag from state seal. (Florida) I looked at it and couldn't find a Confederate Flag on it, or anything that remotely looked like one.
Israeli Flag Flies at Confederate Flag Rally. (Hot Springs, Arkansas)
Rant & Rave: Fly American flag, not Confederate. (Seattle, Washington)
--Old Secesh
South Carolina took down the Confederate Flag, and suddenly that's a popular decision. (Washington Post)
Senate could drop the Confederate Flag from state seal. (Florida) I looked at it and couldn't find a Confederate Flag on it, or anything that remotely looked like one.
Israeli Flag Flies at Confederate Flag Rally. (Hot Springs, Arkansas)
Rant & Rave: Fly American flag, not Confederate. (Seattle, Washington)
--Old Secesh
Saturday, October 3, 2015
General Beauregard's Forgotten Civil Rights Campaign-- Part 2: 1873
Continued from September 24, 2015, post.
After the War, P.G.T. Beauregard worked with the Louisiana Lottery and his name and efforts help provide it with legitimacy.
However, largely forgotten was that he was an early proponent of equal rights between races in Louisiana. He served as an outspoken leader of a short-lived and ultimately failed unification movement.
It was a coalition of prominent blacks and whites in New Orleans who called for integrated schools, public places, transportation and voting rights for black men. This all occurred two years before Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1875 and nearly a century before the enactment of the 20th Century Civil Rights legislation.
Beauregard served as the group's chairman. And, he had been a Confederate general, about the last person you'd expect to lead a group calling for the equality of the two races.
--Old Secesh
After the War, P.G.T. Beauregard worked with the Louisiana Lottery and his name and efforts help provide it with legitimacy.
However, largely forgotten was that he was an early proponent of equal rights between races in Louisiana. He served as an outspoken leader of a short-lived and ultimately failed unification movement.
It was a coalition of prominent blacks and whites in New Orleans who called for integrated schools, public places, transportation and voting rights for black men. This all occurred two years before Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1875 and nearly a century before the enactment of the 20th Century Civil Rights legislation.
Beauregard served as the group's chairman. And, he had been a Confederate general, about the last person you'd expect to lead a group calling for the equality of the two races.
--Old Secesh
The Confederacy Under Attack-- Part 68
Google Alert headlines from September 30, 2015.
Williamson County Commissioners: Confederate statue should stay. (Texas)
Lynyrd Skynyrd's Johnny Van Zant Discusses New Live release, Confederate Flag.
Confederate Flag stirs mixed emotions on campus. (Castleton Spartan)
Confederate Flag goes on sale at Wild Bill's. (Elk Grove, California) They report they have a hard time keeping the flags in stock. A sign on their box says "Confederate Flags. get Them before the Government Says You Can't." Cost: $19.99. Several streets in Stockton are named after Confederate figures and will have to have new names by 2017 according to a new state law.
Meaning of Confederate Flag debated: Does it stand for 'heritage or hate?' (Union Democrat, Senora, California)
--Old Secesh
Williamson County Commissioners: Confederate statue should stay. (Texas)
Lynyrd Skynyrd's Johnny Van Zant Discusses New Live release, Confederate Flag.
Confederate Flag stirs mixed emotions on campus. (Castleton Spartan)
Confederate Flag goes on sale at Wild Bill's. (Elk Grove, California) They report they have a hard time keeping the flags in stock. A sign on their box says "Confederate Flags. get Them before the Government Says You Can't." Cost: $19.99. Several streets in Stockton are named after Confederate figures and will have to have new names by 2017 according to a new state law.
Meaning of Confederate Flag debated: Does it stand for 'heritage or hate?' (Union Democrat, Senora, California)
--Old Secesh
Friday, October 2, 2015
The Confederacy Under Attack-- Part 67: Taking "Racist" Money-- Part 2: The "Unlikely Scholarship"
EMILY ZOFFE'S REPLY:
She agreed that college is expensive and that scholarships help. "However, I agree that this money is tainted, especially as it comes with the strings of requiring some kind of promotion of the grandness of the Confederacy from its recipients.
"Surely to apply, you have to do more than just give genealogical proof that you are related to someone who fought to keep slavery intact. You would likely have to write an exam about how you will use your scholarship funds toward the glory of it.
"That would be fraud and you should not engage in it. Your letter is a reminder of just how many unlikely scholarships there are out there.
"So you and your parents should start researching whether you are eligible for financial help from a source that you can honestly embrace."
I definitely agree with the last sentence and the high school student might further write the organization that was offering the scholarship a letter explaining why she didn't want their money.
Just Goes to Show How Far Our Anti-Confederate Friends Will Go. The Keeper of the "Unlikely Scholarships." --Old Secesh
She agreed that college is expensive and that scholarships help. "However, I agree that this money is tainted, especially as it comes with the strings of requiring some kind of promotion of the grandness of the Confederacy from its recipients.
"Surely to apply, you have to do more than just give genealogical proof that you are related to someone who fought to keep slavery intact. You would likely have to write an exam about how you will use your scholarship funds toward the glory of it.
"That would be fraud and you should not engage in it. Your letter is a reminder of just how many unlikely scholarships there are out there.
"So you and your parents should start researching whether you are eligible for financial help from a source that you can honestly embrace."
I definitely agree with the last sentence and the high school student might further write the organization that was offering the scholarship a letter explaining why she didn't want their money.
Just Goes to Show How Far Our Anti-Confederate Friends Will Go. The Keeper of the "Unlikely Scholarships." --Old Secesh
The Confederacy Under Attack-- Part 66: Taking "Racist" Money-- Part 1
On yesterday's Confederacy Under Attack, I found the headline about the high school student not wanting to take a scholarship from a "Confederate Organization" of somewhat interest, so went to the article in Slate Magazine. The site was essentially a "Dear Abby" one where advice is given, in this case by Emily Yoffe.
The high school student wrote: "Help! Should I Accept Scholarship Money From a Confederate Organization? I Don't Want Racist Money!
I think it would imply that I was proud of my Confederate ancestors, which I am not, and that I support this organization, which I don't. Am I being 'too PC?"
His/her parents had said to take it if she got it.
Actually, I wonder why he/she even bothered to write Emily as her intent is fairly easy to see. I know our local Chicago area Sons of Confederate Veterans Camp #506 at one time offered scholarships to high school students in Illinois of Confederate descent. I imagine some United Daughters of the Confederacy groups do as well.
Personally, I never donated a single "racist" dollar to any of those scholarships.
Emily Zoffe's Reply in Next Post. Do You Think She Said Yes or No? --Old Secesh
The high school student wrote: "Help! Should I Accept Scholarship Money From a Confederate Organization? I Don't Want Racist Money!
I think it would imply that I was proud of my Confederate ancestors, which I am not, and that I support this organization, which I don't. Am I being 'too PC?"
His/her parents had said to take it if she got it.
Actually, I wonder why he/she even bothered to write Emily as her intent is fairly easy to see. I know our local Chicago area Sons of Confederate Veterans Camp #506 at one time offered scholarships to high school students in Illinois of Confederate descent. I imagine some United Daughters of the Confederacy groups do as well.
Personally, I never donated a single "racist" dollar to any of those scholarships.
Emily Zoffe's Reply in Next Post. Do You Think She Said Yes or No? --Old Secesh
Thursday, October 1, 2015
Mort Kunstler's Civil War Calendar for October 2015
EYE OF THE STORM. Picture of Patrick Cleburne leading his men into the fighting at the Battle of Chickamauga.
"Patrick Cleburne at Chickamauga, September 20, 1863. Two years after starting his military career as a private, Patrick Cleburne commanded a division in Confederate General Braxton Bragg's Army of Tennessee.
"Distinguished in command and ability, Cleburne was at the zenith of his career at the time of Chickamauga, where he led his soldiers into a night attack against a strong Union battle line. Deep in the Georgia woods, Cleburne stood with his men as the muzzle blasts of the rifle fire lit up the faces of the combatants.
"No man could do more to throw the enemy off balance than Cleburne, whom admirers soon called the 'Stonewall Jackson of the West.'"
--Old Secesh
"Patrick Cleburne at Chickamauga, September 20, 1863. Two years after starting his military career as a private, Patrick Cleburne commanded a division in Confederate General Braxton Bragg's Army of Tennessee.
"Distinguished in command and ability, Cleburne was at the zenith of his career at the time of Chickamauga, where he led his soldiers into a night attack against a strong Union battle line. Deep in the Georgia woods, Cleburne stood with his men as the muzzle blasts of the rifle fire lit up the faces of the combatants.
"No man could do more to throw the enemy off balance than Cleburne, whom admirers soon called the 'Stonewall Jackson of the West.'"
--Old Secesh
The Confederacy Under Attack-- Part 65
Ben Carson: NASCAR Fans Should Keep Flying the Confederate Flag On Private Property. (Republican presidential candidate)
Va. Flaggers promise to 'pepper the town' with Confederate Flags (Richmond, Virginia)
Should this new Southern flag replace the Confederate battle flag? (Picture of it. On solid white field with inverted red and blue stripes. Pretty ugly to me.)
Confederate Flag dispute, vandalized mailboxes connected?) (Benton County, Iowa)
Lloyd: What of Confederate 'heritage' is worthy of pride? (The Roanoke Times in Help! Virginia)
Help! Should I Accept Scholarship Money From a Confederate Organization? (From the Slate Magazine by Emily Yoffe)
--Old Secesh
Va. Flaggers promise to 'pepper the town' with Confederate Flags (Richmond, Virginia)
Should this new Southern flag replace the Confederate battle flag? (Picture of it. On solid white field with inverted red and blue stripes. Pretty ugly to me.)
Confederate Flag dispute, vandalized mailboxes connected?) (Benton County, Iowa)
Lloyd: What of Confederate 'heritage' is worthy of pride? (The Roanoke Times in Help! Virginia)
Help! Should I Accept Scholarship Money From a Confederate Organization? (From the Slate Magazine by Emily Yoffe)
--Old Secesh
The Confederacy Under Attack-- Part 64
Google Alerts from September 28, 2015.
Confederate Flag suppoters rally in Melbourne. (Florida)
Police Looking for Confederate Flag Thieves. (Pennsylvania)
You might not like it, but the kid in the Confederate shirt has free speech rights, too. Ma=rk Scaring, Pennsylvania)
Berry dismisses inherent racism in statues. (Kentucky)
Bill would ban Confederate Flag on state property.
--Old Secesh
Confederate Flag suppoters rally in Melbourne. (Florida)
Police Looking for Confederate Flag Thieves. (Pennsylvania)
You might not like it, but the kid in the Confederate shirt has free speech rights, too. Ma=rk Scaring, Pennsylvania)
Berry dismisses inherent racism in statues. (Kentucky)
Bill would ban Confederate Flag on state property.
--Old Secesh
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