Author: gpthelastrebel

The Confederate Cause in the 21st Century By Robert Stacy McCain (Excerpts of an address given May 18, 2003, to the Frank Stringfellow Camp #822, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Fairfax, Virginia.) Some people desire to wish away the past, or to revise history to fit the passions and politics of the present. Forgetting seems to…

A Yankee Apology Southern Partisan, 2nd Quarter 1997 Article by James Perloff As a conservative, I normally take an uncompromising stand on every issue, weather abortion or gun control, defense spending or religious freedom. So I long wondered why I felt ambivalent about the War Between the States. On one hand, I could never condone…

An American on the Fourth of July By Ellen Williams Once I thought Captain John Smith authored the statement, “If you don’t work, you don’t eat,” when he gave that order to the English “gentlemen” who settled Jamestown. However, I later found that the Apostle Paul had said it a long time before Capt. Smith…

http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20090618/pl_cq_politics/politics3147458_6 Senate Adopts Slavery Apology Resolution .By Greg Vadala and Edward Epstein, CQ Staff Greg Vadala And Edward Epstein, Cq Staff – Thu Jun 18, 1:54 pm ET The Senate adopted a resolution Thursday offering a formal apology for slavery and the era of “separate but equal” Jim Crow laws that followed. After the clerk…

ust got this in a newsletter today. While I don’t doubt that some of the folks receiving an award actually deserve to be recognized for a job well done I have reservations in thinking this fellow deserves as much as an “attaboy” “National Park Service Preservationist of the Year Award: This award, which is presented…

4TH OF JULY Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence? Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons serving in the Revolutionary Army; another had two sons captured. Nine…

I would very much appreciate if someone could direct me to the entire article GP LAID WASTE TO EVERYTHING Commenting on the Antietam campaign in September, the New York World issue of 15 December 1862, reported “The ragged, half-starved rebels passed through Maryland without disorder or marauding, without injury to the country, showing excellent discipline.…

BURIED DEEP DEEP IN THE RECORDS!!!!!! You would really have to dig deep to get this kind of ringside seat to history: 1.The first German serviceman killed in WW II was killed by the Japanese (China, 1937), the first American serviceman killed was killed by the Russians (Finland 1940); highest ranking American killed was Lt…

Braxton Bragg’s AOT brigade earned the nickname “High Pressure Brigade” which was made up of several Mississippi units. I am desperately seeking the origin of that name. An internet search lists several references to units in this brigade but gives no indication of how or why this term was applied to them. All help appreciated.…

hough this isn’t a strictly “Southern” cultural issue, because of the deeply rooted Christian nature of Southern culture and heritage, the following story clearly demonstrates how far the “mainstream” has deviated from the vision of the Nation put forth by the Founders Air Force Denies Request for Flyover at Christian Festival A defense department official…