Author: gpthelastrebel

I’m not sure if this is too overtly political or controversial for an organization like S.H.A.P.E. that aspires to become a non-profit to participate in, I thought I’d submit it for consideration – mostly because I am genuinely curious where most of you folks would stand on this. My impression so far from reading the…

IN TRIBUTE TO A TRUE SOLDIER By Ex-Sheriff Andrews, of Orange County, N.C. On May the tenth, nineteen hundred and twenty-six, Robert Nelson Hall, a prominent citizen and prosperous farmer of Orange County, died suddenly in Danville, Virginia, where he had gone to attend a meeting of the Tobacco Growers Co-Operative Association. His body was…

Seeking African Americans who are proud of our Southern Heritage From: AlMccray©aol.com Let’s stand and be counted to show The NAACP and the Nation that there are more than just 3 of us. Just because one is proud to be Southerner and proud of their rich heritage, that does not make you a racist. We are:…

Received in the US mail today. We are on our way !!!!! GP

Phil Leigh’s Civil War Chat Emancipation Proclamation Anniversary (September 23, 2024) One-hundred-and-sixty-two years ago yesterday, Lincoln announced the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.  Shortly thereafter the British *Spectator* read it and concluded: “The principle is not that a human being cannot justly own another, but that he cannot own him unless he is loyal to the USA.”…

Will post this in two segments the first post will be information I received from the Department of Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library, the University of Mississippi . I did change the contrast and brightness on the letter to make it more readable. The second post will be a summary of the information provided by…

http://www.missoulian.com/news/local/article_8e267c3a-a1b8-11de-915d-001cc4c002e0.html By TRISTAN SCOTT of the Missoulian | Posted: Monday, September 14, 2009 11:30 University of Montana student Kyle Johnson prompted a campuswide First Amendment policy debate earlier this month when he refused to remove a Confederate flag hanging from the balcony outside of his dorm room. When the rebel flag was stolen on Friday…

My ggg-grandfather Richard B. Pittman, Co. F, 7th Miss.was killed in this battle. To date I have not been able to determine where his remains rest. I have installed a memorial stone in a family cemetery in Miss. Rest In Peace. Lest we Forget GP ********************************************************************* http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_158702.asp Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park will host…

This is just a little note to inform you that an application for charter is being submitted to the Sons of Confederate Veterans HQ at Elm Springs to reinstate the “Immortal 600” Camp. Myself and Al Perry are trying to get the word out trying to recruit descendants for the “Immortal 600” to our camp,…

For those of our members who might be unaware, I thought that the following would be of interest. Great News regarding the Oakwood cemetery project in Richmond ———————————————————————— From: johnonline839©comcast.net Reply-to: keepers©myconfederateheritage.com Sent: 10/13/2009 9:46:09 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time Subj: [keepers] Oakwood MOA Signed – We are moving ahead! I received word from Attorney Patrick McSweeney that…