Should have been called the "War of Unbridled Greed". Works for both sides that way!He served in the "War between the Confederate States of America and the United States of America". Or the Civil War. Or the "War of Separation". Or maybe even the "War Between the States".
The name "war of northern aggression" was invented some 80+ years after Private McColl served.
Thanks for the history lesson but I didn't need it.He served in the "War between the Confederate States of America and the United States of America". Or the Civil War. Or the "War of Separation". Or maybe even the "War Between the States".
The name "war of northern aggression" was invented some 80+ years after Private McColl served.
Clyde Wilson likes to call it, "The War to Prevent Southern Independence."He served in the "War between the Confederate States of America and the United States of America". Or the Civil War. Or the "War of Separation". Or maybe even the "War Between the States".
The name "war of northern aggression" was invented some 80+ years after Private McColl served.
The generations run pretty long on my paternal grandmother's side. I'm 39yrs old and my great great grandfather, Silas S. McColl, was a private in the Confederate Army during the war of northern aggression. He was among the troops with Robert E. Lee when he surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse.
Billy does have a lot of historical memorabilia and examples of Southern culture. Our good friend @garvin has a lot of historical items and he's a wealth of knowledge about Southern history. I have learned a lot by being around these two fine gentlemen.My Great Great and Hamilton Hayes and his 4 brothers went to fight The War of Northern Aggression and only he came back. In my Gun Room is a picture of GG Hayes and his Bride taken in 1863 in Charleston. He proudly wears his uniform. He is buried in Oak Grove, S.C. Cemetery, inside an iron fence in the center of the grave yard. I have a great bit of War history in the Gun Room All our Battery Oaks Alumni stand proud when they look over the array of Southern history.
I have several copies of the original slave sale posters that were on many walls of the city of Charleston. I also have displayed an Original Ku Klux Klan robe from the 1930s along with a lot of Klan info including an Original mail out of a Klan ralley for Kolumbia, S.C. All of this to show All the history of the Glorious South, the good and the well intended that went sideways.
This day was Once an honored day in S.C. and I am sad to say had it not been for Larry I would have let it slip by.. Bless him and shame on me.
I found a couple pieces of Confederate money in an old family Bible in my great aunt's house when she passed. It had been packed away in a trunk for yrs and in very good condition. I'll post pics when I get a chance.Years ago several fellow students in elementary school brought Confederate money for us to learn how to count. It was from families that lost everything in that period. We played and trashed untold former fortunes. Now the stuff is becoming a worthwhile collectable, who would have guessed, certainly not a second grader. Sure would like to have some of those thousand dollar bills back!
I was at a SCV meeting once. Everybody stood and told who their connection was. After all had stood and recounted their Captains, Majors, Colonels and so forth I stood and said..Hamilton Hayes, Company D, 25th Infantry Volunteers...and it appears he was the only Private in the Confederate Army.
Great laughter ensued.
Yeah, everybody wants officers in their lineage. None in mine, at least commissioned officers. I have a couple sergeants, but mostly buck privates. If you think about it, officers were a distinct minority and that holds true in any military today.
The generations run pretty long on my paternal grandmother's side. I'm 39yrs old and my great great grandfather, Silas S. McColl, was a private in the Confederate Army during the war of northern aggression. He was among the troops with Robert E. Lee when he surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse.
Where was he returning to? Mine walked back to McColl, SC. It's possible they shared a campfire at some point..... pretty cool to think about.took my Great Grand father four weeks to walk home from there.
Very interesting read. Does he have sources cited somewhere too? I can see how some would say he is a bit of a biased source himself. Has anyone played "devil's advocate" with his assertions?This is a really good read for anyone interested in the real reasons the war was fought.
http://www.ushist.com/general-information/10_causes_of_the_war_between_the_states.shtml
Not that I've seen, but he hits on several points that are also covered in the book The South Was Right by James and Walter Kennedy. It's been years since I read it but it's full of information.Very interesting read. Does he have sources cited somewhere too? I can see how some would say he is a bit of a biased source himself. Has anyone played "devil's advocate" with his assertions?
This is a really good read for anyone interested in the real reasons the war was fought.
http://www.ushist.com/general-information/10_causes_of_the_war_between_the_states.shtml
That link is pure B.S. of the highest order. I will shoot it down in one simple stroke. Please read this
https://www.battlefields.org/learn/primary-sources/declaration-causes-seceding-states#South_Carolina
You can read the other documents as to why each state separated also. But to assume such garbage as linked in my quote is even remotely true is pure delusional. Each separating state wrote documents like the one I linked as to the why. And we still pay for that like of decision making it to this day.
The Fire Station in Mills Spring is where I go to vote. It's a 45 minute drive.Barzilla Mills founded a community in Polk Co. NC known as Mills Spring.