Confederate graves at the Old Sheldon Church ruins in Yemassee, South Carolina were recently robbed. Three Southern Crosses of Honor, which were recently placed at the historical headstones to honor the dead, were removed from the graves. The crosses are valued at around $200, but the graves’ caretaker believes that the thieves’ agenda was political. Officials are investigating the theft, which is the most recent incident in a long history of vandalism of the graves.
As a son of the south i resent all of this crap.
Lincolin said after the war ended that southerners who fought in the war should have the same respect as union fighters had since we were all Americans now.
No body in my family owned slaves most did not they were brave men fighting for states rights and against the over reaching tyranny of the federal government.
David, I really agree with what you say. A great example was set after the war, when that had been in uniform on opposite sides worked together in Congress to keep our nation growing. One of these men was Senator Hernando Money from Mississippi, a former Confederate. He was speaking on the floor of the Senate one day in 1907, and spoke these words: I happened to be at the door of the lobby of the Senate one day not long ago. It was the last session, near the close. There was ex-Senator Blair, of New Hampshire, as gallant a soldier as ever went to the field, now on crutches as the result of wounds inflicted by Confederate soldiers. He was shot three or four times. He called to me. I did not recognize him on account of my bad sight. We shook hands. I said: “What are you doing on these sticks, Blair?” He said: “You fellows hit me pretty hard three or four times, and it is beginning to tell on me since I have been getting old.” He said: “Did we get you?” I said: “Once; not much.” He said: “Are you not glad you got it?” I said: “I do not know. I have not regretted it.” He said: “I am glad I was hit.” We shook hands. He said: “Any man who was worth being hit ought to have been there either on one side or the other. If you had been in New Hampshire you would probably have been in my regiment.” I agreed that it was a great deal a matter of environment.