Posted on 06/28/2014 7:20:39 PM PDT by fella
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) - A letter recently donated to the libraries at the University of Georgia gives an eyewitness account of the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain during the Civil War.
The letter is from Joseph Short to his wife, Nancy. It is part of the collection of William Joseph and Nancy Wallis Short family papers recently donated by Roger Rowell to UGA’s Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
The Battle of Kennesaw Mountain began at 8 a.m. on June 27, 1864. By noon it was over, and Union Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman had lost the battle and 3,000 of his soldiers. But his army outflanked the Confederate Army after a five-day standoff and forced it to retreat to Smyrna. Sherman continued to head to Atlanta.
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And there is of course the Cornerstone Speech given in Savannah by then Vice President of the Confederacy Alexander Stephens. To quote it exactly,
“Our new Government is founded upon exactly the opposite ideas; its foundations are laid, its cornerstone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery, subordination to the superior race, is his natural and normal condition”
and that too
One of the great mysteries of life?
His father was wounded in the battle.
But they spelled the first name with one "n".
I not only did NOT ‘trash’ the South, I accurately reported what was said at the time by those in the Confederacy. Do not delude yourself. This was no states rights issue. That is the mythology of ‘the lost cause’ promoted by those of the KK after the war was lost.
I live in the South. I had relatives who fought and died during the Civil War. I have no illusions about the history. I make no effort to try and prettify an ugly time in our history
I'm pretty sure that Big Cotton was motivated by money and power. They already had the Dred Scott decision, the Fugitive Slave Act, and Union politicians willing to make great compromises and concessions in order to avoid war. None of it was enough for the Slave Power because they figured they'd grow much faster and be much wealthier if they seceded.
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