Posted on 08/26/2009 8:21:14 AM PDT by Nikas777
Academic uncovers lost London resting place of Charles Kuhn Prioleau, and the forgotten story of Confederate support in Britain
Maev Kennedy
guardian.co.uk, Monday 10 August 2009 10.16 BST
The grave of a man who bankrolled the Confederate side in the American civil war, and ended up costing the British government £3.3m in compensation to the victorious north, has been tracked down in a patch of brambles in a London cemetery.
Charles Kuhn Prioleau, a cotton merchant born in Charleston, South Carolina, was based in Liverpool during the war, from 1861 to 1865. He disappeared from history in a bonfire of company records and correspondence after his firm went bankrupt, having sent supplies, funds, and blockade-busting ships to the Confederates.
But his mortal remains have now been traced to Kensal Green cemetery by a US academic who is gradually unearthing the almost forgotten story of Confederate support in England, which takes in the highest ranks of British politics and society.
(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...
Nope, he's been posting elsewhere today.
Hey, Bubba. Mortie want's to know what you're up to.
What, did you miss me, Watie? Nah. I haven't gotten any suspension. Didn't your "little birds" keep you informed?
I did go back to the Midwest to visit family for a week in early August. The Lake Michigan shore is beautiful this time of year. Thanks for asking!
Hey, I saw that you've promised to drive to Dallas to get the Blackerby book out of the library. If you need any tips on how to scan and post pages, don't hesitate to ask. When can we expect to see what you've found?
one wonders if those two clowns have joined the ranks of the other two dozen or so DYs who have been BANNED FOREVER from FR???
Hey, Cobra, Watie wonders if you've been banned.
So, I will take your various deflections as an indicator that you are unwilling to take the challenge. Not surprising given your disgusting cowardly nature.
BTW: My mother/wife/sister/daughter all had a laugh at your expense. They all recognize a coward, a hypocrite, and a liberal projectionist when they see one, and they certainly see one in you.
Don’t go changing Squat2pee - you’re a perfect joke just the way you are...
Cheaper than ten hours of driving.
Cheaper than ten hours of driving.
Good point. Hey, Watie , they've got a copy for $25 bucks now. Blacks in Blue and Gray
Of course, then you'd be confronted with actually having to put up, instead of doing the "just you wait...you'll be sorry...one of these days...any day now..." bit that you've been using to stretch this out over a year.
in point of FACT i have read BIB&G & i presume that so have you.(and you KNOW that your comments about what Blackerby says are 100% FALSE as well.)
LIAR, thy name is DAMNyankee.
free dixie,sw
you are an EMBARRASSMENT to everyone on the forum. PLEASE APOLOGIZE & LEAVE.
free dixie,sw
No you haven't. If you had you would not be repeating the lie that Blackerby claims 100,000 to 150,000 free blacks in confederate ranks.
LIAR, thy name is DAMNyankee.
DAMN liar, thy name is stand watie.
BIB&G is on my amazon "wish list" & has been for about that long.
it's NOT an easy book to find. - fwiw, one of the members of "The DAMNyankee Coven" claims to have bought a copy off the site within the last year. (inasmuch as that site had ZERO for sale for at least two to three years, that is "all too typical" of the DY lies told daily on every WBTS thread.)
LYING is as natural to a DAMNyankee bigot as slithering is to a snake.
free dixie,sw
I bought a copy Monday for twelve bucks off Amazon. I’m almost done with Victor David Hanson’s “A War like No Other” and am in need of another book. This one looks pretty interesting, I am really looking forward to reading it.
Another copy is currently available for around twenty five buck.
it's NOT an easy book to find.
Did you miss the link? There was a copy for sale today for $25. It's gone now. Did you buy it?
Of course, there's another copy for sale for $85. Gotta think that's cheaper than driving five hours each way to Dallas.
Seems like it's getting easier to find every day.
Hey, I did a little math for you. You said the the Dallas library is a five hour drive one-way. Figuring that’s at 60 mph, that’s 300 miles. So, 600 round trip. At, say, 20 miles per gallon as an average, that’s 30 gallons. Assuming you use the cheap gas, you’re paying $2.40 or so a gallon in Texas these days. So there’s 72 bucks right there. 85 bucks for that copy on Amazon has to be looking pretty good, now, right?
I’ll be around long after you are just an unpleasant (but amusing) memory. Why? Because you can’t point out a single instance where I’ve lied about anything, or a single post where I’ve demonstrated bigotry. You on the other hand, do it almost every time you post.
I don’t care if you admit it - it doesn’t matter. The simple truth is that it is readily apparent to any who bother to read these pages. Hence the reason why every “new” poster that encounters you quickly realizes how insane you are and either keeps you at arms length of ridicules you for the imbecilic fool that you are.
“God protects fools and Englishmen” and I have no doubt that you have some English blood in you too, but if you treat people in the real world like you treat people here your dumb luck won’t hold out forever. Sooner or later in the real world your mouth is going to write a check that your sorry azz can’t cash and that will be the last that anyone ever hears from you.
My bet is that no one will even notice.
All your lies are getting stale Squat2pee, why don’t you dream up some new ones...
I told Stand that as long as he was going to make false allegations about me that he could not and would not prove, I did not want to be a part of his insanity and he would be wise to leave me alone.
Apparently he did not learn his lesson last time, or he has bought his way into another grace period with a contribution to this site where he feels he can say whatever he wishes without consequences.
Frankly any one of you makes more sense in a single sentence than stand waite has in a thousand posts.
You don’t need my help, he will never be your better.
Thanks. Apparently in Watie’s narcissistic world view, you not paying attention to him means that you must be unable to do so for some outside reason.
Actually I have been banned, I’m just waiting around for the zot.
I bought plenty of popcorn.
I even wrapped it up in aluminium so that when the zot hit it will be jiffy pop time.
So, it looks like you were wrong....again! Fact is, most of us have bigger fish to fry than to spend much time on a bed wetter like you. Go find a piece of wood that you can have a conversation with. Who knows - you might even win the argument!
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