May he rest in the Peace of the Lord.
Ringgold is known also for their drive-thru wedding services.
Any good BBQ around there?
Watkins also wrote a interesting book titled 'Co. Aytch' about his participation in the WBTS.
Mr. Watkins was from the Upstate area of SC and, by all accounts, was a very tough fellow himself.
Hmmmmm....
That's funny. Perhaps I also should start a controversy because I am finding the deification of Barack Obama as the second coming of Lincoln to be an offensive reminder of Reconstruction.
The General was also one of the first Confederate Generals to call for the emancipation of slaves, so that they could be armed and fight with the South against the Yankee invaders.
Importantly, it should be noted that many blacks fought on the side of the American colonists against Britain in the US Revolution, even though the British offered them their freedom. And 65,000 black men fought on the side of the Confederacy, with about 13,000 actually engaged in combat against Union forces.
However, from the end of the war, and especially after 1910, black men who had served as soldiers and were applying for pensions, had their occupation “soldier” crossed out, and either “body servant” or “teamster” put in its place. This is still evident on the preserved documents, and shows a systematic effort to rewrite history.
His death was a tragic waste in an attack that never should have been ordered.
I’m surprised the article didn’t mention that Cleburne was also an early and pointed advocate of enrolling blacks into the confederate army.
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