Brave men of the South

al.com ^ | 04/18/04 | GENE OWENS

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Civil War re-enactors hold pillows bearing Confederate States of America medals of honour for the eight-man crew of the submarine.

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Spectators gather around the grave containing the eight caskets of the crew of the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley Saturday, April 17, 2004, in Charleston, S.C. Thousands of men in Confederate gray and Union blue and women in black hoop skirts and veils escorted the crew of the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley, the first sub in history to sink an enemy warship, to their final resting place Saturday. The hand-cranked Hunley made history on Feb. 17, 1864, when it rammed a spar with a black powder charge into the Union blockade ship Housatonic. (AP Photo/Alan Hawes, Pool)

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A bugler belts out taps after the members of the H.L. Hunley were laid to rest at Magnolia Cemetery in Charleston South Carolina, April 17, 2004. Thousands of men in Civil War uniforms and women in black hoop skirts crowded into this antebellum city on Saturday to pay final respects to the crew of the H.L. Hunley, the first submarine to sink an enemy warship. REUTERS/Grace Beahm/Pool

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Home at last, home at last.

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[theDentist]

Day is done,
gone the sun,
from the lakes
from the hills
from the sky,
all is well,
safely, rest,
God is near.

[RebelBanker]

May they rest in peace.

[confederateone]

May these brave Soldiers of Honor Rest In Peace.

[4CJ]

Home at last, home at last.

Long may they be remembered ... May they rest in peace.

Kudos to them. Deo vindice.

[frgoff]

They fought for what they believed in...

And, of course, that makes it all right. Forget that what they believed in was the right to own other human beings like property. They really believed in it, so it was noble.

Al Qaeda really believes in what they're fighting for, too...

[Southron Patriot]

Go back to your deep dark, slimly hole. This was about Honoring our dead not politics!

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How many of these 8 men were slave owners?

[Southron Patriot]

You can also go back to your deep dark, slimly hole. As I said this was about Honoring our dead not politics!

[reelfoot]

Hunley BUMP. Great post. May God's rest be on these brave men who fought for the independence of the South, just as their forefathers fought for independence from England.

[koba37]

Do you really think these sailors owned slaves? Time for you to brush up on your history. Of course, you probably "learned" it in schools that taught that everyone in the South owned slaves, or that the civil war was fought to free the slaves. This whole ceremony is about honoring men who died in battle fighting for their country.

[LexBaird]

Was "Taps" played in the Confederate army? I thought it was composed by a Union officer during the war.

[PistolPaknMama]

Deo vindice

Amen.

God rest their souls.

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Please do not taint this thread with the stain of politics or terrorism. Start a new thread to debate your ill-founded assumptions; leave this thread to the memory and honor of those who served.

[BILLNHILL MAKE ME ILL]

This story brings to mind the inscription that is on a monument at the Confederate Cemetary in Fayetteville, Arkansas. It reads:

These were men whom power could not corrupt,

whom death could not terrify,

whom defeat could not dishonor.

[SquirrelKing]

Dulce et decorum est
Pro patria mori