The days have long passed in this country where it could raise up a Lee OR a Jackson.
Another great article from Sheltonmac
I saw "Great Americans" and I thought the article was about Sean Hannity. ;^)
God Bless "Marse Robert" and "Stonewall" Jackson
Didn't you love the things that they stood for?
Didn't they try to find some good for you and me?
And we'll be free
Some day soon, and it's a-gonna be one day ...
Anybody here seen my old friend Robert?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up over the hill,
With Stonewall, Nathan and John.
With 18 brigades (over 30,000) they crossed into Fredericksburg, then a canal and into an open field. They marched in columns 300-400 yards for 8hrs and were slaughtered like sheep. The Irish Brigade was able to get within 50yrds. Not the original stone wall along Sunken Rd., but the original remaining “open field” a victim to development.
The only remaining part of the original wall. During the battle it was 500yrds long as high as 6ft. and made for a perfect breastwork.
On May 2, 1863 Lee and Jackson meet for the last time at 8AM here at Furnace Rd. and Old Plank Rd.
As sunset comes and night begins to fall Jackson makes the decision to recon Old Mountain Rd. but when the 18th North Carolina fire upon stragglers from the Union, their volley hits Jackson in three places. Here is where Jackson was hit on Old Mt. Rd.
Finally, from the Museum of the Confederacy in Richmond, VA., this is the frock worn by Robert E. Lee during the signing of surrender at the McClean house. This was a brand new frock that he wore (departing from his customary garb) because he wanted to depart wearing the uniform of a Confederate General. That is his saber and scabbard which the display said was never offered during the surrender nor did Grant ever request it. Finally, the pen he signed with.
What do you mean we wouldn't know about today? Perhaps a damned Yankee wouldn't but here in Texas we're having a state holiday today. Confederate Heroes Day!
Great Generals who were TRAITORS to the Union and therefore the United States.
Civil War Post
He fought the fight to finish,
And his soldier's work is done;
Lee ever stands immortal!
Freedom's model of a son.
As in the day of battle,
Or on his great retreat,
The center of attraction;
We come, our Lee to meet.
We've tried to mould his features,
To clothe him with a form;
To hold him up for men to see
How much he can adorn.
He came not home triumphant,
But a hero he did come;
With honor pure, unsullied,
And a love excelled by none.
No pathway strewn with flowers
Welcomed Lee back from the war,
But an anguish for his country
And the ruined homes he saw.
He, who could stand undaunted
'Midst the crash and clang of arms,
Grew grander when, disabled,
Leading comrades to their farms.
For he tread the path of duty,
And he won respect and fame,--
The proudest wreath of laurels
That a mortal man can claim.
'Tis not the smoke of battle,
The carnage, or the flame;
But we hold our Lee close to us,--
We love to call his name.
And we tell all we know of him;
And the nation yet unborn
Shall learn to know and love him
Like the fathers that have gone.
Thank you sheltonmac. God bless Dixie.
Yes, let us not forget that Jackson refused to give one of his Lieutenants leave to visit one of his dying children, then refused when the second one got sick and was dying, and then did the same when the man's wife was dying. But, Jackson brought his wife ("my Esposita") to winter with him. A great General, but a despicable man. Lee deserves great honors for both his personal traights, and his superb military leadership.
Above all, Lee and Jackson were men of God. Lee loved to pray. He would be sure to let people know that he was praying for them, and he felt encouraged when he was remembered in their prayers. Once, upon hearing that others had been praying for him, he remarked, "I sincerely thank you for that, and I can only say that I am a poor sinner, trusting in Christ alone, and that I need all the prayers you can offer for me."
Jackson was the epitome of a life devoted to prayer. No matter was too insignificant that it did not warrant communion with the Father: "I have so fixed the habit in my mind that I never raise a glass of water to my lips without asking God's blessing, never seal a letter without putting a word of prayer under the seal, never take a letter from the post without a brief sending of my thoughts heavenward. I never change my classes in the lecture room without a minute's petition for the cadets who go out and for those who come in."
***HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE***
&
***HAPPY BIRTHDAY, THOMAS(STONEWALL)JACKSON***
Still, if Washington had turnd Virginia away from slavery, it would be hard to imagine a Confederacy without the Old Dominion.
