Posted on 07/15/2011 9:27:19 AM PDT by GrootheWanderer
On Jan. 2, 1864, Confederate Gen. Patrick Cleburne presented his fellow Southerners with a question about the war they were fighting.
“Was the war about independence? Or was the war being fought primarily to preserve slavery?” said former Georgia labor commissioner Michael Thurmond.
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interesting blog link but has nothing to do with your topic
The link took me to some blog talking of FAA inspectors????
Agreed, a quite interesting man. But cursed by living in an era of a great many interesting men and deeds. Hard to stand out, even before considering the distance in time.
IB4TZ!
I don’t know how that happened. I checked to see if I had the right link.
Here is the cirrect one:
http://daltondailycitizen.com/local/x1475585914/Historical-marker-can-make-a-difference
Not this again. Focus on the real issues - the Democrats/liberals/socialists. Go over to the liberal websites and ask them if they enjoy killing children.
The war was about getting independence so they could preserve slavery.
300 replies, bare minimum.
Let me get it started. Abraham Lincoln was a Saint!
Found it, here is the link:
http://daltondailycitizen.com/local/x1475585914/Historical-marker-can-make-a-difference
You beat me.
For what it’s worth even Robert E. Lee was rebuffed when he advanced the same idea a year later.
Is Cleburne the same General as Patrick Claiborne? I read about a Confederate General Claiborne who was born in Ireland. He fought in Tennesee, I think it was Battle of Nashville in 1864.
Preserve and extend.
The goal, at least of the extremists, was a slave empire extending to the Isthmus and covering all or most of the Caribbean. Some wanted to go all the way to Cape Horn.
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/hns/chap13.html
They were utterly delusional in this, of course, as even if they had won independence, the British would never have let them expand slavery, even assuming the rump of the Union would have nothing to say about it.
Given the transportation of the time, the only way to build such an empire was by maritime transport, and the RN ruled the waves.
He was killed at the Battle of Franklin, Nov. 30, 1864.
Hey, blogpimp. The link doesn’t take you to the story. “revitalizing-the-u-s-economy-through-government-spending”
Getting ready to hit the abuse button on you, and I will give the mods the correct link. http://daltondailycitizen.com/local/x1475585914/Historical-marker-can-make-a-difference
“Is Cleburne the same General as Patrick Claiborne? I read about a Confederate General Claiborne who was born in Ireland. He fought in Tennesee, I think it was Battle of Nashville in 1864.”
One-in-the-same. He was a “soldier’s soldier”, having risen from a private soldier to general. He was killed at the Battle of Franklin (Tennessee) in 1864. After hearing General Hood’s assault plan for Franklin, he gave his boots to one of his soldiers with words to the effect, “I won’t be needing these much longer.” Unfortunately, his premonition proved to be accurate. He was one of about a half-dozen Confederate Generals killed at Franklin. A very interesting fellow.
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