Confederate Prisoners Get To Go Home

#JOHNWAYNE #CIVILWAR #american
From the John Wayne movie Rio Lobo. 🤠

[@SouthernGentleman]

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[@jojokrako7818]

My 2x great gandpaw was in the 65th Georgia Infantry. He was captured at Jonesboro Station in the Battle of Atlanta and died in Camp Douglas in Feb. 1865. Deo vindice.

[@SouthernGentleman]

Deo Vindice!

[@SouthernGentleman]

“We Are Fighting for Independence, Not Slavery”. - Jefferson Davis President of the Confederacy to Edward Kirk 1864 “I worked night and day for 12 years to prevent the war, but I could not. The north was mad, blind,would not let us govern ourselves, and so the war came.” - Confederate President Jefferson Davis 1861 “Is it worth while to continue this union of states, where the north demands to be our masters and we are required to be their tributaries.” - Thomas Cooper of South Carolina 1860 “In this enlightened age, there are few I believe, but what will acknowledge, that slavery as an institution, is a moral & political evil in any Country.” - Robert E Lee 1856 “While we see the Course of the final abolition of human slavery is onward, & we give it the aid of our prayers & all justifiable means in our power we must leave the progress as well as the result in his hands who Sees the end” - Robert E Lee 1856 “I am rejoiced that slavery is abolished. I believe it will be greatly for the interests of the South. So fully am I satisfied of this, as regards Virginia especially, that I would cheerfully have lost all I have lost by the war, and have suffered all I have suffered, to have this object attained.” - Robert E Lee 1865 “All I think that can now be done, is to aid our noble & generous women in their efforts to protect the graves & mark the last resting places of those who have fallen, & wait for better times.” - Robert E. Lee “I have always been in favor of Emancipation.” - Robert E Lee "I consider it a privilege to die for my country." - Paul Jones Semmes On the third day of the battle before being shot and wounded, Confederate General Lewis Armistead led his brigade during Pickett's Charge, fixing his hat on the point of sword and reputedly urging his men to “remember what you are fighting for - your homes, your friends, your sweethearts!” In an 1863 letter to his home state congressman, Elihu Washburne, Grant summed up his pre-war attitude: “I never was an Abolitionist,” he said, “not even what could be called anti-slavery.” “Slavery exists. It is black in the South, and white in the North.” - Union Vice President Johnson. “We're not fighting for the perpetuation of slavery, but for the principles of states rights and free trade, and in defense of our homes which we were ruthlessly invaded.” -VMI Jewish Cadet Moses Jacob Ezekiel 1864 “Abolish the Loyal League and the Ku Klux Klan; let us stand together. We may differ in color, but not in sentiment. Many things have been said about me which are wrong, and which white and black persons here, who stood by me through the war, can contradict.” - Nathan Bedford Forrest “African Americans should have the right to vote.” - Confederate Colonel John Salmon Ford The confederate soldier “Fought because he was provoked, intimidated, and ultimately invaded” -James Webb Born Fighting a History of the Scoth-Irish in America “I was fighting for my home, and he had no business being there” -Virginia confederate Soldier Frank Potts “Let me tell you what is coming. After the sacrifice of countless millions of treasure and hundreds of thousands of lives, you may win Southern independence if God be not against you, but I doubt it. I tell you that, while I believe with you in the doctrine of states rights, the North is determined to preserve this Union. They are not a fiery, impulsive people as you are, for they live in colder climates. But when they begin to move in a given direction, they move with the steady momentum and perseverance of a mighty avalanche; and what I fear is, they will overwhelm the South.” - Texas Revolutionary/President/Governor Sam Houston List of causes of the Civil War- Harpers Ferry On the night of October 16, 1859, Brown and a band of followers seized the federal arsenal at Harper’s Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia), in what is believed to have been an attempt to arm a slave insurrection. (Brown denied this at his trial, but evidence indicated otherwise.) They were dislodged by a force of U.S. Marines led by Army lieutenant colonel Robert E. Lee. Brown was swiftly tried for treason against Virginia and hanged. Southern reaction initially was that his acts were those of a mad fanatic, of little consequence. But when Northern abolitionists made a martyr of him, Southerners came to believe this was proof the North intended to wage a war of extermination against white Southerners. Brown’s raid thus became a step on the road to war between the sections. States' Rights The idea of states' rights was not new to the Civil War. Since the Constitution was first written there had been arguments about how much power the states should have versus how much power the federal government should have. The southern states felt that the federal government was taking away their rights and powers. Political power That was not enough to calm the fears of delegates to an 1860 secession convention in South Carolina. To the surprise of other Southern states-and even to many South Carolinians-the convention voted to dissolve the state’s contract with the United States and strike off on its own. South Carolina had threatened this before in the 1830s during the presidency of Andrew Jackson, over a tariff that benefited Northern manufacturers but increased the cost of goods in the South. Jackson had vowed to send an army to force the state to stay in the Union, and Congress authorized him to raise such an army (all Southern senators walked out in protest before the vote was taken), but a compromise prevented the confrontation from occurring. Perhaps learning from that experience the danger of going it alone, in 1860 and early 1861 South Carolina sent emissaries to other slave holding states urging their legislatures to follow its lead, nullify their contract with the United States and form a new Southern Confederacy. Six more states heeded the siren call: Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas. Others voted down secession-temporarily. When President Lincoln called for Volunteers to invade the south, six southern states voted to join the Confederacy. The issue of slavery The burning issue that led to the disruption of the union was the debate over the future of slavery. Secession brought about a war in which the Northern and Western states and territories fought to preserve the Union, and the South fought to establish Southern independence as a new confederation of states under its own constitution. Most of the states of the North, meanwhile, one by one had gradually abolished slavery. A steady flow of immigrants, especially from Ireland and Germany during the potato famine of the 1840s and 1850s, insured the North a ready pool of laborers, many of whom could be hired at low wages, diminishing the need to cling to the institution of slavery. Child labor was also a growing trend in the North. The agrarian South utilized slaves to tend its large plantations and perform other duties. On the eve of the Civil War, some 4 million Africans and their descendants toiled as slave laborers in the South. Slavery was part of the Southern economy although only a relatively small portion of the population actually owned slaves.

[@NoMoreRadioMyths]

My great great grandfather was in Elmira. After the war he walked back home to near Lynchburg, Virginia. They were a tough lot.

[@Gary4T950]

Camp Douglas....A torture camp - the Japanese in WW2 must have studied up on Camp Douglas. Prisoners given dirty blankets from smallpox...straddled sawhorses & weights added to their legs to destroy their leg muscles.....bodies ended being used for medical experiments at the local medical school...the prisoners rebelled & burn down some barracks....

[@johnharris6655]

At Appomattox courthouse, when the union soldiers learned that Lee officially surrendered to Grant, they began giving food, blankets water, whiskey, shoes and even money if they had it to the defeated confederates, so they could make it back home.

[@orvillemeadows3492]

A lot friendlier than people are now

[@daleburrell6273]

@@orvillemeadows3492 ...THAT'S THE TRUTH...

[@brianfergus839]

Cue “Dixie” in a minor key

[@Whitpusmc]

When Lee surrendered Grant ordered no celebrations by his troops, I also ordered that rations for the Confederates (who were starving) be sent through the lines to feed them. Grant and Lincoln wanted a smooth reintegration into the Union and saw mercy and forgiveness as the right medicine. The assassination of Lincoln hurt the south more than we can measure as it changed this policy into one of vengeance / retribution. The South did not start recovering from Post Civil War measures until WW2 required the building of military bases and factories in the South where weather and available land were more condusive. Lee is also to be commended as he refused call for Guerrilla warfare that could have kept the war going for many more years.

[@brianfergus839]

@@Whitpusmc thank you for your service - and your kind gesture to the vanquished was gracious 🫡

[@odysseusrex5908]

Rio Lobo, one of my favorite films.

[@williamkelly6319]

John Wayne was trying to bury the hatchet over the civil war. It might seem funny or hard to believe, but when that movie came out it was still very much supported in the southern states

[@blockmasterscott]

So true, I was a young boy in Louisiana when this movie came out, and feelings were still sky high about the war.

[@johnjordanakajoejordanwhen2295]

I was raised in NC along SC border in the 60s-70s I remember Confederate flags being flown in public in many places. Id wear my grey kepi everywhere. Southern pride abounded all thru the south. Especially in the Mtn areas. My kin were Scottish Appalachian from NC mtns. The pride we had back then in our forefathers was something to behold. I MYSELF am still as prideful in my southern heritage. NO ONE CAN EVER SHAME US OVER OUR KIN.MY SOUTHERN CROSS STILL MEANS HONOR DUTY COMMITMENT LOVE OF COUNTRY AND FAMILY. IF anyone wants to talk garbage and say that I support slavery then remind them that they must have supported Genocide. If they ask how's that just remind them that the US gov almost wiped out the ENTIRE Indian pop in N. America that's called GENOCIDE

[@odysseusrex5908]

@@johnjordanakajoejordanwhen2295 Well, in all fairness, smallpox did that.

[@trooperdgb9722]

@@johnjordanakajoejordanwhen2295 And how did the Confederate Government treat them? Any differently?

[@brianfergus839]

@@johnjordanakajoejordanwhen2295 whataboutism never comes off as an honest argument

[@defenstrator4660]

These guys that literally fought a war with each other are more relaxed than the two sides of modern America.

[@ObsydianShade]

It's because those two sides had more respect for each other than most modern Americans...

[@SouthernGentleman]

They had honor back then and respected each other as soldiers and Americans. Watch the reunions. Get informed before saying inaccurate things. Joseph Wheeler, Castleman, Longstreet, and so on rejoined the Us military. Mosby worked for Grant. The country was reunited.

[@SouthernGentleman]

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[@SouthernGentleman]

Watch the civil war reunions

[@petervallejo5603]

Most officers knew each other from being classmates at West Point (Army) and Annapolis (Navy) Academies, thus they had a mutual great respect even though they were supposed to be enemies.

[@jimorourke-ee3cn]

Always liked Rio Lobo . Just a good movie .

[@robertlucky781]

Rio Lobo was always one of my favorite John Wayne movies. I was always interested in the history of the Civil War and the "Wild West" era that followed it.

[@billywilds1779]

My teenaged son and I would go on father/son trips throughout GA/FL/SC. On one trip we visited Andersonville. It's truly amazing to see the camp in person. You can not grasped the small size of the prison which held thousands.

[@SouthernGentleman]

Civil war prisons were no fun for either side

[@daleburrell6273]

...I visited Andersonville in 1986- the place is a national cemetery.

[@daleburrell6273]

2:58...notice- the cork is missing-(!)

[@roostercogburn3771]

Please remember that whoever wins, will point out the worst of their enemy and try to suppress the worst of their side! If nothing else, just look at now-a-days with what the Dem party is doing and the Jan 6ers. Though I don't doubt much about the WW2 concentration camps. The best thing an educator said, is to check the facts out for your self!

[@kn4cc755]

My GGrandfather, Albert Gallatin Freeman, was conscripted at his home in the backwoods mountains of NC by a gang hired by a "Colonel" forming a regiment he could lead. They made him a offer he couldn't refuse; join up and they would leave his wife and young children untouched in a house still standing. He joined. At the end of the war, he was released in PA with nothing more than the men portrayed in this movie. He somehow made his way back to his home in NC and never spoke of it again. I have his POW release document from the Union camp in PA. Years later, the DotC's found his grave in the churchyard and replaced his marker with one showing his rank as a Confederate and regiment. Never asked. Just did it. I don't know that he would have wanted that.

[@user-rh4uw8cb2j]

Rio Lobo one of my favourite films

[@blockmasterscott]

Being a Marine, I always loved him saying "what you did was an act of war". He held no grudge against those two for what happened in the war, they are all professional fighting men doing a job. He wanted that Yankee traitor, and i can't blame him.

[@chrisjohnstone2392]

Great movie....

[@tennesseeridgerunner5992]

"Rio Lobo"- my first Duke film I ever saw on TBS in 1983. Remember (those of us old enough to remember) when TBS used to show movies? Yep that's right young ones, TBS showed what would be termed now politically incorrect movies every day AND the Atlanta Braves' every game. But after seeing "Rio Lobo" I became a John Wayne mega fan that continues to this day.

[@charlesramsay2401]

The only roll John Wayne played as post southern pat was Searchers.

[@odysseusrex5908]

El Dorado and Red River too, although he was not a veteran in Red River, just a Texas cattle rancher.

[@nevinyoung9147]

What about True Grit?

[@odysseusrex5908]

@@nevinyoung9147 Oh, yes, very good example. Of course, that means Rooster Cogburn too, but they never really mentioned it there.

[@carywest9256]

​@@odysseusrex5908Rooster said he rode with Quantrill. And Glen Campbell started driving him over it. That got under Rooster's skin.

[@user-uk8vg3yw8s]

The blonde rebel soldier looks like an older version of the guy who played John Wayne's son in "Rio Grande."

[@davidbryce6970]

I believe he may be Robert Mitcham's son.

[@TheMan-je5xq]

@@davidbryce6970he is

[@waynedaly1718]

Christopher Mitchum. Robert’s son. And correct..he was in both movies

[@DREADNOUGHT1979]

Claude Jarman Jr. played his son in Rio Grande. The other movie Christopher Mitchum played Wayne's son was Big Jake, along with John Wayne's real son, Patrick Wayne.

[@user-uk8vg3yw8s]

@@DREADNOUGHT1979 if you mean Robert Mitchum's son, I don't think that's him. Chris Mitchum was in a scene with John Wayne in ,"In Harm's Way".

[@JamesJones-bd1jg]

My great-great grandfather, j w reeves, died in March 1865 at Elmira prison. He was in a North Carolina infantry unit. My grandmother tried to bring his body back to North Carolina many years ago but regulations prevented it.

[@JamesJones-bd1jg]

He died March 26, 1865 at Elmira prison. He was with company d, 36th North Carolina infantry. He could not read or write and had to get someone to write his letters to his wife and he signed with an x. His burial plot number is 2478 at Elmira prison.

[@screenwriter44]

My great great uncle was in Andersonville. Survived too. 2nd Ind Cavalry

[@JamesJones-bd1jg]

Ray, another interesting point is my other grandfather, James musselwhite, was with company a, 31st n c infantry. He was imprisoned at Elmira during the same time period as j w reeves. He was paroled and went back to his unit. He survived the war. He was shot in his right thigh and left hip. He was at cold harbor and fredricksberg. He was also at fort wagoner in July 1863 when union forces tried to overrun it but failed. This is in the movie where black units went in there but were wiped out. Can’t remember the name of the movie but colonel Robert Shaw was in command.

[@screenwriter44]

@@JamesJones-bd1jg Glory is the film. My great great uncle had just arrived from Germany in 1860. Lincoln was promising a fast road to citizenship for immigrants who enlisted. He was in a lot of battles: Shiloh, Chickamaga , Nashville, captured outside of Atlanta in July of 1864, which is probably why he survived Andersonville.

[@JamesJones-bd1jg]

That is very interesting.

[@darthroden]

Rio Lobo, one of my top 5 favorite John Wayne films.

[@SouthernGentleman]

Mine too!

[@wayneantoniazzi2706]

Hey, in the Marines we said there's NO such thing as a bad John Wayne film! (OK, some are better than others but even Babe Ruth didn't hit a home run every time at bat!) "Rio Lobo" is a good one though!

[@tomsampson8084]

@@wayneantoniazzi2706 Really? Almost every service man I ever knew that actually saw combat does not like his war films.

[@wayneantoniazzi2706]

@@tomsampson8084 Well, what can I say?

[@SouthernGentleman]

@@tomsampson8084 No that aint true. Sands of Iwo Jima, Green Berets, they were expendable, in harm's way, and Longest Day are heavily liked.

[@hamiltonkingsley6212]

fun scene from a fun movie. Rio Lobo is in my list of Top 20 favorite John Wayne movies. It was the second remake of Rio Bravo. Eldorado was the first remake, and it was a lot of fun.

[@JayM409]

Both were written by Leigh Bracket. She also wrote 'Hatari' and the first draft of 'The Empire strikes Back.' She died of cancer before finishing. She was also a well known Science fiction writer.

[@cmike22000]

real shame that the war happend

[@billbright1755]

That barkeep didn’t cotton to strangers.

[@johnwilliamson2276]

I have this video. I plan to watch it tonight. 😊

[@Beorthere]

The South may have committed treason, but mercy is a powerful thing.

[@SouthernGentleman]

Well secession wasn’t officially illegal until after the war and no confederate was convicted of treason, but yes mercy is quite admirable. Same thing happened with the northerners in Shay’s rebellion and Whiskey Rebellion, except those guys actually did commit treason by today’s standards because they didn’t leave with a state. But again, mercy is a powerful thing.

[@bryancreech1236]

The South didn't commit treason!! We fault for our Independence from a tyrannical government!

[@bryancreech1236]

The South didn't commit 4:49 treason!! We tried to free own self for a tyrannical government!!! It was voted on by every state in the Confederacy ! A majority voted to succeed from the Union!!! Read your history!! Voted to succeed!! The people had spoken!!

[@daleburrell6273]

...treason is defined as "giving aid and comfort to the enemy": secession from the union didn't fall under that category as near as I can tell...

[@brucetucker4847]

If you lose, you're a traitor. If you win, you're a founding father.

[@user-fg3ei7pp4v]

“All for nothin’” what the men and women of the IRA said when the Treaty was signed. I know how that confed soldier felt.

[@daleburrell6273]

...you can't hold grudges FOREVER- it ain't healthy...

[@DanBeech-ht7sw]

Everything that happened after Sunningdale (which the IRA rejected) was for nothing because the GFA was exactly the same as Sunningdale.

[@hint0122]

Wars have to end. Otherwise, what's the point?

[@odysseusrex5908]

Were freed prisoners actually given blankets, shoes and money to send them on their way?

[@SouthernGentleman]

Sometime yes

[@odysseusrex5908]

@@SouthernGentleman Interesting.

[@trumanbentley9491]

And now the world is a John Waters film.

[@jamestregler1584]

At least they had horse cent's back then 🧐 !

[@MartinMackie]

Loved that movie and saw the set they used in Old Tucson here in Arizona

[@ALPHA000102]

John Wayne has been my top hero for so long I COULD NOT say when I first heard of him. I was addict for him and the Wild West before I was even in Kindergarten. That is good, because he is a much better individual to have as a hero than MANY people today. Anyway, Rio Lobo is my second of his films, only The Comancheros ranks higher for me. How about you? Anyway, thank you for this wonderful clip, it is an awesome part of the movie. I have a question to ask, what version of Dixie is this and who is the artist please? It is a great one I believe I HAVE NOT ever heard until I watched your channel, and I would be thrilled to add it to my collection. I may be a Northerner, but I still highly respect the South and enjoy this song as it from the Wild West Period. Like you, I greatly love the United States Of America, and sincerely hope that it can pull together and turn itself around in the VERY near future before it is too late.

[@SouthernGentleman]

Thanks for watching! Rio Bravo is my favorite John Wayne movie. It’s the Dixie ole miss fight song. I appreciate your support! My channel is for everyone.

[@SPQRTejano]

One of my all time favorite movies.

[@ralphmcmahan2139]

Cool character.

[@user-yk7yv8rb5i]

Thank you enjoyed that Wayne has plenty of fans in the UK we need some one like him

[@clayoreilly4553]

Well, it's quite obvious that most of the horse manure in that movie wasn't coming from the horses.

[@NemoBlank]

You can't say that every front was the same, but the pictures I saw showed skeletal wretches as thin as concentration camp survivors from both the Union and Confederate sides. British and American military practice was not at all kind to individual prisoners in previous centuries, when they bothered to take them. Mostly the losers were allowed to go home when the whole army surrendered, but the lone man was pretty much done.

[@robertjames5199]

I remember seeing this movie at the drive in wow has time flied

[@traceywoodward1354]

Great movie

[@user-py5ct1go2s]

I only watched the Cowboys 4 days ago. Big John didnt mind getting killed in his films. The one I mentioned plus the Shootist, the Alamo, the Wake of the Red Witch and the Sands of Iwo Jima.

[@213thAIB]

“The Fighting Seabees,” was another.

[@timengineman2nd714]

The film's name is: Rio Lobo

[@seanleafgreen135]

Rio Lobo 1970

[@carausiuscaesar5672]

If my colonel was to be John Wayne i might join up as a bluebelly! Almost! Sorry Colonel Wayne I will have some of that whisky but I will still wear my grey kepi!

[@SouthernGentleman]

Lol 😂

[@daleburrell6273]

...bottoms up-(!)

[@luddite333]

Is the name of this film listed here ? always get JW movie titles mixed up - there are so many

[@SouthernGentleman]

Rio Lobo

[@lukedupree962]

To hell with the union

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

THE UNION FOREVER!

[@johnjordanakajoejordanwhen2295]

ALL FOR NOTHING he said, As a 13 yr infantry army veteran THAT is exactely how i feel about my giving my youthful yrs to my gov. I fly the CSA flag, USA flag, and the Hardee Corp flag which was flown by Confederate Orphan troops from Kentucky. Its a blue flag with white border and white circle in center. Im a DAV that feels like an orphan in my own country NOW

[@reynaldoflores4522]

From the movie " Rio Bravo ".

[@SouthernGentleman]

No it’s actually Rio Lobo. Close though

[@longrider42]

What movie is this from?

[@SouthernGentleman]

Rio Lobo

[@johnbertrand7185]

Slightly inaccurate, officers were allowed to keep their side arms after the surrender.

[@SouthernGentleman]

That’s true, but in most cases it was if it was their personal property rather than military equipment. The officer asked “if he could have a pistol, instead of can I have my pistol back.” So I think that’s what the movie has to be referring too.

[@MrSheckstr]

@@SouthernGentleman what also should be consider is that officers were often (but not always) allowed (not entitled) to keep their sidearms…. The purpose of this (much like the more traditional practice of allowing commanding officers of keeping their swords) is these weapons were considered a symbol of their office and these officers were expected to maintain the discipline of common soldiers around them…..

[@jasonrichards8954]

They weren’t surrendering they were being released from POW camp

[@patrickmccrann991]

Not coming out of a POW Camp like these guys.​@SouthernGentleman

[@Exotic3000]

Yes, I thought I had read that certain Confederate soldiers were able to keep a side iron! ❤

[@kenclark9888]

Why not call it what it is. A clip from Rio Lobo

[@georgeschwartz3395]

What movie ?

[@SouthernGentleman]

Rio lobo

[@supersequence14159]

הדרום חייב להיות מאוחד עד שיוכל להקים מחדש את הקונפדרציה.

[@daleburrell6273]

...WHY DO HATE THIS COUNTRY SO DOGGONE MUCH?!

[@daleburrell6273]

@@andreworiez8920 ...ACTUALLY, NO: I WAS ABLE TO USE GOOGLE TO TRANSLATE IT EARLIER...

[@JayM409]

@@andreworiez8920 It says: The South must be united before it can re-establish the Confederacy.

[@timgee5857]

Yea for one day then they was hunted down

[@lalouisianecreole4883]

I am so greatful for your channel monsieur, we need more channels like yours showing the true history and Diversity of the Confederacy There is nothing to be ashamed of nor is there anything to hide. Love and not Hate Long live the South and her resilient people⚜ A New Orleanian🇨🇵

[@SouthernGentleman]

Thank you!

[@mikeleo5990]

What’s the name of this movie guys ?

[@SouthernGentleman]

Rio Lobo

[@seanleafgreen135]

I'm chill . Not my fault you got butthurt becuase someone pointed out the stupidity of others. @@juliuscaesar4898

[@13thBear]

Can't go wrong with a John Wayne movie!

[@SouthernGentleman]

😂 so true!

[@REB4444]

Doesn't matter which side of the war you side with, the Rebels fought valiantly while being huge under dogs the whole campaign. They were outnumbered, under supplied, underequipped. They almost won the war or at the very least enough to call a truce & be allowed to secede.

[@SouthernGentleman]

Both sides fought for their country, because it was their duty to their homeland. Even though both sides had slavery. Union even made a new slave state called West Virginia in 1863, had 8 slave states in 1864, and New Jersey was the last state to ban slavery. 70% of confederate population weren’t slave owners. The war started because a northerner named John Brown killed 9 southerners at Harpers Ferry in 1859 and Lincoln sending a fleet and 200 soldiers to Charleston in 1861 causing Fort Sumter. “We Are Fighting for Independence, Not Slavery”. - Jefferson Davis President of the Confederacy to Edward Kirk 1864 “I worked night and day for 12 years to prevent the war, but I could not. The north was mad, blind,would not let us govern ourselves, and so the war came.” - Confederate President Jefferson Davis 1861 “Is it worth while to continue this union of states, where the north demands to be our masters and we are required to be their tributaries.” - Thomas Cooper of South Carolina 1860 “In this enlightened age, there are few I believe, but what will acknowledge, that slavery as an institution, is a moral & political evil in any Country.” - Robert E Lee 1856 “While we see the Course of the final abolition of human slavery is onward, & we give it the aid of our prayers & all justifiable means in our power we must leave the progress as well as the result in his hands who Sees the end” - Robert E Lee 1856 “I am rejoiced that slavery is abolished. I believe it will be greatly for the interests of the South. So fully am I satisfied of this, as regards Virginia especially, that I would cheerfully have lost all I have lost by the war, and have suffered all I have suffered, to have this object attained.” - Robert E Lee 1865 “All I think that can now be done, is to aid our noble & generous women in their efforts to protect the graves & mark the last resting places of those who have fallen, & wait for better times.” - Robert E. Lee “I have always been in favor of Emancipation.” - Robert E Lee "I consider it a privilege to die for my country." - Paul Jones Semmes On the third day of the battle before being shot and wounded, Confederate General Lewis Armistead led his brigade during Pickett's Charge, fixing his hat on the point of sword and reputedly urging his men to “remember what you are fighting for - your homes, your friends, your sweethearts!” In an 1863 letter to his home state congressman, Elihu Washburne, Grant summed up his pre-war attitude: “I never was an Abolitionist,” he said, “not even what could be called anti-slavery.” “Slavery exists. It is black in the South, and white in the North.” - Union Vice President Johnson. “We're not fighting for the perpetuation of slavery, but for the principles of states rights and free trade, and in defense of our homes which we were ruthlessly invaded.” -VMI Jewish Cadet Moses Jacob Ezekiel 1864 “Abolish the Loyal League and the Ku Klux Klan; let us stand together. We may differ in color, but not in sentiment. Many things have been said about me which are wrong, and which white and black persons here, who stood by me through the war, can contradict.” - Nathan Bedford Forrest “African Americans should have the right to vote.” - Confederate Colonel John Salmon Ford The confederate soldier “Fought because he was provoked, intimidated, and ultimately invaded” -James Webb Born Fighting a History of the Scoth-Irish in America “I was fighting for my home, and he had no business being there” -Virginia confederate Soldier Frank Potts “Let me tell you what is coming. After the sacrifice of countless millions of treasure and hundreds of thousands of lives, you may win Southern independence if God be not against you, but I doubt it. I tell you that, while I believe with you in the doctrine of states rights, the North is determined to preserve this Union. They are not a fiery, impulsive people as you are, for they live in colder climates. But when they begin to move in a given direction, they move with the steady momentum and perseverance of a mighty avalanche; and what I fear is, they will overwhelm the South.” - Texas Revolutionary/President/Governor Sam Houston List of causes of the Civil War- Harpers Ferry On the night of October 16, 1859, Brown and a band of followers seized the federal arsenal at Harper’s Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia), in what is believed to have been an attempt to arm a slave insurrection. (Brown denied this at his trial, but evidence indicated otherwise.) They were dislodged by a force of U.S. Marines led by Army lieutenant colonel Robert E. Lee. Brown was swiftly tried for treason against Virginia and hanged. Southern reaction initially was that his acts were those of a mad fanatic, of little consequence. But when Northern abolitionists made a martyr of him, Southerners came to believe this was proof the North intended to wage a war of extermination against white Southerners. Brown’s raid thus became a step on the road to war between the sections. States' Rights The idea of states' rights was not new to the Civil War. Since the Constitution was first written there had been arguments about how much power the states should have versus how much power the federal government should have. The southern states felt that the federal government was taking away their rights and powers. Political power That was not enough to calm the fears of delegates to an 1860 secession convention in South Carolina. To the surprise of other Southern states-and even to many South Carolinians-the convention voted to dissolve the state’s contract with the United States and strike off on its own. South Carolina had threatened this before in the 1830s during the presidency of Andrew Jackson, over a tariff that benefited Northern manufacturers but increased the cost of goods in the South. Jackson had vowed to send an army to force the state to stay in the Union, and Congress authorized him to raise such an army (all Southern senators walked out in protest before the vote was taken), but a compromise prevented the confrontation from occurring. Perhaps learning from that experience the danger of going it alone, in 1860 and early 1861 South Carolina sent emissaries to other slave holding states urging their legislatures to follow its lead, nullify their contract with the United States and form a new Southern Confederacy. Six more states heeded the siren call: Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas. Others voted down secession-temporarily. When President Lincoln called for Volunteers to invade the south, six southern states voted to join the Confederacy. The issue of slavery The burning issue that led to the disruption of the union was the debate over the future of slavery. Secession brought about a war in which the Northern and Western states and territories fought to preserve the Union, and the South fought to establish Southern independence as a new confederation of states under its own constitution. Most of the states of the North, meanwhile, one by one had gradually abolished slavery. A steady flow of immigrants, especially from Ireland and Germany during the potato famine of the 1840s and 1850s, insured the North a ready pool of laborers, many of whom could be hired at low wages, diminishing the need to cling to the institution of slavery. Child labor was also a growing trend in the North. The agrarian South utilized slaves to tend its large plantations and perform other duties. On the eve of the Civil War, some 4 million Africans and their descendants toiled as slave laborers in the South. Slavery was part of the Southern economy although only a relatively small portion of the population actually owned slaves.

[@user-fg3ei7pp4v]

They were weary, outnumbered, undaunted unafraid, True men the Legion of the Rear Guard.

[@blockmasterscott]

I love the fact that neither side was really evil or purely good. It was like a family squabble where both sides had very valid points and flaws in their points. It was nowhere close to being black and white, there was a lot of gray going on. They each had their ideals that they believed in, and and both sides considered themselves Americans.

[@daleburrell6273]

@@SouthernGentleman ...DON'T TRY TO JUSTFY THE UNJUSTIFIABLE- YOU'RE EMBARRASSING YOURSELF!!! AS FAR AS SLAVERY IS CONCERNED: THE NORTH HAD AN AWFUL LONG WAY TO STOOP BEFORE THE NORTH WOULD HAVE BEEN EVEN HALF AS BAD AS THE SOUTH-!!!

[@ray7419]

God bless the CSA. ❤

[@jasonrodgers9063]

I so yearn for the days when movies like this were made! Great acting, great writing. Today it's all just CGI special effects and preachy leftism.

[@SouthernGentleman]

“We Are Fighting for Independence, Not Slavery”. - Jefferson Davis President of the Confederacy to Edward Kirk 1864 “I worked night and day for 12 years to prevent the war, but I could not. The north was mad, blind,would not let us govern ourselves, and so the war came.” - Confederate President Jefferson Davis 1861 “Is it worth while to continue this union of states, where the north demands to be our masters and we are required to be their tributaries.” - Thomas Cooper of South Carolina 1860 “In this enlightened age, there are few I believe, but what will acknowledge, that slavery as an institution, is a moral & political evil in any Country.” - Robert E Lee 1856 “While we see the Course of the final abolition of human slavery is onward, & we give it the aid of our prayers & all justifiable means in our power we must leave the progress as well as the result in his hands who Sees the end” - Robert E Lee 1856 “I am rejoiced that slavery is abolished. I believe it will be greatly for the interests of the South. So fully am I satisfied of this, as regards Virginia especially, that I would cheerfully have lost all I have lost by the war, and have suffered all I have suffered, to have this object attained.” - Robert E Lee 1865 “All I think that can now be done, is to aid our noble & generous women in their efforts to protect the graves & mark the last resting places of those who have fallen, & wait for better times.” - Robert E. Lee “I have always been in favor of Emancipation.” - Robert E Lee "I consider it a privilege to die for my country." - Paul Jones Semmes On the third day of the battle before being shot and wounded, Confederate General Lewis Armistead led his brigade during Pickett's Charge, fixing his hat on the point of sword and reputedly urging his men to “remember what you are fighting for - your homes, your friends, your sweethearts!” In an 1863 letter to his home state congressman, Elihu Washburne, Grant summed up his pre-war attitude: “I never was an Abolitionist,” he said, “not even what could be called anti-slavery.” “Slavery exists. It is black in the South, and white in the North.” - Union Vice President Johnson. “We're not fighting for the perpetuation of slavery, but for the principles of states rights and free trade, and in defense of our homes which we were ruthlessly invaded.” -VMI Jewish Cadet Moses Jacob Ezekiel 1864 “Abolish the Loyal League and the Ku Klux Klan; let us stand together. We may differ in color, but not in sentiment. Many things have been said about me which are wrong, and which white and black persons here, who stood by me through the war, can contradict.” - Nathan Bedford Forrest “African Americans should have the right to vote.” - Confederate Colonel John Salmon Ford The confederate soldier “Fought because he was provoked, intimidated, and ultimately invaded” -James Webb Born Fighting a History of the Scoth-Irish in America “I was fighting for my home, and he had no business being there” -Virginia confederate Soldier Frank Potts “Let me tell you what is coming. After the sacrifice of countless millions of treasure and hundreds of thousands of lives, you may win Southern independence if God be not against you, but I doubt it. I tell you that, while I believe with you in the doctrine of states rights, the North is determined to preserve this Union. They are not a fiery, impulsive people as you are, for they live in colder climates. But when they begin to move in a given direction, they move with the steady momentum and perseverance of a mighty avalanche; and what I fear is, they will overwhelm the South.” - Texas Revolutionary/President/Governor Sam Houston List of causes of the Civil War- Harpers Ferry On the night of October 16, 1859, Brown and a band of followers seized the federal arsenal at Harper’s Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia), in what is believed to have been an attempt to arm a slave insurrection. (Brown denied this at his trial, but evidence indicated otherwise.) They were dislodged by a force of U.S. Marines led by Army lieutenant colonel Robert E. Lee. Brown was swiftly tried for treason against Virginia and hanged. Southern reaction initially was that his acts were those of a mad fanatic, of little consequence. But when Northern abolitionists made a martyr of him, Southerners came to believe this was proof the North intended to wage a war of extermination against white Southerners. Brown’s raid thus became a step on the road to war between the sections. States' Rights The idea of states' rights was not new to the Civil War. Since the Constitution was first written there had been arguments about how much power the states should have versus how much power the federal government should have. The southern states felt that the federal government was taking away their rights and powers. Political power That was not enough to calm the fears of delegates to an 1860 secession convention in South Carolina. To the surprise of other Southern states-and even to many South Carolinians-the convention voted to dissolve the state’s contract with the United States and strike off on its own. South Carolina had threatened this before in the 1830s during the presidency of Andrew Jackson, over a tariff that benefited Northern manufacturers but increased the cost of goods in the South. Jackson had vowed to send an army to force the state to stay in the Union, and Congress authorized him to raise such an army (all Southern senators walked out in protest before the vote was taken), but a compromise prevented the confrontation from occurring. Perhaps learning from that experience the danger of going it alone, in 1860 and early 1861 South Carolina sent emissaries to other slave holding states urging their legislatures to follow its lead, nullify their contract with the United States and form a new Southern Confederacy. Six more states heeded the siren call: Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas. Others voted down secession-temporarily. When President Lincoln called for Volunteers to invade the south, six southern states voted to join the Confederacy. The issue of slavery The burning issue that led to the disruption of the union was the debate over the future of slavery. Secession brought about a war in which the Northern and Western states and territories fought to preserve the Union, and the South fought to establish Southern independence as a new confederation of states under its own constitution. Most of the states of the North, meanwhile, one by one had gradually abolished slavery. A steady flow of immigrants, especially from Ireland and Germany during the potato famine of the 1840s and 1850s, insured the North a ready pool of laborers, many of whom could be hired at low wages, diminishing the need to cling to the institution of slavery. Child labor was also a growing trend in the North. The agrarian South utilized slaves to tend its large plantations and perform other duties. On the eve of the Civil War, some 4 million Africans and their descendants toiled as slave laborers in the South. Slavery was part of the Southern economy although only a relatively small portion of the population actually owned slaves.

[@DanBeech-ht7sw]

Southern guy spoke with forked tongue. At other times he said he was fighting for the right to keep slaves

[@markgrice8214]

Southern guy. What a load of BS. Forrest "Pillow Massacre" Forrest started the KKK. CSA traitor states all had slavery mentioned in their traitor declarations. 20% of the traitor states were slaves. Almost 40% of South Carolina (the chief traitor state) families owned slaves. Stop being such an apologist for treasonous slavers