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17-05-06, 21:22
I noticed there have been no postings on this particular forum, for quite awhile. Since I believe there is far too much misinformation passed around as credible evidence of only one side of this conflict, that many call the "Civil War," I want to occasionally post another opinion, from the perspective of an unreconstructed Southern. I refer to this conflict as the "War Between the States," a much more accurate descripton, I believe.
When I was humping the rice paddies of Vietnam, along with my poncho and poncho liner and ammo and water and other essentials that a grunt carried on his person, I also carried my flag. My flag was the battle flag of the Army of Northern Virginia, now commonly known as the Confederate flag. Each and every chance I got to fly my flag, usually at a semi-secure perimeter of some sort, I did so. It wasn't uncommon to see an American flag or Confederate flag or some State flag on tanks or amtracks or trucks either.
Semper Fi
The following is real history and is accurate, from state records.
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA.
A PROCLAMATION,
BY JOHN W. ELLIS,
GOVERNOR OF NORTH CAROLINA
Whereas: By Proclamation of Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, followed by a requistion of Simon Cameron, Secretary of War, I am informed that the said Abraham Lincoln has made a call for 75,000 men to be employed for the INVASION OF THE PEACEFUL HOMES OF THE SOUTH, AND FOR THE SUBVERSION OF THE LIBERTIES OF A FREE PEOPLE, constituting a large part of the whole population of the late United States.
And, whereas, this high-handed act of TYRANNICAL OUTRAGE IS NOT ONLY IN VIOLATION OF ALL CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, IN UTTER DISREGARD OF EVERY SENTIMENT OF HUMANITY AND CHRISTIAN CIVILIZATION, AND CONCEIVED IN A SPIRIT OF AGGRESSION UNPARALLELED BY ANY ACT OF RECORDED HISTORY, BUT IS A DIRECT STEP TOWARDS THE SUBJUGATION OF THE WHOLE "SOUTH", AND THE CONVERSION OF A FREE "REPUBLIC", INHERITED FROM OUR FATHERS, INTO A MILITARY DESPOTISM, TO BE ESTABLISHED BY WORSE THAN FOREIGN ENEMIES ON THE RUINS OF OUR ONCE GLORIOUS " CONSTITUTION OF EQUAL RIGHTS."
Now, therefore, I, John W. Ellis, Governor of the State of North Carolina, for these extraordinary causes, do here by issue this, my Proclamation, notifying and requesting the Senators and Members of the House of Commons of the General Assembly of North Carolina, to meet in Special Session at the Capitol, in the City of Raleigh, on Wednesday, the first day of May next. And I furthermore EXHORT ALL GOOD CITIZENS THROUGHOUT THE STATE TO BE MINDFUL THAT THEIR FIRST ALLEGIANCE IS DUE TO THE SOVEREIGNTY WHICH PROTECTS THEIR HOMES AND DEAREST INTERESTS, AS THEIR FIRST SERVICE IS DUE FOR THE SACRED DEFENSE OF THEIR HEARTHS, AND OF THE SOIL WHICH HOLDS THE GRAVES OF OUR GLORIOUS DEAD.
UNITED ACTION IN DEFENSE OF THE SOVEREIGNTY OF NORTH CAROLINA, AND OF THE RIGHTS OF THE SOUTH, becomes now the duty of all.
Given under my hand, and attested by the Great Seal of the State.
Done at the City of Raleigh, the 17th day of April; A.D., 1861,
and in the eighty-fifth year of our Independence,
JOHN W. ELLIS
By the Governor,
Graham Daves, Private Secretary
When I was humping the rice paddies of Vietnam, along with my poncho and poncho liner and ammo and water and other essentials that a grunt carried on his person, I also carried my flag. My flag was the battle flag of the Army of Northern Virginia, now commonly known as the Confederate flag. Each and every chance I got to fly my flag, usually at a semi-secure perimeter of some sort, I did so. It wasn't uncommon to see an American flag or Confederate flag or some State flag on tanks or amtracks or trucks either.
Semper Fi
The following is real history and is accurate, from state records.
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA.
A PROCLAMATION,
BY JOHN W. ELLIS,
GOVERNOR OF NORTH CAROLINA
Whereas: By Proclamation of Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, followed by a requistion of Simon Cameron, Secretary of War, I am informed that the said Abraham Lincoln has made a call for 75,000 men to be employed for the INVASION OF THE PEACEFUL HOMES OF THE SOUTH, AND FOR THE SUBVERSION OF THE LIBERTIES OF A FREE PEOPLE, constituting a large part of the whole population of the late United States.
And, whereas, this high-handed act of TYRANNICAL OUTRAGE IS NOT ONLY IN VIOLATION OF ALL CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, IN UTTER DISREGARD OF EVERY SENTIMENT OF HUMANITY AND CHRISTIAN CIVILIZATION, AND CONCEIVED IN A SPIRIT OF AGGRESSION UNPARALLELED BY ANY ACT OF RECORDED HISTORY, BUT IS A DIRECT STEP TOWARDS THE SUBJUGATION OF THE WHOLE "SOUTH", AND THE CONVERSION OF A FREE "REPUBLIC", INHERITED FROM OUR FATHERS, INTO A MILITARY DESPOTISM, TO BE ESTABLISHED BY WORSE THAN FOREIGN ENEMIES ON THE RUINS OF OUR ONCE GLORIOUS " CONSTITUTION OF EQUAL RIGHTS."
Now, therefore, I, John W. Ellis, Governor of the State of North Carolina, for these extraordinary causes, do here by issue this, my Proclamation, notifying and requesting the Senators and Members of the House of Commons of the General Assembly of North Carolina, to meet in Special Session at the Capitol, in the City of Raleigh, on Wednesday, the first day of May next. And I furthermore EXHORT ALL GOOD CITIZENS THROUGHOUT THE STATE TO BE MINDFUL THAT THEIR FIRST ALLEGIANCE IS DUE TO THE SOVEREIGNTY WHICH PROTECTS THEIR HOMES AND DEAREST INTERESTS, AS THEIR FIRST SERVICE IS DUE FOR THE SACRED DEFENSE OF THEIR HEARTHS, AND OF THE SOIL WHICH HOLDS THE GRAVES OF OUR GLORIOUS DEAD.
UNITED ACTION IN DEFENSE OF THE SOVEREIGNTY OF NORTH CAROLINA, AND OF THE RIGHTS OF THE SOUTH, becomes now the duty of all.
Given under my hand, and attested by the Great Seal of the State.
Done at the City of Raleigh, the 17th day of April; A.D., 1861,
and in the eighty-fifth year of our Independence,
JOHN W. ELLIS
By the Governor,
Graham Daves, Private Secretary