This Will Be My Last Post on This Blog

This will be my last post on this blog.  The problem is that I have way TOO MANY blogs.  I should really drop some others but will continue posting them, but not as often.

I started this blog after an earlier attempt had failed several years before this one.  The reason I started them was because I was so upset at what was going on in regards to the nasty and continued attacks on Confederate heritage.

I wanted people to know, that even if your local newspapers and media didn't talk about every day, that it was still going on.  Sadly, it still is and probably never will end.

And another reason to stop writing this blog is how upset it gets me every entry.

I still hold that statue removal should be put to a local vote, although I doubt the Confederate haters will try that again, because whenever it comes up for a vote, the people vote for them to remain.  I did agree with renaming the Army bases since the men they were named for did fight against the United States.

I also believe that when statues are removed, it should be the people who want them removed that pay for that.  And part of that cost should be to put the statues up elsewhere.  They should cover all costs.

Put Your Money Where Your Mouths Are.  Old Secesh

Here Is the List of Army Bases to be Renamed-- Part 2: Fort Benning Becomes Fort Moore

This has been the topic of many articles in the last month as the military starts renaming them.  I do not list these unless more information is given than what I have already written.  That is why I haven't been writing a lot lately in this blog.  (And believe me, I sure will be happy if the day ever comes that I can completely drop this blog.  I have too many blogs as it is and this one is no fun to write.)

All of the  people the bases are renamed for are deserving.  The commission that chose the names did a good job.

RENAMED BASES:

FORT BENNING, Georgia, will become FORT MOORE, after Army Lt. Gen.  Hal Moore and his wife, Julia Compton Moore. Hal Moore  received the Distinguished Service cross for his heroism in the Vietnam War.  Julia Moore advocated for military families and is credited for the personal notification of death procedures now practiced.

--Old Secesh

1005th Post on This Blog

I just noticed that this post will be the 1005th post since I started this blog back in September 2019.

I had tried on two prior times to start a blog, but was unable to get it to work correctly, until this one.

I started this because of all of the attacks on the Confederacy and was hoping I wouldn't have to, but those attacks continued.  Even now, I would be more than happy to give this one up if the attacks stop, but I doubt that will happen.

Looking to Stop This Blog.  Come On Guys.  Let Up On Your Attacks.  --Old Secesh

Sadly, Yesterday's Hope Was Too Soon: They're Back!!!

I was near ecstatic when we had not had a Confederate alert since August 19.  But, today, I see that the alert is back and full of upsetting things the other side keeps doing.

And, I was so looking forward to dropping this blog.  Guess that is not going to happen at this time.

Come on guys, give me a break!!

As the little girl said,   "They're Baaaack."

Back to the Two-Finger Typing for Me.  --Old Secesh

No Confederate Alerts Since August 19!!!!! Has the Nightmare Finally Ended?

I have not had a single Alert for the word Confederate since AUGUST 19!!!!!   Does this mean that the constant attacks on any and all things Confederate has ended.  We can only hope.

As I said, when the attacks cease, so will this blog.  I so look forward to that day.

It can not come too soon.

Maybe certain people realize that they have bigger problems than Confederates.  Let's face it, school attendance for their children is the lowest of all groups.  And they had to fight so hard to get better education.

And then, there is the crime problem.  Way too many of them commit crimes.  And, I am not even going to the problem with them shooting and killing each other.

Even if they stop, I want the removal of all Confederate items from public areas to continue as well as the renaming of any school whose student population is mostly minority.  Also the renaming of the Army bases.

They have made their point.  Now work on more pressing points.

Come On Guys.  --Old Secesh

Is BLM a Terrorist Group? 7 Civil War Battles, Kentucky, Kappa Alpha Order, Military and SPLC List

MARCH 6, 2021

**  Letter to Editor:  Confederate flag and terrorism.  (Personally, I regard anything with BLM on it as terrorism.)

**  7 Critical Civil War Battles.  (How about this!!  Actual Civil War.  I'll list these three in my Saw the Elephant:  Civil War blog tomorrow in case you're wondering what they were.)

**  Confederate statue won't be moved to city property.  (Owensboro, Kentucky, Daviess County)

**  Tribune Star Editorial:  Fraternity should disassociate itself  with Confederate icon.  (Terre Haute, Indiana.  Kappa Alpha Order at Indiana State University.)

**  Commentary:  As military seeks to eliminate extremism, it must also remove  symbols of discrimination.

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MARCH 7, 2021

**  SPLC report:  24 Confederate symbols removed  from NC in 2020, 2nd ranking among states for removal.  (And when SPLC talks, people listen.  Now if they would just make up that list of BLM "peaceful demonstrations" last summer that turned into riots with any combination of confrontations, hate crimes (attacking Confederate statues), looting and burning I would be a happy lad.  Come on guys, you know you can do it (unless you're afraid it might make your side look bad.))

--Old Secesh

The Third Year for This Blog (and Hopefully the Last)

This was a blog that I hoped never to have started.  This is a blog I hope ends, the sooner the better.  This is a blog that really upsets me to have to write.  Sometimes I have to just get up and walk away to get over my fumes at what I am seeing.

These attacks on my ancestors....  Well....

Anyway, this is my 709th post of this blog which started on September 17, 2019.  It was the third attempt at writing it.  The first two only lasted a day each and I was unable to figure out how to set it up the way I wanted, which is the way it is now set up.  One of those attempts is on my Saw the Elephant: Civil War blog page.

Back on March 24, 2020, I was even able to write that I was going to take a break from writing this blog because of the marked decrease in number of Confederadication attempts on anything Confederate.  (Confederadication means those intent on obliterating all things Confederate and making anyone who supported the cause look like the worst people who have ever lived.

As a matter of fact, this past summer, in the rioting and chaos that took place after the George Floyd murder I had to stop my other blogs to keep up with all the anti-Confederate stuff going on.

I originally was writing these in that aforementioned blog, but didn't want it there, so I was happy when I was able to set this one up.

Again, sure hoping and wishing that this blog will end this year, but kind of doubt it.

Stop attacking the Confederacy and I'll be more than happy to stop this blog.

--Old Secesh

Trump Vetoes Defense Bill. Big Surprise There. 'Roll Tide' and 'Gator Bait', A Big Surprise from Virginia

DECEMBER 23, 2020

**  From 'Roll Tide' to 'Gator Bait', college football reckons with problematic traditions.  (These are Confederate or Antebellum-related.  Very interesting article.  I will write about it soon in my Saw the Elephant: Civil War blog.

**  Show of force on US streets and crisis at Fort Hood tested army secretary this year.  Also renaming Confederate bases.

**  Trump vetoes colossal $740 billion defense bill, breaking with Republican-led Senate.  (He did as he said he would do, evidently.  Again, I am in favor of renaming the bases, but, please not all black people.  Regardless of how good a man the Confederate officers were, the fact is that they still chose to fight their country.)

**  Fort Benning is named for a slave-owning secessionist.  That could soon change.  (Georgia)

**  Warner:  'I look forward' to overriding Trump's veto of defense partly over Confederate issue.  (Senator Mark Warner of Virginia.  From Virginia?  Surprise.  He's a Democrat?  Another surprise.)

**  With hate crimes on the rise, GOP senators go all-in for racist statues.  (Yep.  Lots of hate crimes being committed against Confederate statues and symbols these days.)

--Old Secesh

Civil War II: North Carolina, New Orleans, Stone Mountain, Sad Richmond and Mississippi

AUGUST 21, 2020


**  Public can weigh in on Confederate monument.  (Monroe, Union County, North Carolina)

**  New Orleans street honoring Confederate icon renamed for HBCU president.  (Jefferson Davis Parkway will become the the Norman C. Francis Parkway in January.   The city council will also be looking at renaming other streets named after Confederates.)

**  More 'Black Lives Matter'  signs than Confederate flags in the new Stone Mountain, Ga.  (From the Washington Post.  They have to be celebrating this, even though BLM signs mean "We're going to riot and loot at anytime.")

**  Gray calls for probe of mayor's use of $1.8 million to remove Confederate statues.  (Sad Richmond.  Did the mayor's buddy make an illegal profit on this?

**  Mississippi, last state with Confederate  symbol on its flag, has new designs for citizens' vote.  (I still wonder why the people almost always do not get the chance to vote on Confederate statue removal?  Of course, there is now talk of other states with Confederate symbols in their flags.  Go to my RoadDog's RoadLog blog for pictures of states with "Confederate" flags.)

**  Hearing next month for Alabama lawmaker accused of theft.  (He is under heavy attack for attending a Nathan Forrest birthday party and speaking at it.)

--Old Secesh

Did You Hear the One About the Virginia Senator Charged With Two Felonies For What She Did at the Portsmouth Statue Hate Crime?

AUGUST 18, 2020


**  BREAKING:  Sen. Lucas charged with two felonies for June incident  at Portsmouth Confederate monument.   (Senator Louise Lucas, Democrat and a black woman.  Conspiracy to commit  a felony and injury to a monument in excess of $1,000.  Also warrants have been issued for a Portsmouth school board member, NAACP members and even members of the public defenders office.  I am shocked by this as I thought BLM had carte blanche to do whatever they want to Confederate statues, especially in a state like Virginia.  So, there is some law in the state after all.)

A video accompanies the article which shows BLM doing their BLM thing on that monument.  A real hate crime in other words.  Part of the video supposedly showed what the state senator did to get charged, but I didn't really see her doing anything wrong.  But just the fact that she was present when crimes were being committed and supporting the crimes is enough in my book to arrest her.

This is one video you need to watch.  I don't know why the police just stood by and watched, although I am glad they are now finally taking action.  Watch the whole video (which takes a minute to upload.  There is even a complete list of people charged so far.

The state governor, rather than being shocked and demanding her resignation, is supporting her.  But, then again, he is a Democrat and one of those white people who are pledged to BLM.  Plus, he is a committed supporter of Confederadication.

**  Liverpool, site of the last surrender in US Civil War, grapples with its Confederate links.  (A very interesting, but skewed account by a real Confederate-hater.  I'll be taking the non-hate stuff out and writing about it in my Civil War Navy blog.)

**  City removes Confederate  monument from Bicentennial Park in Williamsburg.  (Virginia)

**  Hit  'em where it hurts--  how economic  threats are a potent tool for changing people's minds about the Confederate flag.  (In other words, if you don't like Confederate flags or statues, boycott.  That is exactly what I do to any Southern city removing statues.  I don't go there anymore.  And, I'm thinking before long that I won't be able to go anywhere in the former Confederacy.  Oh well.  I may never be able to go to Virginia again.)

Well, Maybe There Is Some Hope for Virginia Yet.  --Old Secesh

I Can't Keep Up With All This

I feel the United States has reached a real turning point in history right now.  Between the pandemic and all this racial unrest, as Bob Dylan said, "The Times They Are a Changing."

And I surely hope this change will be for the better.  Although at present we could even be headed for a racial war just as much as we might be headed for a better United States.  I guess only time will tell.

This is definitely going to be something for "the rewritten history books."  Students will be wondering who Union forces fought between 1861 and 1865.  They'll just know they fought someone whose name cannot be mentioned because of slavery and their racism.  And that these people were absolutely the worst people ever to live on earth.

And, this is not to say anything about what happened to so many of the earliest U.S. presidents.  Who were they and why are they not mentioned?  School children will still be going to Douglass, D.C., and taking tours up to the top of the Tubman Monument and King Memorial (old Jefferson Memorial).

Anyhow, I am attempting to keep up with all that is happening in this storm surge of revisionism, so this is why I won't be doing much in my other blogs as there is so much to write about here.  If the new Civil war ever stops, that will also be the end of this blog.  I sure enjoyed it in April when the virus had all the BLMers and before George Floyd was killed when I only had four blog entries the whole month.

So, Here Goes.  --Old Secesh

Sad to Say, But It Is Time for the SCV and UDC to Ask City, County and State Governments to Remove All Confederate Monuments From Public Property

I have named this blog Civil War II (and had an earlier one called The Second Civil War) because when all this Confederate hatred stuff started after the Charleston murders, it became very apparent that this was a Second Civil War.

Even from the beginning, there was very little chance that our organizations would be able to protect out heritage, what with all the black militancy, their white minion support and all the public servants lacking back bone to stand up against the black tyranny.  There are just too few of us.

This has happened before in Nazi Germany with the mass book burnings and Kristallnacht (The Night of the Broken Glass).

We fought a valiant fight, but time has come to have an unconditional surrender to the forces that are against us.  We had a remote chance to keep them until the police stopped doing their jobs and protecting the statues.  Arrests should have been made.

I doubt that there is a single Confederate statue anywhere on public land that has not been "vandalized" (which actually is a hate crime committed against it) .  The only hope for them now is their total removal and that needs to be done by either the SCV or UDC, but most likely only towns and states have enough money to do it.

We can get that infamous SPLC "list" of targeted Confederate statues and markers to determine which ones remain and need to be removed.    I'm even willing to forego the Confederate protection laws that are in some states.

So, please cities, counties and states of the South, remove all Confederate statues and markers from all public space.  Take them somewhere safe from the Blacks and their white minions.  Do it for "public safety" which seems to be the preferred term used for it lately.

It seems that we have reached the point in the Confederacy where Lee's forces leave Petersburg.

So Sad.  So Sad.  --Really Sad Old Secesh

Help, I Can't Keep Up

Bring back those good old days in April, in the early stages of the coronavirus, when all these incessant attacks on all things Confederate by the new Tyranny of the Blacks took a vacation.

I only had to write four blog entries that month about this mess.

Now, I find it impossible to keep up with the affronts that you see everywhere.  I have to wonder if there is one single Confederate statue anywhere which hasn't had a hate crime committed against it.

If the attacks would stop, this blog would also stop.

But, I don't think it will last much longer because I am fairly sure that by the end of this year, maybe before, every single Confederate statue, memorial, name, flag and everything else will be gone as we have an updated version of November 9-10. 1938.

That's the Night of the Broken Glass which the Nazis used on the Jews for those of you unaware of history.  Who is a Nazi now?

The Night of the Broken Confederate.  --Old Secesh

15 Days Until Virginia's Confederate Statue Orgy

Yep, folks, just 15 days until Virginia gets to "legally" go on its state sanctioned tear-down of Confederate statues, and I know Richmond and Charlottesville are really anticipating that.  It will be cause for a great party with all sorts of cheering, hand-clapping and back-slapping.  There will be so much joy for some.

I wonder how many other statues will be coming down in the state between July 1 and July 4?

Every Southern state is having the repulsive Confederate Hate virus, but Virginia, the former capital of the Confederacy, especially so.

The whole state is now on my boycott list as a result, which, as a Civil War buff, is difficult with all the battlefields there.  Plus, traditionally, I stop in Wytheville, Virginia, for gas on my way to North Carolina as this is the cheapest gas during the whole trip.  Next time, I will wait until I get to North Carolina to fill up.

Plus, I was planning on driving the Crooked Road for that experience.  And, if you've been following my Tattooed On Your Soul:  World War II blog, I've been writing about Bedford, Virginia, and its role as America's World War II City because 19 of its 34 sons died on D-Day.  I won't be visiting it for  now.

Just some of the things I will be missing about Virginia (but not that horrific traffic gridlock in the northern part of the state between D.C. and Virginia).

All that will have to wait until I find a way to forgive Virginia for its transgressions.

So Sad.  But, No Money From Me.  --Old Secesh

Protesters Target Confederate Statues in Some Cities-- Part 1: Mississippi, Charleston and Raleigh

From the May 31, 2020, Politico, AP.

Protesters marching about the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis also attacked Confederate statues in several cities.  Monuments in Virginia (no surprise there), the Carolinas and Mississippi.  I haven't read the whole article but am sure those "people" in Charlottesville got a chance to spew forth their racist hatred as usual.

The words "spiritual genocide" were sprayed on the Confederate monument on the University of Mississippi campus.  In Charleston, S.C., the base of the "Confederate Defenders" monument was defaced with "BLM" and "traitors."  I have written a lot about this statue in my Civil War blogs.

In Raleigh, N.C., the Confederate monument at the state capitol was marked with an "X" and a shorthand  for a phrase expressing contempt for the police.  The word racist was also written on the monument.

I wonder if these persons committing the looting and hate crimes know that they are doing a whole lot to reelect Donald Trump.

Disgusting Behavior.  --Old Secesh

Maybe the Virus Has Become a Bigger Problem Than Those Confederate Monuments and Flags

Considering that the earlier post of today didn't have any articles directly related to the current struggle over all things Confederate on March 15, I am hoping that at least there will be a temporary, or better yet, cessation of the attacks.  I'll know when I take a look at the March 16 and 17 articles.

I know I sure would like to stop doing this blog.  I have seven others that I do, and that is way too many.  Plus, I tend to get a bit angry when I do this blog.

So, maybe there is something good coming of the virus.

If That What It Takes?  --Old Secesh

94th Post to This Blog and So Sad It Has to Be

This is the 94th post to this, my newest blog, and a blog I wish was not necessary.  This new war on the Confederacy which has been launched by Blacks and their white minions is a hurtful one, a sad one and I believe somewhere down the road in the future will be lumped right up there with the Third Reich's burning of books, Kristillnacht and not accepting another person's views and any number of other times humans have behaved poorly.

Now, I don't blame Blacks for not liking the Confederacy.  If I was a black person I would most likely hate the Confederacy as well.  But to me, flying a Confederate flag or paying respect at a Confederate monument is not white supremacy or racism.  It is out of respect to history.

Sadly, however, white supremacist groups and racists have often, as Nikki Haley put it, "hijacked the flag" and cause to spew forth their hate.  Every time I see the KKK or Nazis involved on the Confederate side, it saddens me.  It would be great if we could ban them from the flag and support.  Unfortunately, not likely, much the same as their use of the U.S. flag.

Anyway, it is my definite hope that this blog will no longer be necessary this whole year, but I kind of doubt it.

My sign-off, Old Secesh, is a tip of the hat to the term used by Northerners to put down the Confederates as they were backers of secession, "Sesch" or "Secesh."

--Old Secesh

What Is This Civil War II?

We had a World War I and then a World War II.  We also had a Civil War (1861-1865) which was the only Civil War until essentially those murders in Charleston, S.C. on June 17, 2015.  This is the date I consider the start of Civil War II, though it had been going on for years before that, especially with the beginning of the Civil War Sesquicentennial in 2011.

June 17, 2015 was essentially April 12, 1861, with the firing on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor.  It started the First Civil War.

I was writing about this continuing War on the Confederacy, or Civil War II as I call it, in my Saw the Elephant: Civil War blog, the last several months with three straight days worth of what my Google Alerts said.  It gives you the continuity and severity of those attacks.  Again, just because you don't continually read about these in your local newspaper, doesn't mean they aren't happening.

However, now that I have this new blog, I can write about Civil War II right here and keep Saw the Elephant to the First Civil War.

--Old Secesh

Accessing My Other Blogs

Like I said, this is now my 8th blog.  I've got to stop adding new blogs, but these attacks are really angering me.

You can access my other seven blogs by clicking on the My Blogs site to the right of this.

--Old Secesh

OK, I'll Take Another Shot At This Blog

I have tried on a couple occasions to start this as an EIGHTH blog and I should have my head examined for having so many blogs.  One is too much.  But EIGHT!!!!!!

The last blog on the Second Civil War as I call this current affront to my heritage that I tried to start has not had a new entry for two years now.  If this one takes, it will not be a big one for me, just several entries a month on these attacks on the Confederacy that happen so much these days.

I have been putting the attacks in my Saw the Elephant: Civil War blog, but I want to stop that and just do the First Civil War there.  Most recently, I have been doing the last three days of each month on the attacks and for awhile didn't cover them at all.  before that the blog was almost becoming an entirely Second Civil War one.

I will continue with my sign-off name from my Saw the Elephant blog and that is "Old Secesh," the name Northerners used as a put-down on Confederates who wanted to secede from the Union (Secesh or Sesh).

Let's Hope This Takes.  --Old Secesh