Stand and be proud of your Confederate ancestry. ---
The sons and daughters of the Confederate statesmen, through all the generations, and of the citizen soldiers who took heed of their teaching, will forever remember that "a people without pride of ancestry are a people without hope of posterity." The ages of human records offer no page more resplendent with the imprimatur of statecraft, and none so glorious in tales of war, as that which stands boldly out to time in the name of the Confederacy. -- John Witherspoon DuBose
The sons and daughters of the Confederate statesmen, through all the generations, and of the citizen soldiers who took heed of their teaching, will forever remember that "a people without pride of ancestry are a people without hope of posterity." The ages of human records offer no page more resplendent with the imprimatur of statecraft, and none so glorious in tales of war, as that which stands boldly out to time in the name of the Confederacy. -- John Witherspoon DuBose
The eradication of historical monuments has nothing to do with righting wrongs…that has been done already. It is about control over you and a desire to implement socialist policy over you. It is an attempt to make you forget that you descended from men who would not be ruled. #NeverForget #HeritageOfHonor
“Do not let your children and grandchildren forget the cause for which we suffered. Tell it not in anger. Tell it not in grief. Tell it not in revenge. Tell it proudly as fits a soldier. There is no shame in all the history. Dwell on the gallant deeds, the pure motives, the unselfish sacrifice. Tell of the hardships endured, the battles fought, the men who bravely lived, the men who nobly died.” -- General Stephen Dill Lee
The Confederate Soldiers were our kinfolk and our heroes. We testify to the country our enduring fidelity to their memory. We commemorate their valor and devotion. There were some things that were not surrendered at Appomattox. We did not surrender our rights and history, nor was it one of the conditions of surrender that unfriendly lips should be suffered to tell the story of that war or that unfriendly hands should write the epitaphs of the Confederate dead. We have a right to teach our children the true history of that war, the causes that led up to it and the principles involved. -- Edward W. Carmack
General William Hardee writing about Major General Patrick Cleburne.
Cleburne was born in Ireland on St Patrick’s Day, March 17, 1828.
“Cleburne had often expressed the hope that he might not survive the loss of independence by the South. Heaven heard the prayer; spared him this pang. He fell before the banner he had so often guided to victory was furled—before the people he fought for were crushed, before the cause he loved was lost.
Two continents now claim his name; eight million of people revere his memory; two great communities raise monuments to his virtues—and history will take up his fame and hand it down to time for exampling, wherever a courage without stain, a manhood without blemish, an integrity that knew no compromise, and a patriotism that withheld no sacrifice, are honored of mankind.”
Cleburne was born in Ireland on St Patrick’s Day, March 17, 1828.
“Cleburne had often expressed the hope that he might not survive the loss of independence by the South. Heaven heard the prayer; spared him this pang. He fell before the banner he had so often guided to victory was furled—before the people he fought for were crushed, before the cause he loved was lost.
Two continents now claim his name; eight million of people revere his memory; two great communities raise monuments to his virtues—and history will take up his fame and hand it down to time for exampling, wherever a courage without stain, a manhood without blemish, an integrity that knew no compromise, and a patriotism that withheld no sacrifice, are honored of mankind.”
"Rebel Sons of Erin"
by Mort Kunstler
They too fought for the Cause. America's Irish community - like so many other Americans - was divided by the War Between the States. Irish volunteers in the North achieved fame through the battlefield exploits of units like "Meagher's Irish Brigade." Less known, but no less fervent in their patriotism, were Southern Irishmen - who promptly took up arms in defense of the South and Southern Independence.
Most prominent among Irish Confederate commanders was General Patrick R. Cleburne, and among the best-known Irish Confederates were the troops of the 10th Tennessee, C.S.A.
At 1:25 p.m., on Thursday, February 13, 1862, the 10th TN engaged the enemy at Erin Hollow near Dover, Tennessee. It was the only combat the troops would experience as a full regiment.
by Mort Kunstler
They too fought for the Cause. America's Irish community - like so many other Americans - was divided by the War Between the States. Irish volunteers in the North achieved fame through the battlefield exploits of units like "Meagher's Irish Brigade." Less known, but no less fervent in their patriotism, were Southern Irishmen - who promptly took up arms in defense of the South and Southern Independence.
Most prominent among Irish Confederate commanders was General Patrick R. Cleburne, and among the best-known Irish Confederates were the troops of the 10th Tennessee, C.S.A.
At 1:25 p.m., on Thursday, February 13, 1862, the 10th TN engaged the enemy at Erin Hollow near Dover, Tennessee. It was the only combat the troops would experience as a full regiment.
“I am with the South in death, in victory or defeat. I never owned a Negro and care nothing for them, but these people have been my friends and have stood up to me on all occasions. In addition to this, I believe the North is about to wage a brutal and unholy war on a people who have done them no wrong, in violation of the constitution and the fundamental principles of the government. They no longer acknowledge that all government derives its validity from the consent of the governed.”
General Patrick Cleburne, CSA, born on this day, March 17, 1828 in Ireland.
General Patrick Cleburne, CSA, born on this day, March 17, 1828 in Ireland.
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Derek Warfield & The Young Wolfe Tones
The Confederate National Anthem as performed by the legendary Irish Nationalist singer Derek Warfield of the Wolfe Tones.
Kelly’s Irish Brigade
David Kincaid
Kelly's Irish Brigade was a Confederate States Army regiment which was raised by Irish immigrant Joseph Kelly during the War for Southern Independence.
It was founded in St. Louis, Missouri in 1857 by Irish immigrants who were driven to join the regiment by nativist sentiments from local Yankee Republicans and the anti-Catholic sentiment of many German Protestant Unionists; they also compared the South's rebellion to Ireland's own struggle for independence against the United Kingdom.
The regiment's bravery was immortalized in the Confederate battle song "Kelly's Irish Brigade", which called on "true-hearted Irishmen" to join the brigade, reminded the Irishmen that the British had once also called them "rebels and traitors" during the Irish Rebellion of 1798, and boasted about their ferocity in battle and the cowardice of the "Lincolnites" in battle.
“Well they dare not call us invaders.
'Tis but states' rights and liberty we ask.
And Missouri we'll ever defend her no
Matter how hard the task.”
It was founded in St. Louis, Missouri in 1857 by Irish immigrants who were driven to join the regiment by nativist sentiments from local Yankee Republicans and the anti-Catholic sentiment of many German Protestant Unionists; they also compared the South's rebellion to Ireland's own struggle for independence against the United Kingdom.
The regiment's bravery was immortalized in the Confederate battle song "Kelly's Irish Brigade", which called on "true-hearted Irishmen" to join the brigade, reminded the Irishmen that the British had once also called them "rebels and traitors" during the Irish Rebellion of 1798, and boasted about their ferocity in battle and the cowardice of the "Lincolnites" in battle.
“Well they dare not call us invaders.
'Tis but states' rights and liberty we ask.
And Missouri we'll ever defend her no
Matter how hard the task.”
Patrick Cleburne
Derek Warfield
An Irish song about Confederate General Patrick Cleburne of Ireland.
General Cleburne was killed in action leading his men at the Battle of Franklin Tennessee, November 30, 1864 during the War for Southern Independence.
This song is performed by Derek Warfield, a world renowned Irish musician from the popular Irish nationalist band The Wolfe Tones.
General Cleburne was killed in action leading his men at the Battle of Franklin Tennessee, November 30, 1864 during the War for Southern Independence.
This song is performed by Derek Warfield, a world renowned Irish musician from the popular Irish nationalist band The Wolfe Tones.
From the Memorial Volume of the Semi-Centennial Anniversary of Rev Moses D Hoge as Pastor of Second Presbyterian Church, Richmond Va
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