Monday, May 28, 2018

" Sad is a nation "


" Sad is a Nation who has no Heroes --



---Pitiful is a nation who has Heroes
But forgets them "

"John F Kennedy"
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I posted a Meme similar to this Blog Post on a number of Confederate friendly F/B pages.
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It was well received ! 

My Hometown of Suffolk has not forgotten on this memorial day !


Front page of Suffolk News Herald.
"Brennan Podruchny helps place flags at Albert G Horton Jr Veterans Cemetery"

Thank you Mr Podruchny !

Also on the front page was this --


Unfortunately I was slated to work and missed the ceremony !

My friend Teresa Roane was one of the speakers --

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The Story is Here.

I feel this is the definition of "Inclusiveness" / to remember all !

Have a Safe and Blessed Memorial day !

DT.






Thursday, May 24, 2018

The Battle of Old Men and Young Boys !



The Battle of Old Men and Young Boys 
(First Battle of Petersburg)


Campaign Petersburg
Date June 9, 1864
Location Petersburg, Chesterfield County
Combatants

                       United States                                                            Confederacy
                                                                    Commanders
                    Quincy A. Gillmore                                                        Henry A. Wise
Casualties

52 (46 killed and wounded, and 6 missing)          75 (15 killed, 18 wounded, and 42 captured)

Battle of Old Men and Young Boys

Contributed by Michael P. Gabriel **

The Battle of Old Men and Young Boys, sometimes known as the First Battle of Petersburg, was fought on June 9, 1864, on the outskirts of Petersburg during the American Civil War (1861–1865). While Union general-in-chief Ulysses S. Grant and the Army of the Potomac were north of the James River, facing the Army of Northern Virginia north of the Confederate capital at Richmond, Union general Benjamin F. Butler devised a plan to take the important transportation hub of Petersburg. He sent a force of infantry and cavalry, commanded by Quincy A. Gillmore, to attack the lightly defended city on June 9, but Gillmore's infantry was turned away from the east. To the south, his cavalry was met by a small battalion of Virginia reserves—old men and young boys, mostly—who beat back the Union troopers for a couple of hours until reinforcements arrived. In the end, the expedition was a failure and added to Grant's concerns about Butler's competence in the field. The raid also alerted the Confederates to Petersburg's vulnerability, and thus when Union troops reappeared outside the Cockade City six days later, they faced substantial resistance

On May 5, 1864, Butler's Army of the James landed at Bermuda Hundred and City Point on the James River, ten miles east of Petersburg. His charge was to disrupt rail lines and harass the Confederates south of Richmond while Grant and George G. Meade initiated the Overland Campaign by attacking Robert E. Lee's army to the north. While the Union forces suffered horrific casualties at the Wilderness, Spotsylvania Court House, North Anna River, and, at the end of the month, Cold Harbor, Butler's force was halted at Drewry's Bluff.

Undeterred, Butler cast his eye on Petersburg. The city served as an important transportation hub, where four railroads converged into the main line of the Richmond and Petersburg Railroad; its capture would be a blow to Lee's ability to defend the capital and would deny him easy access to supplies and reinforcements. A captured Confederate map and intelligence provided by runaway slaves and deserters suggested to Butler that Petersburg was not well defended. Confederate generals P. G. T. Beauregard and Henry A. Wise commanded a mere 2,200 militiamen in Petersburg proper while the rest of their meager force blocked Butler's way at Bermuda Hundred. These 2,200 defenders, meanwhile, were not all Confederate regulars, but included a motley assortment of "grey haired men, and beardless boys," as one Petersburg citizen described them. Some were veterans, but others were dentists and business owners and men who had been exempt from military service because of age or infirmity; some did not even have working rifles.

Butler was an ambitious Massachusetts politician who kept alert for opportunities at personal glory, and in Petersburg he spied a headline-worthy prize. When Grant stalled at Cold Harbor, there was talk that Union forces might shift south toward Petersburg. The time to act, in other words, was now, before he would be forced to share his glory. Butler planned the attack for June 9 and placed Quincy A. Gillmore in charge of the expedition. Gillmore, who the year before had overseen the 54th Massachusetts's famous but failed assault on Fort Wagner, South Carolina, was blamed by Butler for the setback at Drewry's Bluff. And as he set off for Petersburg with 3,400 infantrymen, including United States Colored Troops, and 1,300 cavalry under the German-born August V. Kautz, he did not enjoy his commanding general's full confidence.

Gillmore's orders were to storm Petersburg, destroy its bridges, and return to Bermuda Hundred. Several miles from the city, tired from a night march and already behind schedule, his force split into three columns. Two brigades of infantry approached Petersburg from the east, while Kautz's cavalry swung to the south. At about seven in the morning, the foot soldiers ran into Confederate pickets, who slowly withdrew to Petersburg's main defenses a mile outside of the city. These fortifications, called the Dimmock Line, ran in a ten-mile arc from the Appomattox River on the north all the way to the South Side Railroad and the Appomattox River again west of the city. Laid out beginning in August 1862 by Confederate general D. H. Hill, they were guarded by some fifty-five artillery batteries that had fallen into disrepair. Nevertheless, Gillmore approached cautiously and failed to press hard, mistakenly assuming the works were heavily defended.

By nine o'clock, the alarm had gone up in Petersburg—"all the available bell metal in the corporation broke into chorus with so vigorous a peal and clangor … as to suggest to the uninitiated a general conflagration," one of the city's residents recalled—and Wise immediately deployed the thousand or so men he had at hand while requesting reinforcements from Beauregard. After demonstrating in front of the fortifications for several hours, Gillmore pulled his troops back. To the south, meanwhile, in front of Batteries 27 and 28, Kautz encountered Fletcher H. Archer's Battalion of Virginia Reserves. The unit of 125 soldiers included a 59-year-old bank officer, three members of the city council, and a mill manager who had been up all night guarding prisoners. Archer, a veteran of the Mexican War (1846–1848), later described "heads silvered o'er with the frosts of advancing years," while noting that others of his men scarcely deserved to be called men at all, unable to "boast of the down upon the cheek."

Kautz improvised a charge at 11:30, but his Pennsylvania troopers were repelled. He then carefully deployed his full force, most of which had since dismounted, and attacked again, but Archer's men still managed to hold them off for nearly two hours. They were helped in their effort by local slaves who played music to simulate the arrival of Confederate reinforcements. By the time Union troops finally broke through, actual reinforcements had arrived. They met one column of Kautz's cavalry while a scratch force of what one witness described as "patients and penitents"—hospital patients and jail inmates—met the other. Kautz, hearing only silence from Gillmore's front, and facing the possibility of increased resistance, broke off the action and retreated to Bermuda Hundred.

The Petersburg militia paid a heavy price in slowing the Union raid: 15 dead (including the bank manager), 18 wounded, and 42 captured. Gillmore lost 46 killed and wounded, and 6 missing; more than that, though, he fumbled an unprecedented opportunity to capture the Cockade City. Grant shifted the Army of the Potomac south the following week, arriving at Petersburg on June 15. But the Confederates, alerted to the city's vulnerability, had by then begun to reinforce its defenses, although they were still unprepared for Grant's flank attack and surprise move on Petersburg. Still, it took Grant nearly ten months finally to crack the city open. Once he did, on April 2, 1865, the war was effectively over a week later.

On June 9, 1866, the city of Petersburg began an annual commemoration of the militia's victory. The ceremony, organized by a local Ladies' Memorial Association, served as a precursor to Confederate Memorial Day.
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  **source https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Old_Men_and_Young_Boys_Battle_of_June_9_1864#start_entry


Wednesday, May 23, 2018

I found a Gem !


I'm always on the look out for rocks.

My Daughter and I like to paint them and place them to be found !

My Daughter does great work !



I tend to make Confederate themed rocks --

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I put them wherever !

Once in a while I make one and keep it !

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The other day I was hunting for rocks and found a Gemstone !

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It's called Jet !

Info on Jet Here

It ain't the Hope Diamond --

but I think I'm gonna hang on to it.

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I put a small Black Powder cannon on it with a Naval Jack and put it on my shelf.

( This is a case of Finders Keepers. )

DT.

Sunday, May 20, 2018

Refugitta.


Constance Cary Harrison

*Constance Cary Harrison (pen name, Refugitta; April 25, 1843 – November 21, 1920), also referred as Mrs. Burton Harrison, was an American writer. She and two of her cousins were known as the "Cary Invincibles"; the three sewed the first examples of the Confederate Battle Flag.




Constance belonged to an old Virginia family related to the Fairfaxes and Jeffersons. Her home was destroyed during the American Civil War and consequently she witnessed much of the horrors of that struggle.



After the seizure of Vaucluse--

--and its demolition (to construct Fort Worth, as a part of the defenses of Washington, D.C.) she lived in Richmond, Virginia during the American Civil War and moved in the same set as Varina Davis, Mary Boykin Chesnut, and Virginia Clay-Clopton. She was published in Southern magazines under the pen name "Refugitta."*



**Constance who later was won by President Davis’ private secretary. In a magazine article she alluded to her experiences and told how when the wounded were taken to the receiving hospital downtown the soldiers would beg to be taken to the Clopton Hospital, for the fame of the practice of the surgeon in charge, Dr. Henry Augustus Tatum of Richmond, Va., was widespread. His assistant was young Dr. Patterson. The reputation he gained was that he saved the limbs which others would have amputated as a quicker method of healing. This reputation he gained the previous year in his practice at the Warm Springs Hospital.**

(* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constance_Cary_Harrison )
( **  http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~clopton/mint.htm#_ftnref52 )

Dr Tatum, was my Great Grandfather's (John C Tatum) Uncle who died in 1862 from pneumonia.
William Henry Tatum ( John's Older Brother) notes his passing in a letter home Oct 9th 1862-

I often wonder is things had been different.

DT.












Saturday, May 19, 2018

Over the 200,000 mark !

I checked the stats and I've topped the 200,000 view mark at this blog !

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I'm happy with that ! So for kicks I thought I'd put up links to a few --

My First post is Here!
W.H. Tatum is JC Tatum's older brother, J C Tatum is my Great Grand Father


The top five all time follow --

#1 
Upside Down !
4156 views !
This post deals with the misconception of the Battle Flag being flown upside down !

#2
It won't stop !
3779 views !
This post deals with the attack on Confederate Monuments.
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#3
Stepped in What ?
2907 views
This post deals with my mistake of being on a racist FaceBook page.

#4
His mouth wrote a check ---
2744 Views
This post deals with Toad Gatsby.

#5
Who was the Confederate Soldier ?
2434 Views.
The title says it all --



Thanks to all who dropped in !

Dave Tatum 

Friday, May 11, 2018

For the Record !



A while back I made a post stating April 12th was an important day in Confederate history !

I got a comment from a teacher in Illinois !

Image blurred due to his narcissistic preference ! 

"Yep... April 12 is important, the Day Lee Surrendered "

Yeeeesh ! What a Dunce !
And this Buffoon is a History Teacher ! 

For the record --

Time Line *

April 9, 1865, 7:50–10:00 a.m. - Confederates under John B. Gordon and Fitzhugh Lee attack Charles Smith's Union brigade in a last-ditch effort to escape the encircling Union army. Hard-marching reinforcements from the Army of the James and the Fifth Corps prevent a breakout, and Confederates send out truce flags.

April 9, 1865, 11:50 a.m. - Union general-in-chief Ulysses S. Grant receives a message from Confederate general Robert E. Lee seeking terms of surrender.

April 9, 1865, 1:30–3:00 p.m. - Confederate general Robert E. Lee meets Ulysses S. Grant at the home of Wilmer McLean in the village of Appomattox Court House. The meeting results in the surrender of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.

April 10, 1865 - Confederate general Robert E. Lee's General Orders No. 9, his farewell address to the Army of Northern Virginia, praises his troops' "unsurpassed courage and fortitude." He also tells them they had been "compelled to yield to overwhelming numbers and resources." Both arguments  become fixtures of the Lost Cause interpretation of the Civil War.

April 10, 1865- Union general-in-chief Ulysses S. Grant departs from Appomattox Court House, where he accepted the surrender of Confederate general Robert E. Lee, for Washington, D.C.

April 11, 1865 - After surrendering the Army of Northern Virginia to Union general-in-chief Ulysses S. Grant two days earlier, Confederate general Robert E. Lee leaves Appomattox Court House to be with his family in Richmond.

April 12, 1865, 5 a.m. - Almost four years to the minute after the first shots were fired on Fort Sumter, Union general Joshua Chamberlain assembles elements of the Fifth Corps along the main street of Appomattox Court House as part of the formal surrender ceremony. The Union men reportedly salute passing Confederates, who salute back

( *From https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Surrender_at_Appomattox#start_entry )

So by April 12th 1865 Lee was in Richmond with his family !

But Haters never let the truth stand in the way of their agenda !

UPDATE !!!
In response to the comment by Corey Meyer --





I have a policy - I treat all E-Mails as confidential, unless a threat is made !
Corey Meyer and I communicate by E-Mail.
As you can see by the added picture, the comment was submitted to my blog which makes it fair to post, Corey has a case of butt hurt because I posted his comment !
you can see by the picture his COMMENT was submitted to my Blog !
If you don't want it posted Don't submit it !





Thursday, May 10, 2018

Monumental Victory in Portsmouth





Congratulations to Fred Taylor and the Stonewall Camp #380 ! #winning

"Monumental Victory in Portsmouth"

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Judge William S. Moore, Jr., Chief Judge of the Portsmouth Circuit Court, has dismissed the claims brought by the City of Portsmouth against the Stonewall Camp #380, Sons of Confederate Veterans.

In October of 2016, the City of Portsmouth had sought a declaratory judgment to establish its ownership of Portsmouth's Confederate monument and authority to relocate the monument.  The Stonewall Camp filed a demurrer to the City's Complaint, and challenged these claims in a hearing held on March 5.

Noting that the City's claim sought a "de facto advisory opinion" from the Court, Judge Moore in a May 1 Opinion and Order rejected the City's assertion that it had brought a proper claim before the Court.  Furthermore the Judge noted in his opinion that the City's allegations failed to establish sufficient facts to seek a declaratory judgment.

Stonewall Camp attorney, Fred D. Taylor, Esq., was pleased with the ruling and stated that the Court's decision was a "clear vindication of the law and monument protection."

The Portsmouth Confederate Monument, located at the former town square on Court Street, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.  The plans for the erection of the Portsmouth Confederate Monument began in 1875 with the formation of the Portsmouth and Norfolk County Monument Association, whose mission it was to honor Portsmouth and Norfolk County's Confederate war dead.  Subsequently, this Association petitioned and received the approval of the City of Portsmouth for the placement of the Monument.  Following that approval by the City, the placement of the Monument progressed ultimately to the formal dedication of the Monument in 1893, all a result of the combined efforts of local citizens, the Monument Association, the Ladies' Memorial Aid Association of Portsmouth, and the Stonewall Camp Number 380, United Confederate Veterans.

For more information, contact Stonewall Camp #380 Commander John Sharrett

From Virginia Flaggers

Wednesday, May 9, 2018

A Back Up takes the Field !




November 5-2017
That was the last blog post from Babblin Brooks !

I WONDER WHAT'S UP WITH THAT ?
SILENT SIMPSON !

Y'all remember Simpson don't ya ?
And all his "Silent Susan" post !
The Flogger who said the VA Flaggers were not worth
 mentioning  but on numerous occasions
attacked and attempted to belittle them !

Seems Brook's has writers block !

Well since Nature and the internet abhor a vacuum,
Kevin Levin


 ( with the support of Simpson's peanut gallery )

has stepped up to the plate !

Well Bubba, guess what --
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Your latest rehash blog post was a Strike Out !
Nothing new, same old same old .

Must be a Slow News Day !



DT.






Monday, May 7, 2018

Will the Left come after these ?



35 years ago I heated the front of an old farm house I lived in with this --

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Yep the good old days ---

Well I decided to repurpose it
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I like it so does my wife !


I was trying to look it up for its age, and found these --

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Nice units, but I wonder how long it will be till the Left wants them destroyed ?
After all they're REBELS !

Oh well life goes on - if anyone has an idea when mine was made give me a shout !

DT

Wednesday, May 2, 2018

Stonewall Jackson Billboard Installed




It’s up!!!!

The Virginia Flaggers are pleased to announce that our second billboard is up in downtown Charlottesville! This time we used a Judy Smith Photography photo of the Thomas J “Stonewall” Jackson monument in Jackson Park, and a quote from the general.

We love how it turned out and are excited about plans for more of these across the Commonwealth!  This one will be honoring Jackson and making liberal heads explode in Charlottesville for the entire month of May.  ;)

The Virginia Flaggers would like to offer special thanks to the UVA alumnus who contacted us and offered to sponsor this billboard after the first one debuted last year,  and to all of you whose generous support make all of our flag and heritage defense (and offense!) projects possible. 

God bless the eternal memory of Stonewall Jackson, and God save the South!


( From the Virginia Flaggers )

Tuesday, May 1, 2018

Gun Control ?


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A question to all the folks who are in favor of gun control -

How you gonna do it ?
Go door to door confiscating all guns ?
( I see a 4th amendment issue )



A voluntary turn in program ?

(Pfffffffft )


Legislation outlawing gun ownership ? 
( Repeal the 2nd amendment ? )

 “A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”


When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns !


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DT.