Jackson: Men of the valley, citizen-soldiers: I am here at the order of General Robert E. Lee, commandin' all Virginia forces. On April 15th of this year of our Lord, 1861, Simon Cameron, the Secretary of War of the United States sent a telegram to our Governor, John Letcher, directing him to raise three regiments of infantry to be sent to assist in suppressin' the southern confederacy. Governor Letcher's answer is well-known to you, but perhaps not his words.
His wire to Washington stated, "You have chosen to inaugurate civil war. And, having done so, we will meet you in a spirit as determined as the Lincoln Administration has exhibited toward the South."
Two days later, the Virginia legislature voted for secession.
Just as we would not send any of our soldiers to march in other states and tyrannize other people, so will we never allow the armies of others to march into our State and tyrannize our people.
Like many of you -- indeed, most of you -- I've always been a Union man. It is not with joy or with a light heart that many of us have welcomed secession. Had our neighbors to the North practiced a less bellicose form of persuasion, perhaps this day might not have come. BUT that day has been thrust upon us like it was THRUST upon our ancestors.
The Lincoln Administration required us to raise three regiments.
Stonewall= bada$$ He lives we may not be having this conversation
"Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered." ― George Orwell, 1984
A Great Man who should be revered and his memory cherished by his countrymen.
Instead, the National Lawn Jockey and his socialist sycophants and the rest of the Beltway Sewer Rats that infest the Congress will do all they can to scrub his memory from history and declaim General Jackson a base venomous racist.
Member: Clan of the Turdlike People.
Courage is Fear that has said its Prayers
�If we ever forget that we are one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under.� Ronald Reagan.
Stonewall= bada$$ He lives we may not be having this conversation
The first day of Gettysburg would have been completely different.
There may not have even been a need for Gettysburg.
Founder Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored."
I was indifferent on the confederate flag, now that I know it will inflame the dregs of our society, ill make sure to show support to anywhere/anyone flying one.
I was indifferent on the confederate flag, now that I know it will inflame the dregs of our society, ill make sure to show support to anywhere/anyone flying one.
thank you sir...KEEP IT FLYIN!
"Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered." ― George Orwell, 1984
I was indifferent on the confederate flag, now that I know it will inflame the dregs of our society, ill make sure to show support to anywhere/anyone flying one.
