Fragile Legacies of Dixie

President Jefferson Davis grave

2008-07-05T23:33:00.003-05:00

President Davis rests with other members of his family in Richmond's Hollywood Cemetery.

His suffering during his imprisonment won him the affection of the Southern people, who came to regard him as a martyr to their lost cause. Although indicted, Davis was never brought to trial, and he was released on bond in 1867.

Prison Life Of Jefferson Davis
The Trying Experience of the Ex-President at
Fort Monroe Prevarication of General Miles
HERE

Devotion

2008-07-03T15:24:00.003-05:00

Cleaning the grave stone of my ancestor, Major Henry Harding of the North Carolina 61st Infantry Regiment. He's buried in Cherry Hill Cemetery, Greenville, North Carolina.

Henry Harding was born in Beaufort County, North Carolina on May 8, 1837 and died April 23, 1912. He was raised on the family farm and later became a teacher. Mr. Harding married Susan Elizabeth Sugg on February 21, 1867. He enlisted in Beaufort County at the age of 25, and became Captain of Henry Harding's Independent Company N.C. Troops. He later served in Company K, 17th Regiment N.C. Troops (1st Organization) and was appointed 1st Lieutenant of the company. He was present or accounted for until he resigned on October 9, 1861. The reason he resigned was not reported or known. Mr. Harding later joined Company B, 61st Regiment N.C. Troops, also known as the Beaufort Plow Boys, and served as Captain until his promotion to Major and transfer to the Field and Staff of the N.C. 61st Regiment on September 5, 1862. He was reported present or accounted for in January-June 1863, and was reported in command of the regiment in July-August 1863. Major Harding was reported present or accounted for on surviving regimental muster rolls from September 1863 through April 1864. On August 3, 1864, he resigned "to promote the good of the service, as well as to secure my personal satisfaction and the satisfaction of those with whom I am associated......I respectfully pray that I may be allowed to join a Regt of my choice, which I promise to do within five days after this is accepted (the 41st or 50th N.C. preferred.) His resignation was accepted on August 10, 1864, but there is no evidence that he later served in another unit. Major Harding is buried at Cherry Hill Cemetery, Greenville, North Carolina.

From Sketches of Pitt Co, N.C. by Henry T. King (Page251)

Major Harding was born at his father's home on a farm three miles south of Chocowinity. Major Harding was raised on the farm, working and attending school, finishing from Trinity Parochial School at Chocowinity, with a good academic education. He then began teaching and had been teaching five years, when he left the schoolhouse for the field of war, volunteering in Captain Swindell's company, which went to Hatteras, and at the expiration of twelve months, for which he had enlisted, disbanded. Governor Vance then commissioned him Captain to raise a company. This company went into the Sixty-first Regiment as Company B. He was later promoted to Major of the regiment. The regiment saw much service in Virginia, the Carolinas, and Georgia. In 1863 it was encamped on James Island, near Charleston. On another part of the island were a lot of Negro soldiers. The United States Gunboat Chippewa was lying in Stono River to protect them. Major Harding conceived a plan to capture it. Early one morning in July, 1863, his regiment made the charge, succeeding in getting to the boat but could not scale its sides. The guns of the boat could not be lowered enough to reach the Confederates and any appearance over the sides of the boat was an invitation for a ball. So the boat could do nothing but weigh anchor and float down river. But not before several on the boat had been killed and the boat damaged. As the boat swung around, the regiment had to seek shelter, as grape and canister were flying thick. However, only one Confederate, B.A. Davis, Private in Company F, was wounded. He died in a few minutes. The regiment then charged on the Negro soldiers, and drove them from the island with great loss. All their camp and supplies were captured without the loss of a man. Returning from the war, he went to work on the farm and in 1866 was elected to the legislature (House). In 1876 he was elected a county commissioner and was twice reelected. In 1885 he moved to Greenville, N.C. He had served four years on the Board of Education, when in 1889, on the death of Superintendent Josephus Latham, he was elected county superintendent to fill the vacancy. He held this position four years. In 1892 he was elected Register of Deeds, and since the expiration of that term, with the exception of two years, he was a Justice of the Peace. He was Senior Warden of the Episcopal Church, was a long lay reader, teacher, and superintendent of the Sunday School. He was a Past Mason and a Democrat.

Major Harding's Obituary from the Washington Daily News, April 25, 1912

Major Harding, brother of the Rev. Nathaniel Harding, of this city passed away at his home in Greenville, N.C., yesterday afternoon. He was about seventy-seven years of age and for years resided in this county at Aurora, N.C. Major Harding was a native of Beaufort County and spent his early years at Trinity School at Chocowinity. When the Civil War broke out he organized the "Beaufort Plow Boys" and went to the front as Captain of that company. His gallantry as a soldier brought him steady promotion and he became major of the 61st Regiment North Carolina Regiment. He delighted in reviving the memory of the Confederacy and for the last several years was commander of Bryan Grimes Camp of Confederate Veterans, always taking active part in the annual reunions on the 10th of May. His remains were interred in Cherry Hill cemetery this afternoon with Masonic honors.

Your website continues to grow and becomes better each and every day. Thanks for all the hard work you do and keep up the great work!

Edward Harding
Washington, North Carolina
Beaufort Plow Boys Camp #2128
SCV/MOSB Life Member
SCV National Genealogy Committee Member

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier of the Confederate States of America

2008-07-02T22:06:00.001-05:00

The discovery in 1980 of the remains of a Confederate soldier on a battlefield of the War for Southern Independence prompted the establishment of a tomb for the Unknown Soldier of the Confederate States of America. The remains were carefully authenticated from artifacts accompanying them, but the identity of the soldier, or of his unit, or place of origin is not known. Approval of the plan and official designation was sought and received all recognized Confederate organizations - Sons of Confederate Veterans, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Military Order of the Stars and Bars, and Children of the Confederacy.

http://www.beauvoir.org/unknsldr.html

Thanks to,
Culpepper

Aeterna Numini et Patriae Asto

2008-07-02T22:02:00.001-05:00

Hollywood Cemetery

It is inscribed, To the Confederate Dead Memoria in Aeterna Numini et Patriae Asto, meaning "In eternal memory of those who stood for God and country."

Confederate Monument - Palatka, Florida

2008-06-29T13:50:00.003-05:00

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Adam Joshua Crosby and his wife

2008-06-27T13:10:00.005-05:00

This is my Great Great Grandfather...
Adam Joshua Crosby and his wife, my G. G. Grandmother 'Miss Lucy'

Here is the church he and his brother and family built in legacy to a brother who died in Richmond.. Peter.
Paul survived with Adam.

We placed this stone in a memorial service in 1999. It was my Daddy's last wish that a stone be placed beside his brother's Adam and Paul. Peter succumbed (sp) to pneumonia in Richmond and is buried in Oakwood. The Moultrie SCV camp officiated.

with Peter beside him...apparantly Adam and his one brother Paul, lived near each other, and they felt awful bad that Peter was killed. Their Daddy.. Paul senior lived closer to Adel, and there is a a whole slew of the boys buried over there...many of them were in different regiments.
(there were a 'few' Pauls...) Paul # 3 is buried here behind the church in the Crosby section.

This graveyard has many Cooper's , Crosby's and Culpepper's

This was my Great Aunt Lucille Murphy's story she submitted ~ Owen Crosby

Sacred Ground

2008-06-26T19:34:00.002-05:00

"The Seven Blackbirds" Brock Townsend's great grandfather and his six great uncles.

The Cullen/Pippen Home

2008-06-26T19:30:00.003-05:00

Cullen/Pippen "Brock's" Home

Mosby's Tombstone

2008-06-26T19:26:00.002-05:00

Brock's daughters Christine & Bonnie at Mosby's Tombstone

HK at Brock Townsend's, Great Grandfather's Monument

2008-06-26T19:22:00.001-05:00

Asheville resident H.K. Edgerton (seated), chairman of the Southern Legal Resource Center, Inc. board of directors, prepares to begin a 160 mile march to Richmond, Va. on Monday morning as members of two Sons of Confederate Veterans camps provide support. Standing, from the left, are Oliver Wells of the Old Brunswick Camp; Tommy Ferguson of the Old Brunswick Camp; Tracy Clary, commander of the Old Brunswick Camp; Doug Winn of the Old Brunswick Camp; Van Wright, 1st Lt. Commander of the Old Brunswick Camp; and Fred Taylor of the Tom Smith Camp of Suffolk, Va. (who has family members living in Warren County). Edgerton hopes to increase awareness about the history of the south.

Ft. Meade Florida

2008-06-26T16:16:00.003-05:00

In memorial of Stonewall Jackson
Erected By Gen. E. M. Law, Camp SCV

Historical maker near-by.

Compliments of,
Owen Crosby "csason"

Confederate Monument, High Point NC

2008-06-26T09:58:00.002-05:00

The Confederate Monument in Natchez, MS.

2008-01-09T13:36:00.000-05:00

The monument was erected in 1890 by the Confederate Memorial Association of Natchez and Adams County, MS.

Compliments of:

Allen Terrell

Confederate Monument, Liberty, Mississippi

2007-11-19T01:00:00.000-05:00

Erected in 1871. It is in Liberty, Mississippi, which is the county seat of Amite County. It was erected to all who died in the War of Northern Agression from Amite County.

Amite County, one of the oldest counties in Mississippi, sent one thousand of her noblest sons to the Confederate Army. In honor of them stands in the town of Liberty a Confederate monument with the names of three hundred and fifty boys who, with unfaltering courage and devotion amid the shock of battle, went to their unmarked graves with songs of their country on their lips. No names shine with more resplendent luster upon pages of American history than those written across the sides of this weather beaten slab. The devotion that is felt for this monument is characteristic of a people who have always been true to every cause to which they showed allegiance, not because of its sculptural workmanship, but because it is a stone of memory erected by loving hands under trying circumstances. It was built in 1871 during the regime of the carpetbag and scalawag. ~ Confederate Veteran, 1911

Allen Terrell

Monument from Isle of Wight County

2007-11-16T20:25:00.000-05:00

Confederate Monument from Isle of
Wight County.

The flag to the left is the Isle of Wight County flag. To the right is
the Commonwealth of Virginia flag. The flag of the United States of
America is a third flag that is blocked by the monument itself.

This county is adjacent to Southampton County,
Southampton County having been carved from the original Isle of Wight
County land grant. Isle of Wight County is adjacent to Sussex County,
and directly across the James River from Jamestown. Isle of Wight
County was settled very early in the history of our country.

Doug

Southampton County, VA

2007-11-16T19:57:00.000-05:00

Monument to the Confederate dead from
Southampton County, VA, the county seat of which is Courtland.
Courtland is also infamous for the Nat Turner Slave Rebellion of 1831.

Blessings,
Doug

Soldier Monument Rockville Maryland

2007-10-26T01:13:00.000-05:00

Confederate Soldier Monument
Rockville Maryland

Rest of the story HERE

The consolidation of the States into one vast empire, sure to be aggressive abroad and despotic at home, will be the certain precursor of ruin which has overwhelmed all that preceded it.
-- General Robert E. Lee

Heads-up goes to:
Dave King, Jr.

Iowa’s Confederate General

2007-10-20T01:22:00.000-05:00

This monument was dedicated on
September 22, 2007 by
Iowa Sons of Confederate Veterans; Texas Sons of Confederate Veterans; Marmaduke Chapter of Military Order of Stars & Bars; Douds Stone, Iowa’s Confederate General.
Iowa’s Only Confederate General Marker.

Monument honoring the Birthplace of Sul Ross,

Sul Ross, the only Confederate general born in Iowa

More HERE
on the effort of these wonderful Southern groups!

Thanks to:
Dann Hayes
For this wonderful heads-up!

Confederate Monument Virginia Beach, VA

2007-10-19T04:34:00.000-05:00

The statue is located in front
of the City Courthouse complex.

During the WBTS there was no city of Virginia Beach, VA ....it was called Princess Anne County and encompassed what is now Virginia Beach as well as parts of Norfolk.

Thanks to:
Steve Short
Member, Princess Anne Camp 1993, SCV

FIRST EVER "MONUMENT TO THE UNKNOWN CONFEDERATE DEAD" TN.

2007-10-18T22:32:00.000-05:00

FIRST EVER "MONUMENT TO THE UNKNOWN CONFEDERATE DEAD" erected in 1868 and underwent a recent refurbishing by a joint effort of our Union City Council, Obion Co. Historical Society and SCV Camp 176.

THE UNKNOWN CONFEREDATE DEAD
[Written while the ladies of Union City were engaged in the work
of raising means to rebury the Confederate dead at that place in 1868.]

THRICE noble aim befitting hands so fair,
Befitting hearts so gentle and so true,
Cause that might claim an angel’s loving care
Now claims this pure and holy trust from you.

Ah, broken hearts no doubt have waited long
For the return of each one sleeping here,
Waited and prayed and heard Hope’s siren song,
Till wailing dirges reached each list’ning ear.

Perhaps, dear friends, for one who came not back
You waited thus, prayed, wept, and watched; I
have.
My brother perished on War’s blasting track,
And sleeps now in a lonely, unknown grave.

Pale Sorrow, somewhat hushed, to-day arose,
And flitted slowly through fond Memory’s hall;
Again my soul bowed down beneath the throes
War gave when o’er the South he flung his pall.

Five dreary winters have their dirges sung
Above my knightly playmate brother’s grave;
Mayhap some stranger hand hath kindly flung
A chaplet o’er the mound of mine own brave.

If so, a sister’s heart would bless the hands,
E’en as the loved of these would bless you, friends,
And hope to clasp them in the starry lands,
Where peaceful, joyous union never ends.

This poem is from page 37 of a book titled ‘A SOUVERNIR OF THE TENNESSEE CENTENNIAL, POEMS’, by Annie Somers Gilchrist, Gospel Advocate Publishing Company, Nashville, Tennessee, dated 1897.

Thanks to:
Billy J. Foster/Life Member
Gen. Otho French Strahl, Camp # 176
Union City, TN

Confederate Soldier's Monument-Union City, TN

2007-10-18T22:24:00.000-05:00

Confederate Soldier's Monument-Union City, TN

Inscription on Confederate Soldier’s of Obion County Monument.

This monument, erected for the Confederate soldiers in 1909, is located on the south side of East Church Street, in Kiwanis Park, in downtown Union City,TN. The monument was originally located in front of the old courthouse, but was moved to this location when the present courthouse was constructed.

On the north side is written:

"TO THE CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS OF OBION COUNTY'

On the west side is written:

"TO THE CONFEDERATE SOLDIER OF OBION COUNTY WHO WAS KILLED IN BATTLE - WHO WAS STARVED IN FEDERAL PRISON = AND WHO HAS PRESERVED ANGLO SAXON CIVILIZATION IN THE SOUTH"

"ERECTED BY THE LEONIDAS POLK CHAPTER OF U.D.C. - 1909"

Thanks to:
Billy J. Foster/Life Member
Gen. Otho French Strahl, Camp # 176
Union City, TN.

Confederate Monument Salisbury NC

2007-10-18T21:58:00.000-05:00

Confederate Monument Salisbury NC

Salisbury was a POW camp for captured Yankee invaders during the war. The Battle of Grant's Creek was fought in the town, which stopped Stoneman's Raiders on their way to Raleigh.

It was dedicated in 1909, and in attendance at the ceremony was Mrs. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson of Charlotte, North Carolina. To me, this is the most beautiful of all Confederate monuments. The locals refer to it as "Fame."

Thanks to:
Mike Tuggle

Monument to Confederate dead in Charlotte

2007-10-17T08:37:00.000-05:00

Monument to Confederate dead in Charlotte, Monument to Confederate dead in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Battleflag was hack-sawed down by order of the city manager two years ago after a black city councilman complained.

A Confederate Memorial Day ceremony at the same monument

Thanks to:
Mike Tuggle

CONFEDERATE MONUMENT DE

2007-10-17T05:37:00.000-05:00

CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS MONUMENT IN GEORGETOWN, DE

LOCATED ON THE GROUNDS OF THE MARVEL CARRIAGE MUSEUM, SOUTH BEDFORD STREET,
GEORGETOWN, DE

Thanks to:
Terry Ayers

Pensacola Lee’s Square!

2007-10-17T05:01:00.000-05:00

Just attended the 112th annual Florida Division UDC convention in Pensacola, WOW what a wonderful monument to the South in Lee’s Square! Last year in March we attended the Natural Bridge reenactment/memorial service which is hosted by the Tallahassee UDC Chapter Anna Jackson, who in 1920 put up this beautiful monument to the South. Check out both of these……Pictured in both are my two children, who are Florida Division Officers in the Children of the Confederacy.

Jill Wilson, Chapter Director Daniel M. Vaden #944 Apopka, FL- Awarded the Most Outstanding Chapter Director for 2006-2007 Florida Division!