General Polk Was One Of The Greatest Generals In The South. His Polk Flag Was Distinct And He Died With

Louisiana’s Memorial Hall. We love our Tigers. Wheat’s 1st LA and the 9th LA.

Jefferson Davis was here at his death in New Orleans.

October 12, 1870 We Remember a truly Great General and Virginian

Garth Hudson the last remaining member of the Band has passed. “The night they drove Old Dixie down”

Fuck yea!

Happy St Patrick’s Day!

#OTD in 1861 – The 10th Tennessee Infantry Regiment enters Confederate service in the American Civil War.

Company D was known as the ‘Rebel Sons of Erin’ because so many of them were Irish. Indeed, the roster of Company D reads like any small town in a 19th century Irish village (every surname was Irish). While the Fighting 69th on the Union side is the most famous “Irish Brigade,” it is estimated that at least 30,000 Irish fought on the Confederate side. Much of the enlistment was due to the…

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Joshua Crews was the son of Isham Crews and Elizabeth Bryant. Joshua's Father was a soldier from the South Carolina Militia in the War of 1812. Isham located his family in Polk County, Florida after receiving a soldier's Land Grant. Joshua was captured July 2nd, 1863 during the Battle of Gettysburg and he died in a Gettysburg hospital on July 25, 1863. Joshua died at 19 years old with no wife or children.

From the tablet on Emmitsburg Road at Gettysburg:

Army of Northern Virginia

Hill’s Corps Anderson’s Division

Perry’s Brigade

2nd 5th 8th Florida Infantry

July 2. Formed line in forenoon in the western border of these woods. Advanced at 6 P. M. and assisted in driving back the Union lines on Emmitsburg Road and by rapid pursuit compelled the temporary abandonment of several guns. At the foot of the slope met Union infantry and the line on the right retiring also fell back. The color bearer of the 8th Florida fell and its flag was lost.

Daisy

Savannah, GA

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Confederate torpedo (underwater mine), American Civil War.

Historic Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta