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In the Southern US it is because with a population at that time period of only about 6 million almost every family was affected. The Northern states with a population of about 22 million were less personally affected. Also the “Glorious Lost Cause” sympathy for the underdog. All of my ancestors were Confederate soldiers and most of my wife's family were also. Some of her's never came back. Some of both ours came back maimed. That was a war that should have never been allowed to happen.
Don't know about the 1812 war. The last raids were in 1836. My G-G Grandfather captured an Indian child who was with the war party. He gave to child to a Terrell County family to raise. I have no idea why a child was with the war party. All this is written up in History of Stewart County Georgia Vol 11.
The Red Stix were in the Alabama area. The leader, Jim McHenry was a half Scot half Muscogee Creek. After being defeated by the whites he decided to switch sides and became a Methodist preacher. The raid on the school is about 20 miles from the Alabama line in Ga. They also raided and burned a town called Roanoke on the Ga side of the Chattahoochee. They burned two steamboats docked there and killed all the residents that they could find. There was a small detachment of militia there but they posted no guard and were attacked at dawn while sleeping. Leaving there they went North in Stewart County Ga and attacked Sheppard's Plantation. The Stewart County militia came to the rescue at Sheppard's and replused the Indians with the loss of one man, former Ga Governor, Jared Irwin. The militia chased the raiders South into present day Terrell County Ga and had a three day running battle in Itchawaynochaway Swamp where my G-G grandfather was wounded. The raiders escaped into Florida.
from Truthorfiction.comThe Truth Lt. Commander Edward Henry "Butch" O'Hare is the subject of many articles that document his outstanding service as a pilot during World War II. He was presented with the Congressional Medal of Honor for his actions against the Japanese and defending the U.S.S. Lexington. According to the official citation of his Medal of Honor, he won the recognition "For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in aerial combat..." ......http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/b/butchandeddie.htm
I have a book, Portrait of a Killer by Patricia Cornwell ,that makes a good case for JTR being the artist Walter Sickert. Good read.
Wally nailed it !! They are using 21 st century values to judge 19th century actions. I feel it is OK to honor the men who fought(on both sides) and those who either lost their lives , were maimed for life or at the very least lost several youthful years of their lives. The average age was early twenties. These young men in both armies underwent terrible privations and the homefront, at least in the South was about as bad.I just attended a memorial service for 24 Confederate soldiers who died at Hood Hospital(located in Andrew College) in Cuthbert Ga. All of these 24 were far from home and family. Four are unknown. One just has to visit Andersonville(Camp Sumpter) to get an idea of the extent of the deaths. There were over 600,000 total deaths out of a population of 30 million in the country. Based on todays population of 300 million that would equal about six million deaths if it was today
I have no formal history training. I went to an all boys ROTC high school and the cadre of military instructors were almost all WW2 vets with a few that were just being rotated back from the Korean War which was still in progress. I got interested in history from listening to some of their tales. Then a little geneology research found that all four of my G-grandfathers were Confederate soldiers and my GG Grandfather was shot in 1836 by Red Stix warriors in the battle at Itchawaynochaway Creek in Ga. My GGG-grandfather fought with the Swamp Fox in the Revolution.My interests in history are mostly local, American West and general US history.
they left out the verse"we are brave, we are boldand the whiskey we can holdis a story that has never been told.We'll be rolling on the floor when the cops break down the door"and I can't remember the rest
Guilty !!!!When I was in college in the 50's all my courses were required courses with only two elective courses in four years. Almost all the courses were highly technical, 6 chemistry courses in general student population then seven more in the pharmacy school, pharmacology, pharmacognosy etc. You get the picture. What history I know was picked up from my reading on my own and forums such as this.
They had a warehouse at each end of the route. On the return trip the store would load several 100 pound sacks of sugar and make deliveries to several locations in the woods in the county adjoining ours. Don't ask/don't tell !!!!!!!!
StumpfootPlease tell me more about the Medicine Wheels in Wyoming and Montana. Where are they located? I travel to that area almost every summer and would like to see them
I had a recent high school graduate working at my house recently. While taking him home I pointed out a hill where 12 school kids and a teacher were killed during an Indian attack in 1836. He did not know that Indians had ever lived in this area. In our public high school about 90% get a “Certificate of Attendance” and about 10% get a real diploma. Most are semi literate.
