Comments on: S. Waite Rawls, Museum of the Confederacy http://www.historynet.com/s-waite-rawls-museum-of-the-confederacy.htm From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Wed, 22 May 2013 17:59:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Michael http://www.historynet.com/s-waite-rawls-museum-of-the-confederacy.htm#comment-822441 Michael Thu, 25 Oct 2012 16:21:36 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13682840#comment-822441 There is no greater enemy of Confederate Heritage and History than S. Waite Rawls! He refuses to allow the Confederate Battleflag to fly from the Museum. He even went as far as to display a cut out of famous transvestite, Ru-Paul at the museum. He is a joke, and a smear on the memory of his ancestors! There is no greater enemy of Confederate Heritage and History than S. Waite Rawls! He refuses to allow the Confederate Battleflag to fly from the Museum. He even went as far as to display a cut out of famous transvestite, Ru-Paul at the museum. He is a joke, and a smear on the memory of his ancestors!

]]> By: JW http://www.historynet.com/s-waite-rawls-museum-of-the-confederacy.htm#comment-794317 JW Wed, 04 Apr 2012 21:28:56 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13682840#comment-794317 Sure is that! I love how modern historians even over ride the documentation and testimony of eyewitnesses of the day. Sure is that! I love how modern historians even over ride the documentation and testimony of eyewitnesses of the day.

]]> By: JW http://www.historynet.com/s-waite-rawls-museum-of-the-confederacy.htm#comment-794316 JW Wed, 04 Apr 2012 21:27:11 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13682840#comment-794316 bravo! bravo!

]]> By: JW http://www.historynet.com/s-waite-rawls-museum-of-the-confederacy.htm#comment-794315 JW Wed, 04 Apr 2012 21:25:26 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13682840#comment-794315 The war was about revenue. The North needed those high 85%$ tariffs from the South to finance the government. If it was about slavery why did it take 2 years for Lincoln to free them? Oh, but he only freed the ones in the South, when he had no jurisdiction at the time. I get tired of hearing from Northern historians who are Lincolnites and liars. I love the code word, kindred souls.... The war was about revenue. The North needed those high 85%$ tariffs from the South to finance the government. If it was about slavery why did it take 2 years for Lincoln to free them? Oh, but he only freed the ones in the South, when he had no jurisdiction at the time. I get tired of hearing from Northern historians who are Lincolnites and liars. I love the code word, kindred souls….

]]> By: JW http://www.historynet.com/s-waite-rawls-museum-of-the-confederacy.htm#comment-794314 JW Wed, 04 Apr 2012 21:22:08 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13682840#comment-794314 You can't be from VA. Those of us born and raised for the most part knows that the war was not about ending or keeping slavery from either side. Clearly you don't know history. You can't be from VA. Those of us born and raised for the most part knows that the war was not about ending or keeping slavery from either side. Clearly you don't know history.

]]> By: michael hogan http://www.historynet.com/s-waite-rawls-museum-of-the-confederacy.htm#comment-570854 michael hogan Tue, 24 May 2011 01:34:08 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13682840#comment-570854 Dear Dean Charles Marshall, I have enjoyed your reviews on Amazon and your perceptive comments elsewhere on history. Please send me an email so we can connect. I would like to send you a book. You cnan get my contact information on my webpage. www.drmichaelhogan.com Dear Dean Charles Marshall,
I have enjoyed your reviews on Amazon and your perceptive comments elsewhere on history. Please send me an email so we can connect. I would like to send you a book. You cnan get my contact information on my webpage.
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]]> By: Dean Charles Marshall http://www.historynet.com/s-waite-rawls-museum-of-the-confederacy.htm#comment-483251 Dean Charles Marshall Sat, 05 Mar 2011 13:42:25 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13682840#comment-483251 We are no doubt kindred souls regarding the history of the Confederacy. Sadly I fear this Sesquicentennial is going to turn into a deplorable "gang rape" of the Confederacy by the despots of political correctness. The early salvos on CNN and the in the New York Times are not encouraging. I like using the analogy of "rattling the chains" of slavery by the PC crowd as their end all be all explanation for the Civil War. There's never any objective discussion, it always ends up the same; the Union was righteous, the Confederacy was evil. Sometimes I think we're just becoming a nation of idiot savants immersed in minutiae. If you have any suggestions to help broaden the discussion I'd be appreciative. Thank you. Best, Dean Charles Marshall We are no doubt kindred souls regarding the history of the Confederacy. Sadly I fear this Sesquicentennial is going to turn into a deplorable "gang rape" of the Confederacy by the despots of political correctness. The early salvos on CNN and the in the New York Times are not encouraging. I like using the analogy of "rattling the chains" of slavery by the PC crowd as their end all be all explanation for the Civil War. There's never any objective discussion, it always ends up the same; the Union was righteous, the Confederacy was evil. Sometimes I think we're just becoming a nation of idiot savants immersed in minutiae. If you have any suggestions to help broaden the discussion I'd be appreciative. Thank you.

Best,
Dean Charles Marshall

]]> By: E. Shonk http://www.historynet.com/s-waite-rawls-museum-of-the-confederacy.htm#comment-392461 E. Shonk Mon, 13 Dec 2010 09:32:08 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13682840#comment-392461 Elijah (and anyone interested in joining a forum of people who share a passion for the War for Southern Independence), The forum I am referring to is the Mason-Dixon Chat Forum, which can be found on Multiply.com. We discuss the various issues involved in antebellum America that led to both secession and war. Most of the members are "moderates" and refrain from "attacking" one another when they have a difference of opinion. (Of course there are exceptions to this general rule from time to time, but we really do try to be respectful of one another). Please feel free to join us sometime, and see if you like what you discover. Elijah (and anyone interested in joining a forum of people who share a passion for the War for Southern Independence),

The forum I am referring to is the Mason-Dixon Chat Forum, which can be found on Multiply.com. We discuss the various issues involved in antebellum America that led to both secession and war. Most of the members are "moderates" and refrain from "attacking" one another when they have a difference of opinion. (Of course there are exceptions to this general rule from time to time, but we really do try to be respectful of one another). Please feel free to join us sometime, and see if you like what you discover.

]]> By: Elijah http://www.historynet.com/s-waite-rawls-museum-of-the-confederacy.htm#comment-390841 Elijah Sat, 11 Dec 2010 23:28:43 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13682840#comment-390841 I have never been to this musuem, but I sure hope to one day!!! It's sad how today many people have been denied the knowledge of all the happenings of the War, such as the "slavery being the only cause" issue. I believe that the only way people will ever know the War as it happened is those of us who study it nonstop and have a passion for it. I have seen what is taught about the War in schools today and it really annoys me what I have read. For instance, I read one paragraph in an elementry history book about States' Rights (and it was a very small paragraph) and three whole pages solely on slavery!!! Slavery was not the main cause of the War. As has been said before me, a small percentage of the Southern army fought to keep slavery. Whenever I am asked what the War was fought over, I always reply "First, to protect their homes and families from the invanding Northerners and Second, for State's Rights." It also annoys me how very little the fact that many fought to protect their homes and families ever comes up. In so many letters from Confederate soldiers, they say that they are fighting for home and family. True, the Confederacy fired the first shots, but the War itself did not hit full force (I think) until Lincoln called for volunteers. Many believed that they were being invaded and that if they didn't join then their families were in danger. Of course, Southern Independance (States' Rights) was a big issue too. As a soldier in the Confederate army said: "I was a soldier in Virginia in the campaigns of Lee and Jackson, and I declare I never met a Southern soldier who had drawn his sword to perpetuate slavery...What he had chiefly at heart was the preservation of the supreme and sacred right of self-goverment...it was a very small minority of the men who fought in the Southern armies who were financially interested in the institution of slavery." Coming from the writings of a soldier who fought and knew better then we what they fought for. Now, I'm not a historian, but I am passionate about the War and feel that I should share my thoughts. So much has happened in the last 150 years and times have drastically changed, as has been mentioned before me, and we can not really know how it was then. Now, I just want to make one thing straight. I have shared my thoughts like this before and I have been called racist and that I want slavery and I just want to make it clear that I believe slavery was a horrible instituion and I am glad that it is no longer around. I believe that everyone was created equal, no matter what they look like, sound like, are from, ect. All I am saying above is that slavery was not "THE" reason for the War. A reason, yes, but not the sole reason. I have never been to this musuem, but I sure hope to one day!!! It's sad how today many people have been denied the knowledge of all the happenings of the War, such as the "slavery being the only cause" issue. I believe that the only way people will ever know the War as it happened is those of us who study it nonstop and have a passion for it.

I have seen what is taught about the War in schools today and it really annoys me what I have read. For instance, I read one paragraph in an elementry history book about States' Rights (and it was a very small paragraph) and three whole pages solely on slavery!!! Slavery was not the main cause of the War. As has been said before me, a small percentage of the Southern army fought to keep slavery. Whenever I am asked what the War was fought over, I always reply "First, to protect their homes and families from the invanding Northerners and Second, for State's Rights."

It also annoys me how very little the fact that many fought to protect their homes and families ever comes up. In so many letters from Confederate soldiers, they say that they are fighting for home and family. True, the Confederacy fired the first shots, but the War itself did not hit full force (I think) until Lincoln called for volunteers. Many believed that they were being invaded and that if they didn't join then their families were in danger.

Of course, Southern Independance (States' Rights) was a big issue too. As a soldier in the Confederate army said: "I was a soldier in Virginia in the campaigns of Lee and Jackson, and I declare I never met a Southern soldier who had drawn his sword to perpetuate slavery…What he had chiefly at heart was the preservation of the supreme and sacred right of self-goverment…it was a very small minority of the men who fought in the Southern armies who were financially interested in the institution of slavery." Coming from the writings of a soldier who fought and knew better then we what they fought for.

Now, I'm not a historian, but I am passionate about the War and feel that I should share my thoughts. So much has happened in the last 150 years and times have drastically changed, as has been mentioned before me, and we can not really know how it was then. Now, I just want to make one thing straight. I have shared my thoughts like this before and I have been called racist and that I want slavery and I just want to make it clear that I believe slavery was a horrible instituion and I am glad that it is no longer around. I believe that everyone was created equal, no matter what they look like, sound like, are from, ect. All I am saying above is that slavery was not "THE" reason for the War. A reason, yes, but not the sole reason.

]]> By: E. Shonk http://www.historynet.com/s-waite-rawls-museum-of-the-confederacy.htm#comment-390204 E. Shonk Sat, 11 Dec 2010 08:24:08 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13682840#comment-390204 I must concur with Jon's comments re: the fact that the ACW was not really a civil war or even a "rebellion," since the Southern States never had the intention of destroying the federal government of the United States, but did intend to re-establish a limited constitutional government as originally envisioned by the Founding Fathers. I believe that the incorrect usage of specific words like "rebellion" when referring to the War for Southern Independence, has caused more misunderstanding of what the conflict was really about, than all the other inaccurate information that is bandied about concerning the war era. I also have come to believe that the usage of the slavery issue (by contemporary historians) as the one and only reason for both secession and war, has done more harm than good to the average American's understanding of the long-standing divisive issues between the North and the South that really led to the decision of the Southern States to secede in the first place. And, in addition, I believe that the use of the freeing of the slaves as the major reason for the North to go to war, is only a "feel-good" effort to assuage the conscience of Northerners, for the horrific destruction of the Southern economy and culture that they inflicted on the Confederacy. Finally, I don't believe that our ancestors would be happy to realize that the goal of re-establishing a limited constitutional government, as was the intention of founding the Confederate States of America, has been lost to a more all-encompassing federal government, to the detriment of State's rights (which had been a cornerstone in the foundation of the United States of America in the first place). JMHO. I must concur with Jon's comments re: the fact that the ACW was not really a civil war or even a "rebellion," since the Southern States never had the intention of destroying the federal government of the United States, but did intend to re-establish a limited constitutional government as originally envisioned by the Founding Fathers. I believe that the incorrect usage of specific words like "rebellion" when referring to the War for Southern Independence, has caused more misunderstanding of what the conflict was really about, than all the other inaccurate information that is bandied about concerning the war era. I also have come to believe that the usage of the slavery issue (by contemporary historians) as the one and only reason for both secession and war, has done more harm than good to the average American's understanding of the long-standing divisive issues between the North and the South that really led to the decision of the Southern States to secede in the first place. And, in addition, I believe that the use of the freeing of the slaves as the major reason for the North to go to war, is only a "feel-good" effort to assuage the conscience of Northerners, for the horrific destruction of the Southern economy and culture that they inflicted on the Confederacy. Finally, I don't believe that our ancestors would be happy to realize that the goal of re-establishing a limited constitutional government, as was the intention of founding the Confederate States of America, has been lost to a more all-encompassing federal government, to the detriment of State's rights (which had been a cornerstone in the foundation of the United States of America in the first place). JMHO.

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