The South Still Exists
By The Ol River Geezer
Looking at the red and blue states in the what
is usually known as the South, I noticed that only
The sons of
And then there’s Florida, the home of Captain
Jonathan Dickinson, Confederate States of America (see note below)
who, as a cavalry officer, would capture federal troops and, since
he had no way to get them to some POW internment camp (the nearest
was the infamous Andersonville Prison in South Carolina), would have
them sign an agreement that they’d go back home and not take up arms
against the Confederacy.
After the war, many yankee officers verified this epitome of
a Southern gentleman.
Capt. Dickinson had to be told, as he was preparing to engage a
Federal unit, that the war was over and he should surrender to his
antagonists. He did so,
and the Federal commander, who was well aware of
But, my home state of
And have you noticed the difference between
Republican Congressmen who get caught in morally questionable
situations and their Democrat counterparts?
The Republicans resign their office while the Democrats
continue to get re-elected.
Sad, isn’t it?
And, as a Southerner, we all were Democrats at one time.
You can walk near the Southern cemeteries and hear the
bumping sounds as our dead ancestors roll over in their graves.
So, the states that are still truly Southern voted for McCain, while the miserably liberal northeastern and far western states voted for Obama.
Such is life, yet this election allows us a few years to regroup, continue to support the high moral level that true Southerners adhere to, and vote in a person or persons who share our traditional values.
Note:
The more well-known Battle of Gainesville took place on August 17, 1864, in the town square. The fighting was viewed by many of the townspeople from the windows of the Beville house near downtown. 342 Union troops of the 75th Ohio Mounted infantry, reinforced by two companies of the 4th Massachusetts Cavalry and supported by a battery of 3 cannons from the 3rd Rhode Island Artillery under the command of Colonel Andrew L. Harris occupying the city were attacked from the rear by some 200 soldiers of the Second Florida Cavalry under Captain Jonathan J. Dickinson (companies H and F), supported by local militia, elements of 5th Florida Cavalry Battalion and a small artillery battery of two cannons for a total strength of about 290 (though only 175 would be engaged in the actual fighting).
The Union column, tired from a long march in the hot summer sun of Florida, were taken by surprise and did not have time to fully deploy when the main attack commenced. After just over 2 hours, the Union troops were routed, driven out of town and suffered significant casualties — 28 dead, 5 wounded, 86 missing or unaccounted and 188 captured, along with 260 horses lost and a 12-pound howitzer. The Confederates lost 3 killed and 5 wounded (2 mortally). Only 40 Union troopers and Colonel Harris escaped. He reported his column was destroyed by a large Confederate force of 600-800 men and 3 cannons (on this last figure he was only off by one).
After hearing his account, the remaining Union forces in the north central Florida area withdrew to the garrisons at Jacksonville and St. Augustine. Gainesville would remain in Confederate control for the duration of the war. Wikipedia
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