We've Only Just Begun...

As winter sets in and the holiday season is upon us, combined with an approaching election season & the increasing threat of actual terrorism in the world, we're not likely to see as many stories in the media regarding the battle over our Confederate heritage as we did in the preceding 6 months. This lull should not be mistaken, though, for an end to the hostilities. It is merely the time when those who seek to purge the culture from Confederate honor will be planning and plotting for the next wave of attacks! 

[Image: Wikimedia.org]

According to the New York Times (hat-tip to 'HotAir.com' for the info), the head of 'Tipping Point Strategies' (a communications and advocacy firm) arrived in Mississippi several weeks back in order to rally together a coalition of preachers, business executives, boosters & "civil rights" advocates in order to get the Confederate Battle Flag removed from the Mississippi state flag once and for all!

It was not that long ago when that state put the issue of changing the state flag on the ballot, and the people of that state voted by a wide margin not to mess with it. Now this advocacy firm will be partnering with an organization called 'Flag for All Mississippians Coalition' in order to fight for the hearts and minds of the people in the state to convince them that changing the flag is necessary & proper.

Of course we know that the only way to convince freedom & heritage loving Southerners of this is to make them believe the flag is a symbol of racism or racial divide, and we also know that the people behind these types of movements will resort to spreading the most bald-faced lies imaginable in order to achieve their goals

The resolve of these people is very strong, and that is why ours must be stronger.

There is no doubt that the Sons of Confederate Veterans will be highly involved in the opposition against this movement, most appropriately through it's Mississippi Division. Our compatriots in "The Magnolia State" unquestionably need our support through prayer, and through financial contributions to the Heritage Defense Fund if possible.

It would be naive of us to think this will be the only battle over our flags and symbols to crop up in the next 6-8 months. Efforts are still underway all throughout the south to purge Confederate memorials, statues, and flags from the public square, and there are still those in Tennessee hoping to dig up and relocate the remains of our beloved Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest! 

As we prepare to settle in here in Michigan for the colder, frostier weather, and we look forward to celebrating the birth of our Lord Jesus in just a few short weeks, we must remain mindful of what the enemy has planned for us, and be prepared to defend our heritage whenever and wherever it might come under attack.

DEO VINDICE!
- Jonathan McCleese
Sergeant-at-Arms, SCV Camp #1321

A Presidential Call for Prayer & Thanksgiving, 1861

[Image based on etching, titled "Prayer In Stonewall Jackson's Camp," created by artist Adalbert John Volck bet. 1861-1863; all rights belong to the original artist(s).]

This two-thousand and fifteenth year of our Lord has been one of great trials and tests, not only for those of us in the Confederate-heritage defense community, but for the entire world in general.

In 1861, our Confederate ancestors were also facing times of peril and tumult. In April of that year, the leader of a foreign nation ordered a military invasion of the Confederate states in the hopes of quickly subjugating their citizens under the rule of government tyranny. While our brave Confederate ancestors ferociously fought to drive them out of the new Confederacy, and often won victory on the field of battle, there were many who lost their lives in the effort. Supplies for those engaged in the Confederate defense were often short, and many had to go into battle underfed, poorly clothed, and in bad physical health. Despite the overwhelming odds faced by our heroic defenders in gray, they still were not blind to the blessings which God had given them.

Jefferson Davis, the honorable President of the Confederate States of America and a man of deep faith in Christ, issued the following proclamation...

WHEREAS, it hath pleased Almighty God, the Sovereign Disposer of events, to protect and defend us hitherto in our conflicts with our enemies as to be unto them a shield.

And whereas, with grateful thanks we recognize His hand and acknowledge that not unto us, but unto Him, belongeth the victory, and in humble dependence upon His almighty strength, and trusting in the justness of our purpose, we appeal to Him that He may set at naught the efforts of our enemies, and humble them to confusion and shame.

Now therefore, I, Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States, in view of impending conflict, do hereby set apart Friday, the 15th day of November, as a day of national humiliation and prayer, and do hereby invite the reverend clergy and the people of these Confederate States to repair on that day to their homes and usual places of public worship, and to implore blessing of Almighty God upon our people, that He may give us victory over our enemies, preserve our homes and altars from pollution, and secure to us the restoration of peace and prosperity.

Given under hand and seal of the Confederate States at Richmond, this the 31st day of October, year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and sixty one.

By the President,
JEFFERSON DAVIS

This Thanksgiving, while most of us enjoy wonderful meals while surrounded by family, friends & loved ones, we should all look back at the past year to recall and give thanks to The Almighty for the blessings He has bestowed upon us, and at the same time petition Him that He would "give us victory over our enemies, preserve our homes and altars from pollution, and secure to us the restoration of peace and prosperity."

DEO VINDICE!
- Jonathan McCleese
Sergeant-at-Arms, SCV Camp #1321

An Honest Look At The Gettysburg Address

[Lincoln at Gettysburg on November 19, 1863]

One-hundred and fifty-two years ago today, the President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, visited the battlefield at Gettysburg, PA, where just a little over four months prior more than 93,000 Union soldiers and more than 71,000 Confederate soldiers (more than 165,000 Americans total) met in the most memorable contest of brutal, bloody warfare in this nation's history. The purpose of the visit was to participate in the dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery (for Union soldiers only).

The speech that Lincoln made that day was only a couple minutes long, three at most, but is one of the most studied and remembered in the entire history of the world. Though few will admit it, it is also one of the greatest examples of unfounded political rhetoric ever uttered by a politician.

While there are about 5 "official" versions of the speech, over which historians argue was actually the one spoken by Lincoln, here is the text of the most likely version of the famous/infamous Gettysburg Address delivered that day...

"Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, upon this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

"Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation, so conceived, and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met here on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of it as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live.

"It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this, but in a larger sense we can not dedicate - we can not consecrate - we can not hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled, here, have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here, but can never forget what they did here. It is for us, the living, rather to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they have, thus far, so nobly carried on. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us - that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they here gave the last full measure of devotion - that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain; that this nation shall have a new birth of freedom; and that this government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."

While an absolutely beautifully written speech, the Gettysburg Address is not much more than just that - beautiful words. Unless read completely out of context from how Lincoln intended it to be understood, the speech is mostly fiction. It was the Confederate soldiers, not those in Union blue, who actually fought to achieve "a new birth of freedom," and that "government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth." As Thomas DiLorenzo says, when Lincoln speaks of the nation, "[he] really means a centralized government that would pursue the path of empire - precisely the kind of government the American revolutionary generation seceded from. It was instituted by the Lincoln regime not by a constitutional convention or by any other peaceful and legal means, but by killing one out of four adult males in the Southern states who resisted being part of Lincoln’s 'new nation.'"

Henry Louis "H. L." Mencken was an American journalist and scholar of the American-English language, and is considered to be one of the most influential American writers and prose stylists of the first half of the twentieth century. In regards to Lincoln's most famous speech, Mencken famously wrote...

"The Gettysburg speech is at once the shortest and the most famous oration in American history. Put beside it, all the whoopings of the Websters, Sumners and Everetts seem gaudy and silly. It is eloquence brought to a pellucid and almost child-like perfection—the highest emotion reduced to one graceful and irresistible gesture. Nothing else precisely like it is to be found in the whole range of oratory. Lincoln himself never even remotely approached it. It is genuinely stupendous.

"But let us not forget that it is oratory, not logic; beauty, not sense. Think of the argument in it! Put it into the cold words of everyday! The doctrine is simply this: that the Union soldiers who died at Gettysburg sacrificed their lives to the cause of self-determination - 'that government of the people, by the people, for the people,' should not perish from the earth. It is difficult to imagine anything more untrue. The Union soldiers in that battle actually fought against self-determination; it was the Confederates who fought for the right of their people to govern themselves. What was the practical effect of the battle of Gettysburg? What else than the destruction of the old sovereignty of the States, i. e., of the people of the States? The Confederates went into battle an absolutely free people; they came out with their freedom subject to the supervision and vote of the rest of the country—and for nearly twenty years that vote was so effective that they enjoyed scarcely any freedom at all."

The only portion of Lincoln's remarks that day that is undeniably true is that "the brave men ... who struggled, [t]here, have consecrated [the Gettysburg battlefield] far above our poor power to add or detract," and that is true of the soldiers who fought for both armies in July of 1863.

DEO VINDICE!
- Jonathan McCleese
Sergeant-at-Arms, SCV Camp #1321

Praying for Paris & Remembering a French Confederate

[Flag Pin Image obtained from 'crossed-flag-pins.com']

Less than 24 hours ago, radical Islamic terrorists attacked multiple sites in the city of Paris, France. Out of respect for the situation, I will avoid going too deep into this issue so as to not make any speculations, but more than 100 have been confirmed killed in this heinous attack, and hundreds more are said to be wounded. The Michigan Camps of the Sons of Confederate Veterans denounce this awful act, and we send out our thoughts & prayers to all of those who survived this awful attack, and also to the loved ones of those who's lives were lost. God bless France.

Many might not be aware that a native of France was a high ranking officer in the Confederate Army who was officially recognized for service worthy of distinction in the Southern Cause!

(Obtained from Wikipedia)

Camille Armand Jules Marie, Prince de Polignac was born on February 16, 1832 in a small community of the Paris region of France. His father had been the Prime Minister of France prior to his birth, and was also a close confidante of France's King Charles X. In 1853, Camille joined the French Army and served in the Crimean War from 1854-1855, and during this time he received a commission as a second lieutenant.

Upon resigning from the French Army in 1859, Camille traveled to Central America for the purpose of studying geography, political economy, and plant life. In early 1860, he made his way to the United States, and was still here when the War of 1861 broke out. Camille enthusiastically volunteered to serve in the Confederate armed forces, and with his royal ancestry & prestigious foreign connections he was almost sure to serve in the officer corps.

Appropriately he was set to serve first as a Lieutenant Colonel, and was made a staff officer under Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard, who like Camille was a soldier of gallant temperament, French lineage and the Catholic faith, and then he was placed in the staff of Gen. Braxton Bragg, the commander of the Army of Tennessee. His service during the first half of the war was so as to justify a promotion to the rank of Brigadier General in early 1863, and then he was sent to serve in the Trans-Mississippi Dept. as the commanding officer of a Texas infantry brigade.

At first the Texans were a bit uncomfortable at the thought of serving under this foreigner, who they quickly dubbed "Prince Polecat" since they couldn't pronounce his name, but Camille would prove himself to his men rather quickly and the moniker they bestowed upon him would be spoken with great affection.

In early 1864, he and his Texans earned victories against Union forces in skirmishes near Vidalia & Harrisonburg in Louisiana, but his greatest moment would come during the Red River Campaign from March to May in 1864, particularly in The Battle of Mansfield. In that battle, "Prince Polecat" led his troops in person, waving his sword over his head as his troops charged screaming the famous "Rebel Yell," helping the Confederates achieve a great victory despite being greatly outnumbered by Union forces. A Union soldier who was captured would recall the Prince and his troops as "charging demons" in an assault that was "like a cyclone." The Prince's commanding officer, Gen. Alfred Mouton, was killed in this battle, leading to Polignac receiving a battlefield promotion to Major General. His actions at Mansfield would also lead to his name being placed on the Confederate Roll of Honor, the equivalent of receiving the Medal of Honor. This battle and others would lead to glorious victory for the Confederates in the campaign, and then the Prince's division would be reassigned to Arkansas.

By this point, despite some major battlefield victories, the overall war situation for the Confederacy was worsening. The Confederate government desperately sought assistance from a European power, and so Gen. Polignac was taken off of the battlefield and sent in the spring of 1865 to France in an ambassadorial role to request assistance from Napoleon III, then Emperor of France. Unfortunately the Prince arrived in France after it was too late.

The now former Confederate general was well received by his home country, and was knighted by Napoleon III. The Prince remained quite proud throughout his life of his accomplishments in the defense of the American South against Union aggression, even naming his only son after the place of his greatest battlefield victory.

Prior to the death of Camille Armand Jules Marie, Prince de Polignac on November 15, 1913 in Paris at the age of 81, he was the last living Major General of the Confederacy. In 1918, the Prince's daughter, Agnes - the Marquis de Courtrivon, agreed to join the United Daughters of the Confederacy of New Orleans. She would later organize a Paris chapter of the organization, and the Paris UDC spearheaded the erection of a monument to General Polignac at the Mansfield battlefield. The late General's son, Victor Mansfield Alfred de Polignac, helped dedicate the monument in 1925, with the General's widow also in attendance.

Once again I offer the prayers and highest hopes of these two SCV camps to the people of Paris and all of France as they deal with last night's tragedy.

DEO VINDICE!
- Jonathan McCleese
Sergeant-at-Arms, SCV Camp #1321

The Unjust, Judicial Murder of Maj. Henry Wirz

For fourteen minutes after 10:32am on the morning of November 10, 1865, a human body with a noose around the neck dangled from a rope attached to a scaffold outside of the Old Capitol Prison in Washington D.C. (a site now occupied by the U.S. Supreme Court building). The body that hung there in the breeze that day was that of a 41-year old man named Heinrich Hartmann "Henry" Wirz. According to the official record, justice was served... but nothing could be further from the truth.

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Henry Wirz was born on November 25, 1823 in Zurich, Switzerland. In the late 1840s, Henry and his family were among the many Europeans fleeing wars and revolutions in Switzerland and the German states who immigrated to live in the United States of America. He could not have known when he arrived here in 1849 that his new homeland would be torn by war in just a few short years.

Shortly after the Lincoln Administration came to power and inaugurated war upon the recently seceded Confederate States, Wirz enlisted to serve with the Louisiana Volunteers in the Confederate Army in 1861. After being wounded in the Battle of Seven Pines a year after joining, Wirz was promoted to the rank of Captain, and assigned to serve under Gen. John Winder, who was in charge of Confederate POW camps.

In February of 1864, the Confederate government established a large military prison, Camp Sumter, in the small Georgian town of Andersonville. Tapped to take command of this new facility was Capt. Wirz (who would later be promoted to the rank of Major).

Camp Sumter was originally designed to hold about 10,000 prisoners of war, but in a very short time it wound up holding nearly three times as many prisoners! The reason for the increase was, in part, the total war policy of the Lincoln Administration, a part of which was to end the system of "parole on honor" that would include the exchanging of prisoners.

The Union had been decimating Southern food & medical supplies and their means of delivering such items to Confederate troops. The Confederate soldiers on the battle field had to be fed to continue defending Southern freedom, but more often than not in the later years of combat they had to wage war on nearly empty stomachs. If the Confederate government could barely feed their own troops, how could they be expected to feed and care for prisoners much better?

Major Wirz did all that he could to better the situation of the prisoners placed under his care. As 'ExploreSouthernHistory.com' explains, "The size of the stockade was expanded as the number of prisoners swelled. He established hospital facilities outside of the stockade walls. And he allowed prisoners to arrest, try and execute the ringleaders of 'The Raiders,' a prison gang that preyed on the other inmates." Wirz even tried to return thousands of prisoners to the Union Army without requesting for any exchange. Union authorities would not take back their own soldiers, saying they had no authority to relieve the sufferings of these men from their own Army!

As a result of these Union actions, 13,000 captured Union solders would die at the prison in Andersonville by the war's end in April 1865.

Wirz, who had done nothing aside from follow orders and faithfully executed his duty to the best of his ability under the circumstances of the time, could have ran & hid. He could have slipped off to Europe if he believed himself in some danger of legal punishment, but he did not. He did believe that some of the released prisoners might blame him for the conditions of the prison & might try to harm him, so he wrote a Union General to request for a safe conduct pass or a guard to temporarily protect him. Instead, the General sent troops to arrest Wirz and bring him in for questioning. The arresting officer, Captain Henry Noyes, told Wirz in front of his family that there was nothing to fear and that after answering questions he would soon be released to return to family. Wirz and his family played host to these Union men for part of the day, even serving them dinner before leaving that afternoon. Little did Henry Wirz know that it would be the last time he would ever see his beloved wife or daughter.

Allowing himself to be taken into U.S. federal custody, Henry Wirz unknowingly had jumped into the mouth of a lion, one that was rabid with blood-lust after a long 4-year war & the assassination of a President.

Charges were brought against Major Wirz, and after an unjust trial, Wirz was sentenced to death. Like the Romans feeding Christians to the lions, the U.S. government sold 250 tickets to the execution event; many more lined the rooftops to witness this sacrifice at the alter of Lincoln.

At about 10 o'clock on the morning of November the 10th, Union officers entered Wirz's room of imprisonment for the purpose of taking him to the gallows. The following is how the scene unfolded according to the New York Times:

"Without any exhibition of nervousness, he even indulged in pleasantry as to his appearance in the black shroud, and said also that he 'Hoped to have a white gown soon.' The officers proceeded to pinion his arms behind his back, but found the handcuffs would not slip on to his right arm, it being much swollen. His limbs were therefore all left free until he reached the scaffold. As they were leaving the room, WIRZ turned to the mantel, and with as much nonchalance as if he had been in a bar-room, took up a bottle of whisky, and pouring out a liberal draught drank it down with apparent relish. Then taking a chew of tobacco, he took his place in the procession which was led by the Provost-Marshal, then the two Priests, then WIRZ, the guards next, and Capt. WALBRIDGE in the rear, in which order they mounted the scaffold, the prisoner exhibiting much steadiness in his movements. Stepping upon the trap, he seated himself upon a stool, the noose, so soon to be his fatal snare, dangling over his head. Maj. RUSSELL then proceeded to read the order, reciting the finding of the court, and the approval of the sentence by the President."

"The reading was finished at 10:20, and WIRZ, was directed to stand up. Major RUSSELL asked him if he had anything to say publicly, to which he replied, "No." Father BOYLE then recited the service of the Catholic Church for the dying, to which WIRZ responded in a low tone.

"During these few moments shouts could be heard from the soldiers in the tree-tops of "Hang him," "Andersonville," "Remember Andersonville," and others not calculated to increase his calm demeanor, but he paid no attention to them, and preserved his cheerful expression of countenance throughout.

"At thirty minutes past ten, his hands and legs having been pinioned by straps, the noose was adjusted by L.J. RICHARDSON, Military Detective, and the doomed man shook hands with the priests and officers."

At this point, other sources report, the major commanding the execution detail told Wirz, 'I have my orders," just before he put the black hood over Wirz's head, Major Wirz spoke his last words, 'I know what orders are Major, and I am being hanged for obeying them." The New York Times continues...

"At exactly thirty-two minutes past ten, SYLVESTER BALLOU, another detective, at the signal of the Provost-Marshal, put his foot upon the fatal spring, the trap fell with a heavy noise, and the Andersonville jailor was dangling in the air. There were a few spasmodic convulsions of the chest, a slight movement of the extremities, and all was over."

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It is almost too ironic that this event took place at the site where the U.S. Supreme Court building sits today.

Major Henry Wirz was an honorable solder of the Confederate military, and as such he is honored by this author. For 150 years the federal government has propagated the falsehood of his guilt in regards to Andersonville, but they only do so as a smokescreen. They never come forward to tell about the horrors that occurred at northern POW camps like Point Lookout (Maryland), Johnson's Island and Camp Chase in Ohio, Elmira in New York, Louisville Prison in Kentucky, Western Penitentiary in Pennsylvania, Grafton State Prison in St. Louis, MO, Fort Pulaski in Georgia, Rock Island Prison & Camp Douglas in Illinois, and Fort Delaware.

Those of us who honor our Confederate heritage should never forget this atrocious moment in the history of the United States. We must never forget the story of Major Heinrich Hartmann Wirz.

Rest in Peace

Heinrich Hartmann Wirz

Nov. 25, 1823 - Nov. 10, 1865

A Major & a martyr in the cause of Southern Independence

 DEO VINDICE!

- Jonathan McCleese

Sergeant-at-Arms, SCV Camp #1321

UPDATE: Confederate Veterans Will Be Honored At Veterans Day Parade In Texas, BUT...

One week ago yesterday this blog reported about the attempts of a Travis County, TX judge, Sarah Eckhardt, threatening to get county officials to pull support for the Veterans Day parade in the city of Austin if parade organizers did not force Confederate heritage groups to leave their Battle Flags at home when marching in the parade.

This past Tuesday, county officials met to decide the matter. Also involved in the meeting were representatives of a Texas-based Confederate heritage group (The Descendants of Confederate Veterans), the NAACP, and the chairman of the independent committee in charge of the parade.

After hearing from those representing all sides of the issue, the county commission decided that this year Confederate heritage groups will be permitted to fly the flag during the parade, but that the county will seek for ways to limit it's administrative support without adversely affecting the event.

This sounds to me like a temporary retreat, where our opposition plans to run and regroup before launching an all out assault. If permitted, those who seek to revise history will seek to change perceptions in the minds of the people and attempt to swindle them into believing lies about us, our ancestors, and the cause our ancestors fought for. Those of us who support using Confederate flags and symbols in honoring our brave Confederate ancestors must continue to stay on the offense!

Unfortunately this is not the only Veterans Day celebration where our ancestors face being discriminated against. In Florissant, MO, a suburb of St. Louis, city "leaders" are barring the local Sons of Confederate Veterans from flying the flag at their town's Veterans Day parade.

So, my fellow Compatriots, the war of ideas rages on! Now is the time to harden our resolve & make a firm stand against those who would seek to revise history into a perversion, and unjustly tarnish the heroic military service of our Confederate ancestors in the War Between the States!

In closing, I'd like to say thanks to all who are reading this blog! If you like what is being published here, feel free to share this on social media so we can spread the truth of history to as large an audience as possible. Also, if you have any questions or comments, feel free to leave them in the field below.

DEO VINDICE!
- Jonathan McCleese
Sergeant-at-Arms, SCV Camp #1321

Confederate Veterans Honored At Federal Cemeteries

There has been some debate over the last few months as to the "American Veteran" status of Confederate Veterans. The hate mongers often try to demonize our Southern-Patriot ancestors as traitors at best, and the equivalent of Nazis at worst.

In a recent post about the efforts of a Travis County, TX judge attempting to bring down the Austin (TX) Veterans Day parade over the allowance of Confederate flags, I clearly made the case that there should be no question that Confederate Veterans are nothing less than HONORABLE American Veterans based on United States government practices.

Along with providing military headstones for Confederate Veterans buried anywhere in the world, the United States government also maintains the graves of thousands of Confederate Veterans in this nation's National Cemeteries. I thought it might be interesting to take a look at just how many federally-maintained cemeteries do contain the final resting places of our heroic Confederate dead, and I was a bit overwhelmed!

The following list is in no way intended to be a complete listing, but I spent several hours the past few days doing quick online research regarding this matter. I found that OVER FIFTY of our national cemeteries, soldier's lots, & monument sites contain either graves or memorials to our Southern war dead, most of them in places under the control of THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION, and some of them are specifically designated as Confederate Cemeteries!

These places include, but are not limited to, the following...

ALABAMA   
- Fort Mitchell National Cemetery    
- Mobile National Cemetery    

ARKANSAS
- Fort Smith National Cemetery
- Little Rock National Cemetery

FLORIDA
- Barrancas National Cemetery

GEORGIA
- Andersonville National Cemetery

ILLINOIS
- Camp Butler National Cemetery
- Mound City National Cemetery
- Confederate Mound (Oak Woods Cemetery)
- North Alton Confederate Cemetery
- Rock Island Confederate Cemetery

INDIANA
- New Albany National Cemetery
- Crown Hill Cemetery Confederate Plot
- Woodlawn Monument Site

IOWA
- Keokuk National Cemetery

KANSAS
- Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery
- Fort Scott National Cemetery

KENTUCKY
- Camp Nelson National Cemetery
- Cave Hill National Cemetery
- Zachary Taylor National Cemetery

LOUISIANA
- Baton Rouge National Cemetery

MARYLAND
- Annapolis National Cemetery
- Loudon Park National Cemetery
- Point Lookout Confederate Cemetery

MISSISSIPPI
- Corinth National Cemetery
- Natchez National Cemetery

MISSOURI
- Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery
- Springfield National Cemetery
- Union Confederate Monument Site

NEW JERSEY
- Finn's Point National Cemetery

NEW MEXICO
- Santa Fe National Cemetery

NEW YORK
- Cypress Hills National Cemetery
- Woodlawn National Cemetery

OHIO
- Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery
- Confederate Stockade Cemetery (Johnson's Island)

PENNSYLVANIA
- Philadelphia National Cemetery
- Allegheny Cemetery Soldiers' Lot
- Mount Moriah Cemetery Soldiers' Lot

SOUTH CAROLINA
- Beaufort National Cemetery

TENNESSEE
- Chattanooga National Cemetery
- Knoxville National Cemetery
- Memphis National Cemetery

TEXAS
- San Antonio National Cemetery

VIRGINIA
- Arlington National Cemetery
- Ball's Bluff National Cemetery
- City Point National Cemetery
- Fort Harrison National Cemetery
- Hampton National Cemetery
- Richmond National Cemetery

WEST VIRGINIA
- Grafton National Cemetery

WISCONSIN
- Fort Crawford Cemetery Soldiers' Lot

Some of these places contain hundreds of individually marked Confederate graves, some contain the remains of many Confederates in one mass grave, some may only contain one grave for a Confederate warrior, and at least one of these has a memorial in honor of President Jefferson Davis on site!

So the next time Billy Yank tries to tell you that Confederate Veterans are just a bunch of treasonous rebels and not worthy of honor as American Veterans, link them here so they can see where men who wore the gray rest in the same federally maintained ground as those who wore the blue.

DEO VINDICE!
- Jonathan McCleese
Sergeant-at-Arms, SCV Camp #1321