tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post1300794918281990149..comments2024-03-22T20:34:13.792-05:00Comments on Indomitable | The online home of Chauncey DeVega: And His Wages Were Death: White Identity Politics and a Final Thought on the Confederate History Month ControversyLady Zora, Chauncey DeVega, and Gordon Gartrellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09138154899923808806noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-44292544919274181692010-04-12T22:24:02.930-05:002010-04-12T22:24:02.930-05:00In 1905, a man who fought in the war in the same u...In 1905, a man who fought in the war in the same unit as my great-great grandfather wrote about the history of the unit during the Civil War. Two interesting quotes: "Many of those who engaged in the War of Rebellion believed that slavery was a Divine institution, and that it should be maintained, that only heretics and infidels condemned it." Also: "The volcanic forces generated by an attempt to combine freedom and slavery had been rumbling for a quarter of a century and were now to burst forth with intensest fury."<br /><br />The guys who fought in the war knew that it wasn't about 'States rights.'Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14320001004963839329noreply@blogger.com