Brantley County Civil War Patroits
Brantley County's ancestry was
well represented in the War for Southern Independence. "It was not a civil
war, as some suggest, and definitely not a war to abolish or preserve slavery.
It was about "independence;" the right to choose a way of life and preserving
local government." More than anything thing else,
it was a war about the
U.S. Federal Government taking on the appearance of a Government which they
had left in Europe. BURIAL
MARKERS - SOME SKETCHES FOR MILITARY VETERANs - WWI, CivWar, Indian Wars ! NAMES
ON CONFEDERATE PARK MEMORIAL WALL AT WAYNESVILLE An
interesting fact, Robert E. Lee did not own any slaves
during the Civil War period; General U. S. Grant (Federal) continued to own
slaves throughout the war.
A conservative estimate, approximately
98% of the Confederate fighting soldiers did not own slaves. Why would they
sacrifice their life for a "right to own something which they did not possess?"
To the contrary, They were fighting for the "survival of their independence."
We believe in equality among the brethren,
and support President Abe Lincoln's "emancipation proclamation, and unity
of the states theories." However, in modern day times, we tend to get a little
confused about Constitutional rights of, "government by the people and for
the people." Local Government is now defined as, Washington D.C., with flavors
of foreign influence. Where are the Congressmen
and Senators that were elected from our local area to represent the local
area?
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