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A Monumental Spin collapse. So Lincoln launchedan armada against CharlestonHarbor to provoke SouthCarolina into firing the firstshot, got the war he wanted(causing Virginia and others tosecede when he called fortroops to subjugate the “CottonKingdom”), and drove theSouthern States back into theUnion. Then, under Northernbayonets and the pretense of

law, a corrupt andvindictive Reconstruc-tion was imposed onthe South thattransformed thevoluntary Union ofsovereign States into acoerced industrialEmpire.

Results? For theNorth? “The GildedAge.” For the South?Grinding poverty in aland laid waste. For

the Blacks? A recent study ofneglected military andFreedman’s Bureau recordshas revealed that between 1862and 1870 a million ex-slaves, ortwenty-five percent of thepopulation, died of starvation,disease, and neglect undertheir Northern “liberators.”Freed from their master’s care,Lincoln had told them to “roothog, or die.” Black enfranchise-ment, like Black emancipation,was merely an incidental tool,not the point of the North’sconquest, and once she hadachieved it, the North aban-doned her Black puppets to theupheaval she had wrought inSouthern society and turnedher attention to the PlainsIndians, who were in the way ofher trans-continental railroads.

"Yea, they would pare themountain to the plain to leavean equal baseness." –Tennyson

The mob attacks onConfederate monumentsremind me of the “useful idiots”and “rent-a-thugs” who arehappily condoned, if notemployed outright by collectiv-ist States to divert the passionsof the masses. We suspect thereal reason thesemonuments areunder attack is notbecause of thespecious “Jim Crow”charges leveled atthem by the “BlackLives Matter”crusaders, butbecause these menwere secessionists,the worst enemies ofEmpire. Thereforethey must bediscredited, for they expose TheMyth of American History,which proclaims that “The CivilWar was all about slavery, therighteous North waged it to freethe slaves, and the evil Southfought to keep them. End ofstory. Any questions?”

Well, yes. Somethingdoesn’t compute, here. If theNorth were waging a war onslavery, why didn’t she wagewar on New England cottonmills and their profits fromslave-picked cotton? Or on NewYork and Boston, the largestAfrican slave-trading ports inthe world according to theJanuary 1862 New YorkJournal of Commerce? Or onNorthern shipyards thatoutfitted the slave ships? Or onNew England distilleries thatmade rum from slave-harvested sugar cane to use for

barter on the African coast? Or onthe African slavers themselves,such as the Kingdom of Dahomey,who captured their fellow Africansand sold them into slavery in thefirst place? And why did AbrahamLincoln launch the bloodiest warin the history of the WesternHemisphere to drive Southernslavery back into the Union? Andwhy did his EmancipationProclamation – which was a

desperate war measure that didnot free a single slave who was notbehind Confederate lines, andwhich was not issued untilhalfway through the war when theSouth was winning it – say thatslavery was alright as long as onewas loyal to his government? Andwhy did he work until the day hedied to try and deport to SouthAmerica those Blacks who werefreed by it?

Do not make the commonmistake of confusing the manycauses of secession – includingslavery in the Territories, RadicalAbolitionist terrorism, theextortionate tariffs, States’ Rights,etc. – with the single cause of thewar, which was secession itself.With the South’s “CottonKingdom” out of the Union and setup as a free trade Confederacy onher doorstep, the North’s“Mercantile Kingdom” would

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August 24th ~~ Sam Davis Campmeets at 7:00 p.m., OglesbyCommunity Center. The Center isadjacent to the Woodson ChapelChurch of Christ on EdmondsonPike, 1/2 block South of theintersection of Edmondson Pikeand Old Hickory Blvd. Thismonth's program: N.B Forrest andEmma Sansom by Brandon Beck

September 24th ~~ Sam DavisCamp meets at 7:00 p.m.

September 30th ~~ Work Day atthe Oglesby Community Center

October 26th ~~ Sam Davis Campmeets at 7:00 p.m.

November 11th ~~ A Saturday,Nashville Veterans Day Parade

honorable and courageous heritage.Suddenly they will be united inhappiness because they will havebeen shown the light by an ill-readartist and a fumbling ex quarter-back? This is thought? Criticalanalysis? Perhaps revised Yankeehistory.

I can almost hear the talk showdemagogic tub-thumpers now, intheir race to be heard saluting theWar Between the States’ (they willinsist it was a civil war) real goal ofeliminating racial inequality andshowing the door to freedom to all,they will ballyhoo this Mississippimoment that continues to drive thefinal rednecks further into thebackwoods.

I can’t help but feel sorry forArchie Manning. He seemed to havelived his life in a dignified way withalways a special remembrance ofthe roots he had and the gentledown-home sleepy Delta town hewas reared in. But I assume, he hastraded in his roots for newdowntown friends. S’long Archie.We knew you when you were“Who.” ~~ Paul H. Yarbrough

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But that’s another story. Let theIndians tell you that one. Freedom?Union at the point of the bayonet isslavery to a totalitarian govern-ment. Equality? Chronic Black riotsin segregated Northern ghettosspeak for themselves, but they keepDesperate White Liberals busy withcrusades designed to divert Blackattention onto Southern scape-goats.

The latest are attacks onConfederate monuments honoringmen who defended our homelandagainst invasion, conquest, and acoerced political allegiance – just astheir fathers had done in 1776when the thirteen slaveholdingcolonies seceded from the BritishEmpire. But I have some bad newsfor the crusaders: You may teardown every Confederate monumenton the planet and it won’t change athing…. -- commentary by H.V.Traywick, Jr., courtesy of theAbbeville Institute.

The shots keep coming. NowArchie Manning, who once wasfrom Mississippi but moved away toplay football, has determined, in hisopinion, that Mississippi’s flag needto be changed. Archie, in the eyesof most, has forgotten who broughthim to the dance. Sadly, that dancepartner bled and suffered for somany, not only in Mississippi, butin the South.

And the blood that poured outat Vicksburg and Shiloh, orPickett’s charge where the U. ofMississippi’s (Ole Miss) company ofUniversity Gray’s suffered 100%casualties, was shed in the name ofthe same secession soughtmovement almost 90 years before –a movement to keep a confederatedrepublic apart from a unitarynational state.

Every day of every week of everymonth of every year we arebombarded with the all familiarhistrionics painted history of aSouthern culture born of racialhatred of Negroes, blacks, coloreds–take your politically correct pick.Most relate untruths, or legends orblatant fiction while never reachinginto the archives of history to seewhat was the war was “about” orwhy those 5000 black confederateswere with their white confederateSouthern brothers as the UniversityGray’s gave their last full measureon Cemetery Ridge.

In the story about ArchieManning’s flag opinion we aregraced with the granddaughter of awell-known Mississippi Senator,John C. Stennis and her determina-tion to bring a new flag to Missis-sippi that will unite all. Say what?How is bringing a new flag to make35% happy going to unite themwith the 65% who believe in their

“I believe it to be the duty of

everyone to unite in the restora-

tion of the country and the

reestablishment of peace and

harmony.” - R. E. Lee.

the Veteran along with a photo-graph of its founder. A completebound set of the magazine is anexpensive commodity among usedand rare book dealers today. But,perhaps the greatest testimonial tothe enduring power ofCunningham's message was therebirth of the Confederate Veteranin Murfreesboro in 1985, andshortly thereafter the creation ofthe Journal of Confederate Historyat Middle Tennessee StateUniversity, also in Murfreesboro.

S. A. Cunningham spoke loudlyto thousands of common Southernmen and women who survived andadapted to the most cataclysmicevent of nineteenth -centuryAmerica. William Faulkner wrotewith considerable feeling aboutCunningham's generation indescribing the lesson that allSouthern men must come to gripswith concerning their Confederateheritage.

"It's all now you see.... Forevery southern boy fourteen yearsold, not once but whenever hewants it, there is the instant whenit's still not yet two o'clock on thatJuly afternoon in 1863, thebrigades are in position behind therail fence, the guns are laid andready in the woods and the furledflags are already loosened to breakout and Pickett himself ... lookingup the hill waiting for Longstreet togive the word and it's all in thebalance, it hasn't happened yet, ithasn't even begun yet, it not onlyhasn't begun yet but there is stilltime for it not to begin against thatposition and ... yet it's going tobegin, we all know that, we havecome too far with too much at stakeand that moment doesn't need evena fourteen-year-old boy to thinkThis time. Maybe this time ."

The Civil War made an indelibleimprint on the character of S. A.Cunningham, and through hismeticulous preservation of theConfederate heritage, Cunninghamaffected the way that war wasremembered. The man and theheritage were inextricably boundtogether. ~~ John A. Simpson in S.A. Cunningham and the Confeder-ate Heritage

"The Veteran has had faultsand made mistakes all the while,but its motives and loyalty to the

highest principles of life have nevervaried. It has been courteous andheroic in vindication of truth,softened and strengthened bymemories of the hundreds ofthousands who went down to deathwith approving consciences. Bythese sacred memories, which areas hopes for the future, let us allpress onward... until even ourenemies will be convinced that ourmotives were, and are exactly suchas make the Christian treadthrough fire, in the faith that acrossthe river we all may indeed "restunder the shade of the tree." ~~ S.A. Cunningham, 1895

"He sees now that all who arehuman are destined to death erelong, and he realizes more vividlythan before that the human race ison trial every hour. A Judge whocannot be deceived is in constantcharge of his case, and he may berequired to confess any day orhour. Let us have faith and hope,giving good cheer; but let us placecharity before all other virtues afterintegrity-charity that is kind andthat endures. Let us be active tohelp and elevate our fellow-man;then we shall have done what wecould." ~~ S. A. Cunningham, 1908

Pictured above:Sumner A. Cunningham 1843 ~ 1913Sgt., Co "B", 41st Tennessee Infantry

A Hero of The Battle of FranklinFounder, Editor, & Publisher ofConfederate Veteran Magazine

The South was his passion,"Dr. James I. Vance said ofCunningham, "and he loved itpassionately with every fiber of hisbeing." The indomitable spirit ofthe editor to present the Confeder-ate heritage in unmistakable termsled him to recognize the historicalmission of his life's work, theConfederate Veteran . While hewas a man of no more than averageintellect, the magazine he sozealously produced for twenty yearsis an irreplaceable document inSouthern historiography.

Cunningham's influence is stillapparent. Distant relatives areaccepted into organizations ofConfederate descendants becauseof his participation in the Civil War.Beginning in 1921, the UDCsponsored the CunninghamMemorial Scholarship at PeabodyCollege in Nashville. In thefollowing decade, a syndicated radiobroadcast, lauding the formereditor, was heard throughout theSouth. In more recent times, theEncyclopedia of the Civil War(1986) includes an entry describing

If you've ever been to the William-son County Medical Center, youmay have noticed that it is onEdward Curd Lane. Pictured belowis Edward Curd himself. And nowyou know....

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Published by The Sam Davis Camp #1293, Sonsof Confederate Veterans, P. O. Box 3448,Brentwood, Tenn. 37024

Commander ~ Monte McDearis

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Adjutant ~ Allen Sullivant 971-7454

Treasurer ~ James Turner 335-6944

Chaplain ~ Tony Rocchietti 399-1606

Newsletter Editor ~ Allen Sullivant 971-7454

Web Address ~ http://www.samdaviscamp.org

Edward Curd, born in Wilson County, Tenn.,December 30, 1845, was a son of the late Price Curd,who came from Virginia in the early part of the lastcentury and made his home in Wilson County.Edward Curd was educated in his native county, and atthe beginning of the War between the States he enlistedin Freeman's Battery of Light Artillery, C. S. A., at theage of sixteen years and served four years. At no timeor place, either in war or in peace, did Comrade Curdever betray a trust. He took part in many importantbattles among the bravest and was always magnani-mous to a fallen foe. He had been in feeble health forsome time before his death, which occurred on April21, 1916. He had been a citizen of Williamson County,Tenn., since 1881 and was an honored member ofMcEwen Bivouac, No. 4, of Confederate Veterans atFranklin. His wife and two sons survive him. In hishome life Edward Curd was happy in its love anddevotion. In civic and Church relations he was faithfulin the discharge of all duties.

In the resolutions passed by McEwen Bivouac inhis honor it is stated "that it is a just tribute to hismemory to say we mourn for one who was in every wayworthy our highest regard. Every act of his lifebespoke the true Christian gentleman of who it hasbeen most truly said by one who knew him best, thathe had "never met a truer, manlier gentleman.'"

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The above text from "Confederate Veteran"magazine, and the accompanying photograph, havebeen generously supplied by Edward Curd's greatgrandson, Charles H. Murphy of Portland, Oregon.

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