Confederate History - Dispelling The Myths

Via: http://www.rulen.com/myths/

History books, the media, the school systems, etc abound in falsehoods and inaccuracies of Confederate and Southern history. This fact sheet will help to clarify and dispell some of these rampant inaccuracies.


MYTH  -   The War of 1861 - 1865 was fought over slavery.

FACT  -   Terribly untrue. The North fought the war over money. Plain and simple. When the South started Secession, Lincoln was asked, "Why not let the South go in peace?" To which he replied, "I can't let them go. Who would pay for the government?" Sensing total financial ruin for the North, Lincoln waged war on the South. The South fought the War to repel Northern aggression and invasion. 

MYTH  -   Only Southerners owned slaves.

FACT  -   Entirely untrue. Many Northern civilians owned slaves. Prior to, during and even after the War Of Northern Aggression. 

Surprisingly, to many history impaired individuals, most Union Generals and staff had slaves to serve them! William T. Sherman had many slaves that served him until well after the war was over and did not free them until late in 1865. 

U.S. Grant also had several slaves, who were only freed after the 13th amendment in December of 1865. When asked why he didn't free his slaves earlier, Grant stated "Good help is so hard to come by these days." 

Contrarily, Confederate General Robert E. Lee freed his slaves (which he never purchased - they were inherited) in 1862!!! Lee freed his slaves several years before the war was over, and considerably earlier than his Northern counterparts. And during the fierce early days of the war when the South was obliterating the Yankee armies!

Lastly, and most importantly, why did NORTHERN States outlaw slavery only AFTER the war was over? The so-called "Emancipation Proclamation" of Lincoln only gave freedom to slaves in the SOUTH!  NOT in the North! This pecksniffery even went so far as to find the state of Delaware rejecting the 13th Amendment in December of 1865 and did not ratify it (13th Amendment / free the slaves) until 1901!

MYTH  -   The Confederate Battle Flag was flown on slave ships.

FACT  -   NONE of the flags of the Confederacy or Southern Nation ever flew over a slave ship. Nor did the South own or operate any slaves ships. The English, the Dutch and the Portugese brought slaves to this country, not the Southern Nation. 

BUT, even more monumental, it is also very important to know and understand that Federal, Yankee, Union ships brought slaves to America! These ships were from the New England states, and their hypocrisy is atrocious. 

These Federals were ones that ended up crying the loudest about slavery. But without their ships, many of the slaves would have never arrived here. They made countless fortunes on the delivery of slaves as well as the products madefrom raw materials such as cotton and tobacco in the South. 

This is the problem with Yankee history History is overwhelmingly portrayed incorrectly by most of the Federal & Yankee books and media.

MYTH  -   The Confederate Battle Flag represented the Southern Nation.

FACT  -   Not true. While the Southern Battle flag was carried into battle, the Southern Nation had 3 different National flags during the course of the war. 

The First National flag was changed due to a resemblance of the US flag. 

The Second National flag was subsequently modified due to the similarity to a flag of truce. 

The Third National flag was the adopted flag of the Confederacy.

The Confederate Battle Flag was never a National Flag of the Confederacy. It was carried into battle by several armies such as the Army Of Northen Virginia and the Army of Tennessee. Was also used as a Naval Jack by the Confederate Navy.

MYTH  -   The Confederate Battle Flag is known as the "Stars & Bars".

FACT  -   A common misconception. The First National Confederate Flag is correctly known as the "Stars & Bars". The Confederate Battle Flag is known as the "Southern Cross". 

MYTH  -   The Confederate Battle Flag represents racism today.

FACT  -   The Confederate Battle Flag today finds itself in the center of much controversy and hoopla going on in several states. The cry to take this flag down is unjustified. It is very important to keep in mind that the Confederate Battle Flag was simply just that. A battle flag. It was never even a National flag, so how could it have flown over a slave nation or represented slavery or racism? This myth is continued by lack of education and ignorance. Those that villify the Confederate Battle Flag are very confused about history and have jumped upon a bandwagon with loose wheels.

MYTH  -   The United States Flag represented freedom.

FACT  -   No chance. The US flag flew over a slave nation for over 85 years! The North tolerated slavery and acknowledged it as a Division Of Labor. The North made a vast fortune on slavery and it's commodities. It wasn't until the South decided to leave the Union that the North objected. The North knew it could not survive without the Southern money. That is the true definition of hypocrisy.

MYTH  -   Abraham Lincoln was the Great Emancipator.

FACT  -   While Lincoln has went down in history as the Great Emancipator, many would not care to hear his real thoughts on people of color. Martyred President Abraham Lincoln was fervently making plans to send all freed slaves to the jungles of Central America once the war was over. Knowing that African society would never allow the slaves to return back to Africa, Lincoln also did not want the slaves in the US. He thought the jungles of Central America would be the best solution and conducive to the freed slaves best interest. The only thing that kept this from happening, was his assassination.

MYTH  -   The South revered slavery.

FACT  -   A very interesting fact on slavery is that at the time the War of 1861 -1865 officially commenced, the Southern States were actually in the process of freeing all slaves in the South. Russia had freed it's servants in 1859, and the South took great note of this. Had military intervention not been forced upon the South, a very different America would have been realized then as well as now.

MYTH  -   The Confederate Army was comprised of rich slave owners.

FACT  -   Very far from true. The vast majority of soldiers in the Confederate Army were simple men of meager income. Most of which were hard working farmers and common men. Then, as now, very few rich men ever fight a war.

MYTH  -   Only the North had men of color in their ranks.

FACT  -   Quite simply a major falsehood of history. Many blacks, both free and of their own will, joined the Confederate Army to fight for their beloved Southern home. Additionally, men of other ethnic extraction fought as well. Oriental, Mexican & Spanish men as well as Native American Indians fought with pride for the South.

Today, many men of color are members in the heritage group SCV - Sons Of Confederate Veterans. These men of color and pride rejoice in their heritage. The continued attacks on the Southern Nation, The Confederacy, and her symbols are a terrible outrage to these fine people. These attacks should be denounced with as much fervor as those who denounce the South.

MYTH  -   The Confederate Flags are an authorized symbol of Aryan, KKK and hate groups.

FACT  -   Quite the contrary. These dispicable organizations such as the KKK and Aryans have taken a hallowed piece of history, and have plagued good Southern folks and the memories of fine Confederate Soldiers that fought under the flag with their perverse agenda. IN NO WAY does the Confederate Flag represent hate or violence. Heritage groups such as the SCV battle daily the damage done to a proud nation by these hate groups. The SCV denounces all hate groups, and pridefully boast HERITAGE - NOT HATE.

MYTH  -   The SCV - Sons Of Confederate Veterans are a racist, hate group.

FACT  -   This is a blatant attack on one of the finest heritage groups ever. The SCV - Sons Of Confederate Veterans are a historical, patriotic and non-political organization comprised of descendents of Confederate Soldiers and sailors dedicated to insuring that a true history of the 1861 -1865 period is preserved and presented to the public. The SCV continues to educate the public of the memory and reputation of the Confederate soldier as well as the motives for his suffering and sacrifice. 

The SCV - Sons Of Confederate Veterans are in NO WAY affiliated with, nor does it recognize or condone the terrible legacy of hate groups such as the KKK.

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Comment by Marklar's Ghost on January 20, 2019 at 4:17am

I knew a Robert E. Lee named after the Confederate General. He was a black guy who would come into  what was a Historic 1960s hippy bar near the University of Washington where I would sometimes drink. At the bar he would sell his homemade candles, and if you were one of his real customers then weed, mushrooms, or acid too depending on the state of his supply lines,.. and by god did I want to see his supply lines protected with military precision.

Comment by Marklar's Ghost on January 18, 2019 at 8:17pm

Diana - exactly what I would have pointed out.

Raz - 'Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation was all about destroying the engine of the South's economy (slave labor) as the North was already well industrialized.' - not quite the full story I would say though not incorrect. The north was industrialized but not 'well' industrialized' Those tariffs Diana mentioned were in part to make the Southern farm owners buy their farm tools and equipment from those Northern factories which made very poor quality stuff compared to Europe where the industrial revolution started and advanced faster for some time in those early days. If you wanted a good quality farming tool that would last and not break within six months you would go with European goods that would cost just a little more if not for those tariffs.

Also there was really no reason for the people in the North to care about the southern States succeeding but there was a large anti-slavery movement in the North, mostly among women so using Slavery as a propaganda issue was really the only way to get the mothers in the North to send their sons off to war with the South. Having used that propaganda and having sent so many to their deaths using it he had to do something or those mothers would have drawn and quartered him at the end of the war and written John Wilkes Booth out of history as his assassin.

Comment by Parrhesia on January 18, 2019 at 5:46pm

The Northern States, through their majority in the Congress, were constantly trying to raise taxes on Southern States through high tariffs on imported goods. 
The Morrill Tariff (1861) wasn`t the first, and 3 decades before it`s implementation, South Carolina nearly seceded because of what was called the Tariff of Abomination (1828). 
After this threat of secession, the tariffs were indeed brought down, yet the Southern States continued to pay a much higher portion of tariffs than did Northern States. 
Industry in Northern States were very inefficient. So much so, that goods could be shipped from England and France to the South and still be sold cheaper than Northern businesses could sell theirs. Therefore, Tariffs were imposed to prop up the businesses in the North, forcing Southerners to pay much more for manufactured goods than they would have otherwise been required to pay. 

Goods coming into Southern ports were taxed at a rate of sometimes over 50% of the selling price. That tax would be collected by federal govt. customs agents, forcing the goods to be sold to Southerners at a much, much higher price. The federal govt. would collect that tax, and then 'invest' it in Northern industry. 
Bottom line was money leaving the Southern States to support Northern States. 
This was no new idea that the South was complaining about.
It had been going on for nearly 40 years by the time the Morrill Tariff was imposed. 
Though the Southern States represented only about 30% of the population of the United States, they were paying in the neighborhood of 80% of all tariffs at the highest point. 
They saw the Morrill Tariff as the federal govt. beginning the return to those exorbitant rates, and didn`t like it one bit. 
While some blame the Southern States withdrawal from the Union over slavery, that is simply not the case. 
Lincoln had already declared that he had no intention of stopping slavery where it already existed, so then why should the Southern slave holding States revolt over what they were already told they were safe doing? That notion doesn`t hold water to any rational thinking person. 
Southern States had tolerated over 40 years of tariffs, denial of States Rights, and an unrepresentative federal government before they finally were pushed to legally withdraw from the union. 
The Southern States believed that they held the sovereign right to withdraw to protect the right of their citizens.
Once the Southern States had withdrawn and the tariffs taken away, the federal government had no choice but to force the Southern States back into compliance at gun point.

And the battle at Fort Sumter was a false flag set-up by Abe to get the South to fire the first shots.

Comment by Parrhesia on January 18, 2019 at 5:01pm

Confederate First Sargent asked why he was fighting in the war, he replied "Because you are here".

Comment by Boris on January 18, 2019 at 4:30pm

Happy Birthday JAN 19

Happy Birthday , Robert E. Lee !!!

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