Yankees and Southern History

Yankee Propaganda: Punching Back Twice As Hard (#NorthernTyranny #Confederacy #DefendingDixie)

Every defender of Dixie and the Confederacy should be well-armed with facts and knowledge about Lincoln's criminal war on the South.  Here is a list of topics on which we should all be well-read.  Facts, references and authors will be recommended over the coming weeks.

Defending Dixie, Topics for Study

1.  The legality of secession (secession was not and is not "treason").  Our ancestors were not "traitors," but you can't say the same for Lincoln and the Union Army.
2.  The Cause of Lincoln's War on the South (Hint:  It wasn't to free the slaves).
3.  Lincoln and Fort Sumter:  Put aside all that "first shot" nonsense -- Lincoln conspired with his cabinet to start the war at Fort Sumter by provoking the first shot for propaganda purposes.  Who says so?  Well his authorized biographers, for starters.
4.  Lincoln's "Reign of Terror" and his complete trashing of the Constitution and the rule of law.
5.  Slavery -- its origins and the North's enormous culpability for its existence in America
6.  The Emancipation Proclamation -- a fraud of historical proportions -- it freed no slaves at all.
7.  Andersonville Prison -- The high death rate of Union POWs was the result of Northern war policies, and the fact that Lincoln and Grant considered the Union POWs as expendable  (Related subject:  the framing and legal lynching of Prison commander Henry Wirz, who was innocent of the absurd charges).
8.  Nathan Bedford Forrest and Fort Pillow.  Yankee lies and the truth.  I have a Lochlainn Seabrook on order that deals with this topic.
9.  Nathan Bedford Forrest and the Ku Klux Klan -- The first Ku Klux Klan was not the modern race-hate organization that we have today.  In fact, there is no connection between the two.  Ignorant and dishonest Yankees and Southern scalawags try to conflate the two for propaganda purposes, but it won't wash.
10.  Northern war crimes and atrocities -- It's time for Yankees and their supporters to come face to face with the abject tyranny, evil and criminality of the Northern invasion of the South.   We want an official apology from Washington and an admission of guilt -- after 150 years, it is way overdue.

Gregg Clemmer Responds to Northern Apologist James Loewen

Compatriots~
After reading recent posts across the South and Midwest, some of you will find this latest Examiner article rather timely. This is a direct response to the provocative, agenda driven James Loewen, local Washington, D.C. author of Lies Across America, Lies My Teacher Told Me, The Truth About Columbus, and Social Science in the Classroom.

Thanks for passing it along to your readers...and any others you feel moved to share it with.

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Gregg Clemmer

www.examiner.com/civil-war-heritage-in-washington-dc/the-lincoln-memorial-revelations-on-the-cause-and-purpose-of-the-civil-war

Former SCV Historian-in-Chief Rebuts E.J. Dionne, Seeks Member Advice

Good afternoon~

Ben Sewell, the SCV executive director at Elm Springs, suggested I contact you. As an author and historian, I have been somewhat perplexed that little attention seems to be focused on commemorating the civil war sesquicentennial.

Desiring to expand the public’s awareness on the war and its causes, tactics, consequences, etc., I recently approached the folks at Examiner.com with a few ideas. They seized on my proposal and welcomed me into their fold.

I am not agenda driven and definitely have a free hand in what I will explore, research, and post, but I do mean to get out to the readers a thorough telling of the times. That's already rankled a few up here in the local Washington, DC area. But that's the idea!

My latest post, in taking on the Washington Post's D. J. Dionne's inaccuracies, has brought some interesting email in the last several days. Folks are noticing. Click or copy/paste the following if you wish to read a bit more!

www.examiner.com/civil-war-heritage-in-washington-dc/the-kansas-irony-jayhawk-abolitionists-have-their-say

That said, I'm wondering how I might get this and future posts out to the broader SCV audience.  When I posed this to Ben, he suggested I contact all SCV Division commanders. I already mail the latest link to about 230 recipients in and around Maryland. A second, much smaller group in Kentucky receives the link also. Anyone can subscribe (it's free). If you have a division mailing list, perhaps we could link.

I would value your thoughts and suggestions.

All the best,

Gregg Clemmer

SCV Historian-in-Chief, 1998-2000

22 Native Dancer Ct

North Potomac, MD 20878

301-963-0141

Author:

Valor in Gray: The Recipients of the Confederate Medal of Honor

Old Alleghany: The Life and Wars of General Ed Johnson

 (winner of the 2005 Douglas Southall Freeman Book Prize)