The Confederate
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The Confederate
@TheConfederate_
Tennessee Native - Happily Married - Pro 2A - CSA Is My Home - Sic Semper Tyrannis - Isaiah 6:8✝️ Main @TheDeepSouth_


“Jefferson Davis, a man of elegant accomplishments and—despite his humble origin—a gentleman to the core, possessed the dignity of manner and the distinction that Seward lacked. This West Pointer, the son of a Revolutionary veteran, had some of the best traits of a soldier, for he was reserved, self-controlled, and punctiliously courteous, yet plainly not to be trifled with. He was a scholar, who had used his plantation leisure to read widely in military history and the British classics. He was a practical politician, steeped in precedents and instances. Not an orator, he spoke with a finish, lucidity, and force which produced an impression of great logical power—and with a haughty, defiant mien, as one who would not brook contradictions. As Secretary of War under Pierce he showed himself a resourceful administrator, enlarging the army, pushing forward the construction of the Capitol, and experimenting with camels in the Southwest. He was brooding in these years over a plan for saving both the South and the Union; a plan for something like dominion status for the fifteen slave States, making their domestic institutions untouchable." -Prof Allan Nevins of Columbia (Two-Time Pulitzer Prize Winner & ex-President of the American Historical Association) #history #ushistory #quoteoftheday





#MemorialDay One of my favorite quotes: "If all else fails, I will retreat up the Valley of Virginia, plant my flag on the Blue Ridge, rally around the Scotch-Irish of that region, and make my last stand for liberty amongst a people who will never submit to tyranny whilst there is a man left to draw a trigger." General George Washington at Valley Forge 1777;























