Without question, Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson were two of the greatest military leaders of all time. Even more, many military historians regard the Lee and Jackson tandem as perhaps the greatest battlefield duo in the history of warfare. If Jackson had survived the battle of Chancellorsville, it is very possible that the South would have prevailed at Gettysburg and perhaps would even have won the War Between the States.
In fact, it was Lord Roberts, commander-in-chief of the British armies in the early twentieth century, who said, “In my opinion, Stonewall Jackson was one of the greatest natural military geniuses the world ever saw. I will go even further than that—as a campaigner in the field, he never had a superior. In some respects, I doubt whether he ever had an equal.”
While the strategies and circumstances of the War of Northern Aggression can (and will) be debated by professionals and laymen alike, one fact is undeniable: Robert E. Lee and Thomas J. Jackson were two of the finest Christian gentlemen this country has ever produced. Both their character and their conduct were beyond reproach.
The original objective of this project was to supply members and their families with a Southern view of their own history. They in turn would share their knowledge at living history events and school presentations, but as time goes on there is need to educate other Americans. We therefore make this material available to civic organizations, schools, museums, libraries and other community organizations in an attempt to tell the true story our history from our Southern perspective.
It is said that the first casualty of war is truth and that the victors write and perpetuate the history. There are two sides to every story, two sides to a conflict, and while it would seem simple to record and report history it has always been open to different interpretations. Somewhere along the line the Southern perspective has been obscured.
We provide a Southern perspective on the events leading up to formation of the independent nation of the Confederate States of America, the history during is short existence and the history that followed that tragic war.. Some may argue that this is not a balanced treatment. In response we say that the current history taught in most classrooms is not only NOT balanced, but in fact is biased and flawed. The only one viewpoint presented for decades to students is the Northern yankee perspective. Do not let others do your thinking for you. You have heard their (Northern)-yankee) side, now hear ours which is “The Other Side of the Coin”.
Those who approach this course with an open mind will be amazed at the facts left out for decades of nearly all the textbooks. Students, parents, teachers, administrators, school boards, and citizens are encouraged to review our course, check out many of the referenced readings and read a few books from the late 19th and early 20th centuries for another view. When you have done this we ask you to then draw your own conclusions. Our target for this history project are individuals willing to approach this conflict in history without prejudice. Those who will look at all the facts before developing an opinion. We believe if we are allowed to present this history, the facts will speak for themselves.
I think we have this linked under the Homeschooling Resources topic; still, I thought it worthy of mention here as well.
I like Baldwin, but I am saddened by his foolishness at times. He wrote There Must Never Be Another Waco! a few day after there was another Waco in Texas even, i.e. State kidnaps over 500 women and children of the FLDS Church. I will even say the attack on the FLDS Church was in some ways worse than what happened at Waco. Government was trying to seize untaxed gun at Waco, in the FLDS case they were there to seize their children.
