Deo Vindice
Resurgam (God Will Vindicate, I Will Rise Again)
This site is dedicated to my ancestors, the pioneers
who endured hardships and fought for the freedoms we enjoy today.
Its purpose is to fairly present the Confederate Cause for what it was and is and to rebut the relentless
assaults of propaganda and malicious lies impugning the character of
southern patriots and southern people in general. Furthermore,
this site is to present genealogical information about the families I'm
researching and to provide information about various Confederate
military units and the men who fought in them. Browse the links
below and share your thoughts on the issues. If you have
genealogical information about the families or people listed OR if you
have information about the units and soldiers listed herein, please
contact me by email. The search never ends and these page remain
under ongoing construction.
--Steve Scroggins
"To you, Sons of Confederate
Veterans, we submit the vindication of the
Cause
for which we
fought; to your strength will be given the defense of the
Confederate soldier's good name, the guardianship of his history,
the emulation of his virtues, the perpetuation of those principles
he loved and which made him glorious and which you also cherish.
Remember, it is your duty to see that the true history of the South
is presented to future
generations." - Lt. General Stephen Dill Lee
, Commander General, United
Confederate Veterans, New Orleans, Louisiana,
1906
"He alone
deserves to be remembered by his children who treasures up and
preserves the memory of his fathers." --Edmund Burke
(1729-1797)
"To forget one's ancestors is to be a brook without a
source, a tree without a root." --Chinese
Proverb
"We have no claim to share in the glory of our ancestors unless we strive to
resemble them." --Moliere
"The sword is mighty, but principles
laugh at swords. Overwhelming force may crush truth to earth but,
crushed or not the truth is still the truth." --John
S. Tilley, The Coming of the
Glory (author of War for What? and
The Coming of the Glory)
"People
separated from their history are easily persuaded." --Karl Marx "The history of an oppressed people lies hidden in the lies and the agreed-upon myth of its conquerers."--Meridel Le Sueur
"The Civil War wasn't just a victory of North over
South; it was a victory for centralized government over the states and
federalism. It destroyed the ability of the states to protect themselves
against the destruction of their reserved powers. Must we all be happy
about this? [Abraham] Lincoln himself -- the real Lincoln, that is --
would have deprecated the unintended results of the war. Though he
sometimes resorted to dictatorial methods, he never meant to create a
totalitarian state. It's tragic that slavery was intertwined with a good
cause, and scandalous that those who defend that
cause today should be
smeared as partisans of slavery. But the verdict of history must not be
left to the simple-minded and the demagogic." --Joseph Sobran (syndicated
columnist) [www.sobran.com ]
"If men are to be precluded from
offering their sentiments on the matter which may involve the most serious
and alarming consequences that can invite the consideration of mankind,
reason is of no use to us; the freedom of speech may be taken away, and
dumb and silent we may be led like sheep to the slaughter."
--George Washington (1732-1799)
