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Patrick Ronayne Cleburne (1828-1864)
"I am with the South in death, in victory or defeat. I never owned a Negro and care nothing for them, but these people have been my friends and have stood up to me on all occasions.
In addition to this, I believe the North is about to wage a brutal and unholy war on a people who have done them no wrong, in violation of the constitution and the fundamental principles of the government. They no longer acknowledge that all government derives its validity from the consent of the governed."
"If this cause that is so dear to my heart is doomed to fail, then I pray heaven may let me fall with it, while my face is turned toward the enemy and my right arm battling for that which I know to be right."
Charge to the Sons of Confederate Veterans
"To you, Sons of Confederate Veterans, we will commit 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 which he loved and which you love also, and those ideals which made him glorious and which you also cherish."
Lt. General Stephen Dill Lee, Commander General,
United Confederate Veterans,
New Orleans, Louisiana, April 25, 1906.
On the history of war...
Next the statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those conscience-soothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse to examine any refutations of them; and thus he will by and by convince himself that the war is just, and will thank God for the better sleep he enjoys after this process of grotesque self-deception.
~Mark Twain
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By admin | November 15, 2009
Several years ago at one of the January Arkansas Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans’ meeting, someone had exclaimed that the mass grave of 900 CSA Veterans in the Little Rock National Cemetery was not marked, save for an oblisk at the head of the grave. There was no markings to show the extent of the size of the grave. This fact had come to the surface and several SCV members from the Newton Camp in Little Rock and Cleburne Camp in Pine Bluff set out to find the best solution to an old and quiet political dilema in which we found ourselves regarding this gravesite.
Recently, through months of speaking with and e-mailing the Veterans Administration out of Memphis, TN., the long process of waiting for something to be done has come to a conclusion. Through the countless e-mails and phone calls, the grave has now been marked with four fulsh-with-the-ground granite corner markers denoting “CSA 900″.
Though the UDC had placed a large monument at the head of the mass grave early in the 20th century, until the corner markers were placed, it was difficult to examine the extent of the size of the mass grave area. Though the ground penetrating radar was not conducted due to the fact the the results would more than likely not reveal beyond a shadow of a doubt where the graves extended, the current corner markers do, however, show the majority of the graves’ extent save for various “improvements” conducted to the cemetery over the years.
Special thanks to Ron Kelley, who spearheaded the effort with the Veterans’ Administration and Edgar Colvin, who constructed the four corner markers and placed them recently at the grave site.
Thus, the Patrick Cleburne Camp has now marked, quiet literally, over 1500 Confederate and Union graves across the span of several states.
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