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Possibly a a Photograph of the "Philadelphia Greys"

CSA: General Robert E Lee Sues for “Peace” [1863] – Pennsylvanian “Minutemen” Non-Existent! (17.3.2025)

This reflected a remarkable situation. A Confederate Army was riding rampant through the Pennsylvanian countryside – the State within which Washington DC is situated – and yet “no one” amongst the young, elderly, disabled or wounded men (considered medically “unfit” to join the Regular Army due to ill-health or age) were prepared to defend the Union. Within the city of Philadelphia, 8,000 men of the already existing “Philadelphia Greys” bravely volunteered to march to the front in defence of the Union. Due to the general lack of volunteers from the ordinary population – the city of New York sent 12,000 of its own existing Militiamen to supplement the regular Union Army. How brave these men were! Militiamen are often called “Sunday Soldiers” – as they are working men, fathers and patriarchs who live in society, work and look after their families. They come together once a week, once a month, or just a few times a year to compare notes, fire their weapons, and discuss homestead self-defence. They are not frontline soldiers. Of course, Confederate citizens showed the same extent of bravery when the time came. 

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Battle of Chancellorsville

CSA: Would a Confederate Victory Have Led to a Socialist Revolution? (28.2.2025)

However, the Southern ideas of honour and their so-called aristocratic thinking were overblown and these ideas actually sometimes played to the South’s benefit, as the men in the South followed natural leaders and often times appointed them on their own (via popular vote). All too often, in the North, Officers were often political appointees – desk-bound Officers who hadn’t seen a battlefield in years – or ever. Or men who simply bought their way into a General’s uniform. One of the more stereotypical views of the South was the aforementioned backward, backwoodsman. Think about that for a moment. Yes – a significant portion of the Confederate Army was poor, uneducated, and illiterate. Some left-leaning historians have said  – with some accuracy – that the poor Whites of the South had more in common with the slaves – than they did with the leading families who owned most of the land and the fabulous estates like the fictional “Tara” in Gone With the Wind.

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Huey Newton - Revolutionary Suicide

Email: Huey Newton – Notes on “Revolutionary Suicide”! (7.2.2025)

The sheer weight of White exploitation cannot be ignored in any of its guises (slave masters or cult leaders). Similarly, the habit of the White Establishment playing-down the weight of the power it possesses is yet another problem. When at school in 1970s UK, we were taught (even then) about the so-called “Golden Triangle”. We were told that British workmen constructed huge trading ships that sailed the world. Furthermore, British sailors manned these ships and brought great riches to our island nation. More than this, these same ships “visited” Africa and “acquired” slaves which were secured in the hold by chains made in Sheffield (the Sheffield factories employed tens of thousands).

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The FBI Enforces the Wiil of Washington on the States!

USAID: More Fox-Hole Than Fox Mulder! (7.2.2025)

Many Black Panther members were attacked, killed, and maimed – with many believing that Huey Newton’s murder in 1989, although committed by a Black man, was orchestrated by the FBI! Of course, this murder came at the end of the Raegan tenure at the White House which saw the collapse of the USSR and the Communist Bloc. Raegan had authorised local Police to drop a military-grade bomb on a domestic house holding Black people engaged in a rent-dispute! For Raegan the murder of Huey Newton may have been viewed as an exercise in tying-up loose-ends – as the ideological complexion of the world appeared to change. Trump’s apparent attack on USAID is an illusion. White power, even White fascist power, remains not only unchallenged, but in a far-stronger position than it has been for decades! Do not be deceived by the man standing behind the curtain!

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Confederate Museum - Louisiana

CSA: Email – Did Louisiana “Natives” [Creoles] Fight for the Confederacy? (6.2.2025)

I know this must be true, because every so often in the biographies of Union soldiers and Officers, I read that the dastardly Confederates had been fielding Armies of “Negroes” and “Indians”, etc. Furthermore, some of the exploits of these non-White Confederates are well-recorded. On the other hand, there are Civil War authors who state that there was never any non-White Confederate soldiers and what has been mistaken as such – were unarmed slaves forced into Confederate uniform. We know that this cannot be true – because Black Veterans of the Confederate Army campaigned to have their names and exploits recorded on official Confederate War Memorials after the war. My real objective is to work my way into this subject and discover primary sources that record “Chinese” people fighting in the Confederacy – as this is my academic subject (Chinese Studies). My enquiry below is essentially whether the “Louisiana Natives” were the same outfit as the “Louisiana Creoles”? Of course, I might be wrong and could be confusing two separate and distinct formations (the former “Black” – the latter “Mixed”) – as the book above seems to be suggesting that the “Cannoniers” were a well-known Unit. Either way, for the progression of research – no stone must be left unturned!

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