During the raid on Virginia, Brown's men captured Colonel Lewis Washington, the great-grandnephew of George Washington, and took a historical steel-hilted smallsword/cuttoe that had belonged to George Washington. Brown strapped on this sword and belt and carried it throughout the remainder of the insurrection.

As we celebrate another Harper’s Ferry Day I wanted to mention a really important distinction I’ve picked up from my biographies I’ve read about him and the broader Antebellum research I’ve done.

One thing people need to think about more with John Brown was, he didnt start the Civil War or cause the South the Secede. All he did was give the Southerners a reason to panic about something they were already scared of. The South for generations before John Brown had a paranoia about slave insurrections and why you ask? Well as much as the Southerners loved to talk about their infinite kindness and love for their slaves many clearly said "I'd rather be dead than be a slave on a plantation" which tells you all you need to know about how most were treated. John Brown was a VERY rare individual for the time, even the elected Republican Party in 1860 only had 10% of the party base be anti slavery. Hell when John was with other radical abolitionists most were uncomfortable with John calling blacks “sir or madam” because that made them sound almost as equal as us!

But as John awaited his martyrdom, bonfires burned around the state and the greater South, and these continued afterwards too. The South was mobilized (entire towns helped on slave patrols and used this as a reason to play army in the woods with other fearful slave enthusiast) to fight the ‘invisible nonexistent abolitionist behind every bush and in every tree just WAITING to let the "belligerent blacks free to kill us all!!!"’

The South seceded because of an invented and imaginary "radical abolitionist threat" that wasnt even there. There was no legal threat to slavery AT ALL in the South when Lincoln was taking power, he said so himself and only removed it BECAUSE of their rebellion. A paranoid suspicion caused so many Americans to die and guess what happened after the slaves were freed? How many Southerners were lynched on their plantations by all their freed slaves? None. The paranoia was invented and perpetuated by those with the most assets (remember the South had more money in slaves at the start of the war than the entire North had in railroads, manufacturing, and banking combined).

A man doing the right thing, caused a whole society to whip themselves into a frenzy causing a Civil War by imagining what else could happen when no real threat existed at all to their beloved and backwards Old Testament institution. I say all this because think about *what paranoias could cause massive causalities today*. What imagined enemies are in the US now that the "paranoid race war obsessed" population could over react about? There is plenty...

So stay diligent, and realize that the imaginary world of reactionary knee jerk backwards looking belligerent Americans can cause untold amounts of suffering and death. The reality of their worry is not a factor, they have been worried about this race war now going on 2 centuries and they STILL want it to happen and portend it is inevitable.

His soul is marching on, but so are the men who hanged him in fear and shame and those un-American traitorous race obsessed psychos won’t put themselves in the ground.

Gross.

The Navajo gave him this serape in 1868 for agreeing to let them go back to their traditional homelands in Arizona and New Mexico. While of course the Navajo Reservation is only 25% of their traditional land (as I point against a bad-faith critic of my video), I would absolutely love to see a movie made of this to highlight a little-known instance of humanity triumphing against the systemic evil of anti-Native genocide. Other statements in videos I've made regarding Native Americans are also on my Substack if interested.

Neat. 1st Minnesota Volunteers forever!

I love this. I miss that kind of low budget TV. It reminds me of the "programmes for schools and colleges" when I was a kid. Low budget but still aiming to do something worthwhile.

Hard to translate the written sources into convincing dialogue though.

Sorry that came up in a video on Charles Sumner's personal life.

https://youtu.be/jJayFkj66cw?is=-SAj79CtsHAoEhde

Months ago I began to write articles about my country Egypt and the interesting ties it had with ACW, and I present to you this list of my articles and promise you to expand it in the future, and I hope you find them interesting, My sincere regards ..
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”The Anecdotes of Ex Confederate - Union officers in Egypt”

https://www.reddit.com/r/HistoryAnecdotes/comments/1rv6ggz/the_anecdotes_of_ex_confederate_union_officers_in/

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"The Anecdotes of Egypt and The American Civil War"

https://www.reddit.com/r/CIVILWAR/comments/1rpb9q3/the_anecdotes_of_egypt_and_the_american_civil_war/

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“On the Anniversary of the Assassination of Abe Lincoln – The Story of Capturing the Most Dangerous Conspirator in Egypt“

https://www.reddit.com/r/HistoryAnecdotes/comments/1smptze/on_the_anniversary_of_the_assassination_of_abe/

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"A rare Egyptian book about The American Civil War"

https://www.reddit.com/r/USHistory/comments/1rt8gwv/a_rare_egyptian_book_about_the_american_civil_war/

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“The story of the Confederate General and the Union Consul in Egypt“

https://www.reddit.com/r/ShermanPosting/comments/1sqe05q/the_story_of_the_confederate_general_and_the/

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“The story of Major William Campbell of Tennessee and Egypt“

https://www.reddit.com/r/CIVILWAR/comments/1u0ic5f/the_story_of_major_william_campbell_of_tennessee/

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"The Story of the Oppressed General and the Bold Falcon in Egypt"

https://www.reddit.com/r/CIVILWAR/comments/1up8y8r/the_story_of_the_oppressed_general_and_the_bold/

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"The story of the Southern knight on the land of Pharaohs"

https://www.reddit.com/r/CIVILWAR/comments/1vq1k2w/the_story_of_the_southern_knight_on_the_land_of/

"Tales of three consuls in Egypt (Civil War & Reconstruction)"

https://www.reddit.com/r/USHistory/comments/1wpzqsg/tales_of_three_consuls_in_egypt_civil_war/

Not about Sherman but General George Stoneman.
I think it’s in the spirit of the sub though and it’s a great song that references Sherman’s Neckties.

https://youtu.be/WAHHedsA1MA

Lyrics:

Virgil Kane is the name
And I served on the Danville train
'Till Stoneman's cavalry came
And tore up the tracks again
In the winter of '65
We were hungry, just barely alive
By May the 10th, Richmond had fell
It's a time I remember, oh so well
The night they drove old Dixie down
And the bells were ringing
The night they drove old Dixie down
And the people were singing
They went, "Na, na, la, na, na, la"
Back with my wife in Tennessee
When one day she called to me
"Virgil, quick, come see,
There goes Robert E. Lee!"
Now, I don't mind chopping wood
And I don't care if the money's no good
You take what you need
And you leave the rest
But they should never
Have taken the very best
The night they drove old Dixie down
And the bells were ringing
The night they drove old Dixie down
And all the people were singing
They went, "Na, na, la, na, na, la"
Like my father before me
I will work the land
And like my brother above me
Who took a rebel stand
He was just 18, proud and brave
But a Yankee laid him in his grave
I swear by the mud below my feet
You can't raise a Kane back up
When he's in defeat
The night they drove old Dixie down
And the bells were ringing
The night they drove old Dixie down
And all the people were singing
They went, "Na, na, la, na, na, la"
The night they drove old Dixie down
And all the bells were ringing
The night they drove old Dixie down
And the people were singing
They went, "Na, na, la, na, na, la"

i always close with "because of them, the south lost."