Chapter of Night (Lee at Appomattox) (an original song)

[mouthofhorror]

not to bad..im ENGLISH.but can still respect it as i am ABRAXAS

[lonster1monster]

It has been posed by many legal minds that Secession might have been a Constitutional legality!!

The true traitors were the Plantation owners who willfully starved the South by buying up lands to grow more cotton rather than corn to feed the hungry troops.....whose influence helped garner them their lands from Pro slaver Andrew Johnson...I smell a Conspiracy to kill Lincoln, insert Johnson, reclaim their land and stop Reconstruction.....the 1st American BAIL OUT!!!

[KingBouloo]

Confederates fought as long as they were able to, and at the end of strength they have surrended! They are heroes, I also  tribute to the soldiers of the Union. Greetings from France!

[Hobbescatstubbytai]

Our nation was very fortunate that we had good people on both sides to prevent anarchy and begin the process to heal the nation.

[wickedglen1]

A fact: Jefferson Davis put on a dress and cloak and tried to avoid being captured by dressing like a woman,,,,I doubt it was the first time he dressed in womans clothing.

[bluegrassreb]

@wickedglen1 not a fact, more yankee propaganda. but we're used to it.

His wife threw her shaw over him that is all.

[Ares99999]

@bluegrassreb 'Yankee'...

You realize the War is 145 years in the past. Stop talking as if your were one of the 'Confederates'.

[Cionaodh57]

@wickedglen1 So? Bonnie Prince Charlie did the same thing after the Battle of Culloden when he was on the run from the Duke of Cumberland.

[silence782]

Secession IS rebellion. But I can see that I'm not going to change your mind, nor you mine, so we shall have to simply agree to disagree.

[rebelscott1865]

"Ant people anywhere,being inclined and having the power,have the right to rise up and shake off the existing goverment,and form a new one that suits them better.This is a most valuable,a most sacred right-a right which we hope and believe is to liberate the world.Nor is this rightconfined to casesin which the whole people of an existing goverment may choose to exercise it.Any portion of such people,that can,may revolutionize,and make their own ofso such people,that can,may revolutionize,

[rebelscott1865]

and make their own of so much of the territory as they inhabit.- ABRAHAM LINCOLN, January 12, 1848. Sure sounds to me that the WAR CRIMMINAL,Abe Lincoln, also believed in the right of secession.

[rebelscott1865]

That should be Any people not Ant people. My typing sucks.

[desertrun]

Part of the right to self-determination would include --it seems to me-- the right to dissolve a union that becomes less perfect every day in order to form one that the people feel has a chance at being more perfect.

[Knasterreal1]

@desertrun

Exactly just look at the 10 amendment

[tnrich1]

So the Declaration of Independence is wrong?

[silence782]

"So was Washington. It's an American tradition."

So was Jonnie Walker Lindh. What's your point, exactly?

[AlabamaSoldier]

You should learn to appreciate the difference between secession and rebellion. There is a HUGE difference. John Brown was a traitor. George Washington was a secessionist. The Washington snipers of 2003-5 were traitors. Lee was a secessionist, but by action alone. He was, in fact, quite a Union man. But as a soldier, he could not sit passively while invaders marched against his family and home. (To the true historian, this should sound like the situation of the colonials during Revolutionary War.

[silence782]

Lee, rather than working out his beef with the government peaceably, he resorted to violence. That isn't noble or heroic, it's simply barbaric. This is a nation that follows the rule of laws, it's will isn't dictated by who's willing to draw the sword first. As American's we work together to solve our problems, not suceed when things don't go our way. This nation is held together my our strength as a people. That someone was willing to tear that asunder deserves no honor, nor praise.

[AlabamaSoldier]

Lee had no "beef", as you so eloquently put it, with the government. He was a military man of duty and principle. When war comes, how can a soldier do anything but fight? The choices were sweet and simple; attack your family, state, and home, or those who would destroy them.

[Westyrulz]

Hold your horses there a minute it was Lincoln who mobilised the army to invade the South.

[SamuelAdamz]

Lincoln mobilzed the north AFTER the South attacked at Fort Sumter. We couldnt leave an act of rebellion such as that go without punishment.

[Westyrulz]

Oh I see a bit like the Boston Tea Party!!

[AlabamaSoldier]

Rebellion? We were leaving! "Rebellion" entails rogue troops marching on the capital.

[tnrich1]

Taking the userID of Samuel Adamz and then making the comment you made shows just how ignorant you are of our history. Samuel Adams would have supported the Southern cause. The South fired on Union forces at Sumter who would not leave a state that had peacefully seceded from the Union.

To deny self-determination by calling it rebellion is to state that our Revolution against the Briitish was wrong. You ca n't have it both ways.

[Ares99999]

@tnrich1 Whats 'wrong' and 'right' is written by the winners. So, yes, you CAN have it both ways.

[TheIcelandicPatriot]

@Ares99999 The South rebelled and they suported slavery thats all we need to know who the bad guys are.

[AlabamaSoldier]

@TheIcelandicPatriot The North invaded and burned public property. That's all we need to know who the bad guys are.

[TheIcelandicPatriot]

@AlabamaSoldier One U.S colonel once said.They say they are fighting for there independence yet they deny it to others. The North wanted to quit using slaves, the South did not and it was the South that rebelled against there president and the nation.

There can be no liberty in a country that offers slavery.

[AlabamaSoldier]

@TheIcelandicPatriot One C.S. general once said, "We would never send our soldiers to other states to tyrannize other people, and so shall we never allow the soldiers of others to tyrannize our people."

The South wanted to control its own destiny, the North did not want to let them and it was the North that illegally invaded the South.

There can be no excuse for a country that enforces tyranny.

[TheIcelandicPatriot]

@AlabamaSoldier Wait so tyranny over white people is bad but not black people? You denied them of there freedom that is one of the worst crime a man can do, keeping slaves. The south was, is and allwais will be

United States of America. The president said not to slavery but you did not like that so you rebelled.

Tyranicing the people is never right but you say the north was so bad because they ussed force to restore order. I say the south was the bad because they denied freedom to the people.

[AlabamaSoldier]

@TheIcelandicPatriot Clearly you have no concept of history and are just jumping on the bandwagon. So, it's only natural that you think Lincoln was politically opposed to slavery.

You know, the British offered all slaves who fought for the crown their freedom in the American Revolution. I suppose you're narrow-minded enough to root for the Redcoats in that conflict, am I right?

[TheIcelandicPatriot]

@AlabamaSoldier A thats true the British did do that but then again the British empire terrorsized and ruled with hardship. There are evidences for that not to mention they broke the rules of war time and time again.

the North only terrorized the South after you comitted treason. You could have resolved this with the pen but just like any hill billy you ussed the riffle.

[AlabamaSoldier]

@TheIcelandicPatriot They broke the rules of war time and time again? You mean, like burning and sacking towns and practicing unfair tax policies, right?

[TheIcelandicPatriot]

@AlabamaSoldier What does the second last line in my last comment say? Treason shall be answered by force if nesesary! You were brothers, uncles, you were family and you broke there trust with treason and not the good kind. Where you speak for liberty and justice no you ussed the sword speaking the word of slavery. You can try to justify that but freedom of the people will allways prevale. 

[silence782]

Lee's a traitor, plain and simple.

[Hobbescatstubbytai]

silence782 Lee's a traitor, plain and simple.

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YOu are an idiot. Lee went with his State. At the time, the issue of a State leaving the Union was not decided. Lee also made many efforts to help heal the divide the nation. He ordered his men to lay down their arms instead of launching a guerilla campaign. He spoke about the need for everyone to get past the war and be good citizens. YOu were not there, but you are an idiot.

[markwtr77]

moron

[AlabamaSoldier]

So was Washington. It's an American tradition.

[mjrchapin]

Nice to see at least a few different pictures than the usual Brady fare. Although I must say I think it is a bit presumptuous to speak for a great mind like Lee's, even if it is for your alma mater.

[GuinevereJuliet]

Terribly poignant and beautiful. The song is perfect and the images unbearably moving. As a member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Louisiana Division, I thank you for this video. Ten stars.

[SlideshowArt]

There's more than one Lee University? Where is this one located?

[Lomax9]

Not South Carolina man..

[wilfredsnipple]

The day States Rights died.

[jdeerhunter91]

so true

[wikiriwhi]

fine, fine tribute

[kirkenbunken]

Good job! I like this song! It was good meeting you and Kim at The Tavern. I'll let you know once I start downloading videos.

[Pickett14thLouisiana]

Is a nice video :)

[3rdconfederate]

When I think of Lee, I experience such a rush of emotions. I can't begin to imagine what it must have been like to see the tide shift against you and to keep fighting on with fewer men and less resources until that day at Appomattox. What must he have been thinking and feeling? And the soldiers--that final "Stack Arms" and march away. To what? Many were hundreds of miles from home and not very fit. Makes me cry thinking about it. Let light perpetual shine upon them. Deo Vindice

[AlabamaSoldier]

I know. Think about it. Lee loved his country. He loved the United States. He himself was the descendant of a Revolutionary War hero. And then, in 1860-61, he had to mak a choice as his family sided against the country his ancestor had helped to found. Can you imagine? Your heart, torn in two? Do you betray your country, or your family? I think today's generation would do well to ponder this kind of decision.

[AlabamaSoldier]

I don't think any of us have a HINT of how Lee fealt that April 12-13 after Fort Sumter. I tip my hat to the Grey Chieftan. Oh, what a burden, what a decision, it must have been. It must have been unreal what he tried to sleep with at nights.

[3rdconfederate]

Gives new meaning, to me anyways, to Iced Earth's Gettysburg trilogy called Glorious Burden.

[kirkenbunken]

I think Lee hated the whole thing but people were duty lead back then. He simply could not raise a sword against his state.

[AlabamaSoldier]

I loved the music here.

[firebender23]

wow! nice work u got some pretty good photos and the vid was great in general.

[algs229635]

After I finish him/it of the war many farmers of the south USA; they immigrated for Brazil and they founded a city in the state of São Paulo; they gave it the name of American and some of this family were the one of the General Lee

[AlabamaSoldier]

That was maddeningly unclear and mangled. Try it again, and read what you type this time, ok?

[AlabamaSoldier]

Oh, what does it mean to love something that has never been known? That's how I feel about Lee.

[3rdconfederate]

That one sentence sums it up so well--I've never even BEEN to the South, but I feel so much a part of the experience of the War and it's aftermath. I can't understand why I have such a deep psychic connection to this. My greatgrandmother was born in Tennessee in 1879; maybe I have Confederate soldiers in the family.

[AlabamaSoldier]

I wouldn't doubt it. My mother's side of the family lived in southeast Alabama during the war. I don't know about my Dad's side. Anyway, I had at least one ancestor that fought for the South. I don't know his name, rank, or division though. I intend to find out. I feel honored to have a relative that fought. You could say, some of my own blood was spent during the Civil War, and I'm proud and honored to carry that.

[AlabamaSoldier]

Awesome. Awesome. Awesome.

[lonnieglass]

This is an awesome video!! Very poignant. The vocal reminds me of Neil Diamond...The music is perfect for the lyric..a beautiful collaboration between these two talented and creative artists.