The first shots fired over northern aggression were heard over 140 years ago on April 12, in Fort Sumter, South Carolina. For four years husbands, sons, brothers, and friends fought for a cause they believed and supported. Enduring tremendous physical and mental pain and the threat of death with every step, they fought for their country as the women were left behind to maintain their families..
Many women became nurses and replaced their male counterparts. Women ran farms or businesses, made uniforms and supplies while other women became spies for the cause. Not only gathering information but also delivering that information to those in the front lines under the most perilous conditions. Often these women were captured and sent to prison for being spies.
Four years after the war started on April 9, 1865, General Robert E. Lee and General U.S. Grant met at Appomattox to end the War. After signing the surrender, General Lee mounted his faithful horse Traveller and returned to his men to tell them, “Go to your homes and resume you occupations. Obey the laws and become as good citizens as you were soldiers.”
Confederate History Month gives a specific time to stop and remember the ones who suffered for a cause that they so deeply believed. Soldiers who obeyed the commands of the General until they died. |
