Note: This post was recovered from the Sh.org archive.Username: sharonrDate: 2018-08-31 21:41:24Reaction Score: 11
The last photo looks like they may have put that stand there to help him stand up straight and maintain a "dignified" pose better for even the minute or so it took to set the picture. Personally, I think many of the pictures looked weird, but the ones of Lee looked like he was very much alive, practically looking right at you. The girl standing in the white communion dress looks very alive. How do you know for sure she was dead?
I mostly wanted to make a statement on the Civil War and whether it existed as we were told. I do not think so what so ever. I agree that it seems to be a cover up for "other" ways to cause destruction. I spent hours this morning going through pictures of Richmond before, during, and after the day Richmond burned and things are most definitely off, but I can leave that for another post. I lived in Richmond for years. I went to college there, VCU, right in the city, although up the hill from downtown Richmond where it was burned, but know that city very well.
About why the "Civil" war seems contrived:
All of my ancestors, apparently going back to mid-1700's, were Southern on my mothers side. There is definitely "Cherokee" blood from our ancestors, as a great many southerners have. I think we lived harmoniously with the Indian tribes for generations, "european" and "native". The native blood line evidence is just too prominent otherwise. It could also be african american blood. Records were not really kept.
As someone else mentioned already, only about 1% of southerners had slaves. Who would these people be? Well, the wealthy elite. Certainly not the farmers, merchants, lawyers, doctors that were the majority of the people. I doubt regular folks had much to do with the gentry at all. Especially southerners who are more likely to be more concerned with their agriculture but obviously NOT plantation owners. I do not think they would be extremely invested, what so ever, in whether or not the weathiest, most elite owned slaves or not. I actually think they would be appalled by it. Most southerners were considered rather poor and were probably more concerned about keeping their land. I do find it weird that there really are not any first hand accounts of the people who lived in the cities at the time they were destroyed. Were they told to evacuate? Apparently Richmond was completely evacuated, all 33,000 people which included approximately 11,000 slaves). Ofcourse the newspapers were up and running and distributing 2 days after the downtown was destroyed DURING a supposed WAR. But now was convieintly under Union ownership (in 2 days) and printed what the union told them to. (I have this article).
Third, Living in Richmond, there is a large, nice neighborhood called Jackson Ward. It is known as a previous prominent black neighborhood (you can look it up on Wiki). When I went to college there in 1991 it was right next to the university, going down into the center of Richmond. It is a large neighborhood. They have a statue of Bojangles there. By 1991 it was already known as a previous historical black neighborhood, meaning blacks were already pushed out and literally living in the projects just on the outskirts, in 1991. They had plaques up telling all the white peole living there the whole great history, even thought they are now a mile down the road in the projects. Not sure when, why, or how that happened, but in what point in history, from the civil war to 1990 does it make sense that there would be a huge prominent black neighborhood, all early 1900's or so it appears, architecture, but not many black people living there anymore? White flight and then gentrification? Maybe. The thing is, this is ALL over the south. Major areas, look like 1900's or so architecture, all known as prominent black neighborhoods, in southern cities. But now regular housing and african americans are instead in the projects? What happened? With the racist narrative so strong these days (southerners were ALL racist apparently) it seems more like racisim was contrived and pushed on people, maybe starting in the 40's-50's. until now. Now it's practically at fighting state. Sorry, I currently live in Charlottesville, VA where they are pushing this narrative strong. Anything related to the Confederacy they want destroyed...interesting, huh?
Speaking of Charlottesville, they completely razed the entire black neighborhood in the 50's so they could build new downtown areas for the rich merchants?!? Everyone knows about this, there are pictures of it everywhere, but is no one asking how and why these prominent thriving black neighborhoods were started after the war, during so called segregation, but then destoyed and now the Charlottesville downtown black community predominately lives in the projects? Something went backwards there. And they are re-creating all sorts of racial tensions again (which I think they started manufacturing in the early part of the 20th cent to bring about what we had in the 60's (massive civil unrest) and what we have today (destroying remnants of the confederacy and racial tension...again).
And speaking of Charlottesville, how about good old Thomas Jefferson and his slave mistess and the children they bore together? First the "official" historians tried to deny it completely, but after DNA tests were taken (and yes, it had to come to that), thay had to fess up it was true. Now apparently they know ALL about it (I think all BS). Go read up on it on Wikipedia.
But last, all the pictures and narratives I pull up about the burning of Richmond do not add up. I can go into that later.
And the pictures: What if they are just hired people to pose, like the crises actors of today? As for Lee, he went to West Point just like the other generals, so he was just playing the part like any other career military officer. Sherman was part of the story of moving through the cities, destoying them one by one. Part of his job to make sure they came down. Somewhere along the way, 1900 or so the people came back and the story was in place.
I think all the major players, Generals ect. were all dead by 1900 so no one could reveal the real story.