On this day, 2 years ago (December 13th, 2022), I exhumed the remains of my ancestor, Lieutenant General Ambrose Powell Hill in Richmond, VA. When the city workers got down to the 3 large "cap stones" above his grave I stepped in. The first cap stone was removed by crane and I saw A.P. Hill's remains. The casket was completely deteriorated. So I asked the city workers to get me a tarp so I could cover his remains. Because the news vultures were trying to get photos. I also asked the workers to park their vehicles behind me which was where the news media was standing with their cameras, drooling for photos of his remains. I also had to make threats to get a man to stop flying a drone who also wanted pictures.
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I'm sure we will all feel better when this unreconstructed racist is in the ground along with his ancestor.
ReplyDeleteYou've revealed yourself as an unreconstructed racist.
DeleteWhat's this "we" shit, paleface.
DeleteDemocrat much?
DeleteI hope Kenny doesn't mind me saying this, Univ, but, on behalf of Southerners, fuck you.
DeleteI saw nothing about race in his story; I saw respect for his honored and honorable ancestor.
--Tennessee Budd
y'all don't understand sarcasm very well, do you?
DeleteUniv of Saigon 68,
Deletewhat kind of fucked up racist R U, these are someone's family and also great men of honor and courage, true knights of our country.
you will be dead soon enough and put in the ground only to be forgotten by your family, no flowers for you! and good riddance.
Sarcasm like that gets you hurt BAD in my neighborhood.
DeleteSarcasm is tough on the internet....
DeleteJohn Hill, salute to you sir. You don't need me to tell you that you honored your ancestor very well. Not sure why you had to re-inter the general, would love to know. Uncanny how you look sooo much like the general. Salute to you. Hybo
ReplyDeleteAccording to Wikipedia (I know, its Wikipedia!) A. P. Hill was very much admired on both sides of the conflict during and after the Civil War. Much can be said about him. He was high strung to the point of panic attacks right before battle, he contracted gonorrhea while a cadet at West Point (something that would hamper him for the rest of his life), and at times lacked better judgement in action as a commanding officer. Bravery was never an issue. He was not alone in any of these aspects. Signs of the times, as it were. But, although his father and uncles used slaves on their farms, A.P. never approved of it, nor did he ever "own" any. One should be careful slinging mud at people who are not present to defend themselves. He was one of many honorable men fighting for what they believed in. What his ancestor did to honor him should be admired, not criticized.
ReplyDeleteCity of Richmond can go fuck itself.
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DeleteOnly those that believe that war was over slavery would dishonor so many of the Confederate soldiers. RE Lee was one of the most respectable and talented military leaders this country ever produced. The "Union" had far fewer of the quality of the Confederate generals. They did however have a relatively larger supply of material and cannon fodder. Lincoln belongs on the list of worst presidents - though he has many that rank lower. And I was raised "Yankee".
ReplyDeleteI'm a Northerner, as was my 3xGrandad who was a member of the 15th Michigan Volunteer Infantry, and this pisses me off. I don't blame the man a bit for being angry about his ancestor being dug up because some woke bumboys didn't like where he was buried. They wouldn't make a pimple on General Hill's ass.
ReplyDeleteA liberal ploy to continue the divisiveness that's been pushed in this country for far too long. We must always remember, but the vitriol and hate that's constantly being conjured up must be put to rest. We must continue to honor the fallen and also educate the younger generations about what really happened. Not the lies that are taught in our horrendously bad school system. Hopefully the tide will keep turning after DJT takes office.
ReplyDeleteThis really pisses me off. Besides destroying history, the US Congress, in the 50's, made a law saying that all Confederate graves, cemeteries and memorials would forever more be considered and treated as US military graves, cemeteries and memorials. This includes names of streets and buildings and bases/forts/ports.
ReplyDeleteImagine the uproar if conservatives destroyed the Lenin statue that's in Washington state. Or any of the George Floyd memorials or so forth and so on.
Assholes. Flaming assholes.
And the guy's lawyer should have been disbarred over his actions.
I had 3 Great Grand Uncles and one Great Grandad that fought for the South. Two died. My Grear Grandad survived. My Dad served in the UNITED STATES NAVY, as I did. we, the descendants are AMERICANS.
ReplyDeleteAs I recall it was The Confederate States Of America.... they were Americans too.
DeleteIt's also important to remember the fine point that American's didn't bring slavery here, the British did (well, and the Indian tribes) and they supported that institution and the South through the Civil War. It helped to keep the states agrarian and subservient/reliant on places of industry.
ReplyDeleteAs a little boy, my grandfather would tell me of my ancestors. Most who served in the Confederate State of Georgia. On a hill just above Papas farm just west of Atlanta was a Christian graveyard with some of our relatives remains! Pop would tell stories passed down through the years! Something I never will forget.....those who were before us and what they sacrificed for and what they lost and what came after! History is us!
ReplyDeleteI was born in the North, raised in the South. I served my country and this just pisses me off. As we know one tactic in regard to destroying a country is too destroy it's history. AP Hill is an American hero. I have stood at his resting spot in Richmond and saluted him.
ReplyDeleteI am proud of all my Confederate ancestors who fought the yankee invaders. I remember my great grandmother whose father was a Confederate soldier
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