Confederate Spotlight- Captain Ashe
In this month's edition of the Rosin Heels Dispatch, excerpts from a book entitled A Southern View of The Invasion of The Southern States And War of 1861-1865 were included. The arthor of this book published in 1935 was Captain S.A. Ashe.
S.A. Ashe was a Captain in the North Carolina Infantry. He was also a North Carollina legislator, editor and historian writing many books on the war and the Revolutionary War. Prior to his death Captain Ashe was the last surviving commisioned officer of the Confederate States of America.
In his book, A Southern View of the Invasion of The Southern States...., Captain Ashe makes clear the threat the southern states felt concerning the Republican Party and their support of John Brown and his actions. The glorification of Brown and other abolitionists by the Northern States forced the South into seccession. Today we would consider the terrible acts of slaughter committed by John Brown as terrorism. Imagine the leaders of a state praising the terrorists on 9-11 and even encouraging more acts similiar to it. Imagine these same leaders glorifying Osama Bin Laden. They would be tarred and feathered. John Brown was the South's Osama Bin Laden prior to the war. To see it in this light makes it clear why the south reacted so strongly against the election of Lincoln. The party of Lincoln praised Brown and encouraged slave insurrection. They saw the writing on the wall.
Anyone who hasn't read the excerpts of Ashe's book from the dispatch needs to read it. It is an eye-opener.
After the war, Captain Ashe married and had nine children. He studied law and established his own practice. Later he became a newspaper editor and wrote books concerning the history of North Carolina, The War, and the post war south.
S.A. Ashe was a Captain in the North Carolina Infantry. He was also a North Carollina legislator, editor and historian writing many books on the war and the Revolutionary War. Prior to his death Captain Ashe was the last surviving commisioned officer of the Confederate States of America.
In his book, A Southern View of the Invasion of The Southern States...., Captain Ashe makes clear the threat the southern states felt concerning the Republican Party and their support of John Brown and his actions. The glorification of Brown and other abolitionists by the Northern States forced the South into seccession. Today we would consider the terrible acts of slaughter committed by John Brown as terrorism. Imagine the leaders of a state praising the terrorists on 9-11 and even encouraging more acts similiar to it. Imagine these same leaders glorifying Osama Bin Laden. They would be tarred and feathered. John Brown was the South's Osama Bin Laden prior to the war. To see it in this light makes it clear why the south reacted so strongly against the election of Lincoln. The party of Lincoln praised Brown and encouraged slave insurrection. They saw the writing on the wall.
Anyone who hasn't read the excerpts of Ashe's book from the dispatch needs to read it. It is an eye-opener.
After the war, Captain Ashe married and had nine children. He studied law and established his own practice. Later he became a newspaper editor and wrote books concerning the history of North Carolina, The War, and the post war south.