Professor Crowe
Composition 1
22 October 2015
The Confederate flag A proud relic among the southern states, the confederate battle flag has been handed down from generation to generation from its once heroic and brave ancestors that fought so valiantly for their confederate colors. The confederate colors should not be limited by the government in any way, but to no avail the government is attempting to take our rights to these historic colors away. To take this right away is a strict violation of the first amendment; “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” Many …show more content…
The colors were mainly used for more of a movable land mark on the battlefield along with using them for identification of each of the units. The brave men that not only carried these colors but fought for them created such an emotional bond towards them giving it an almost religious significance, making this flag a patriotic symbol. While serving under these colors with such defiance and sovereignty they created a symbol of sacrifice, community, and treason while shaping the relationships between the soldiers and civilians, men and woman as well as masters and …show more content…
Oh, who wouldn’t want to be a soldier?” O’pierce went on to become a sergeant. Charles Minor Blackford wrote “This day I spent lying down and taking remedies. By night I was so much better I determined to go back to duty. So, with some pain, I mounted my horse and rode back to my company reaching them about nine o’clock much worn down by my ride….we were thrown into line about sunrise on the brow of the hill that over looked Bull Run…..I was still weak and John Scott brought me out to the lines of battle another cup of coffee….We could distinctly hear the rumble of the Yankee artillery on the pike beyond the run, and there was no doubt they were moving the force towards the stone