Ancient Planter and First Fleeter
South Carolina, USA
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Well, would you have guessed that a Habsburg can also be a descendant of Lafayette, and thus a... Son of the 🇺🇸 American revolution?
Also, see you next time, D.C.!
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Per capita wealth in 1860 vs 1870. Tell me again what The War was really about …
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Red Hills and Cotton is far more than a piece of local history. I beseech you, Southerner- tolle lege. It is one of the clearest and most luminous distillations of Southern thought that I have encountered.
And certainly don’t neglect to read your Bible.
Four books that have heavily influenced my worldview:
- The Bible: The ultimate source of all truth. Nothing in this world can be properly understood if it is not viewed through the lense of the God’s Word. What’s more, by reading this book and believing what’s inside it, you already know how it ends, and the answer is- we’re going to win.
-I’ll Take My Stand: The South and the Agrarian Tradition by Twelve Southerners: This is the Nashville Agrarians’ manifesto on the South and what it means to have an agrarian society. This does not mean everyone farms, but it means that connection to the land inspires everything, from the economy, to architecture, to education, to art, and beyond.
-A Republic, Not an Empire by Pat Buchanan: In this book, Buchanan lays out the America the Founders intended vs. the America that we have today, which was established in 1865 at Appomattox. Our Constitution and personal liberty itself is incompatible with an “Empire.” We must choose, are we a Republic, or are we an Empire? We cannot have both, and either choice will affect us directly.
- Red Hills and Cotton by Ben Robertson: This is a book that I firmly believe every Southerner should read. Other than the Bible, Robertson’s book has probably impacted me the most of any on this list. Through family stories and personal anecdotes, it addresses so many of the issues that we face in the South to this day, and what’s more, touches on what I view to be the Southern version of “The Good Life.” This book in many ways has shifted my personal perspective and even goals in life since reading it a few years ago.
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Sabine Hall, seat of the Carter family of Virginia, is one of the few old Virginia plantation homes to remain in family hands from colonial times into the present day.
"The manor-house of Sabine Hall, named presumably for the noted villa of Horace at Tivoli, is built on early Georgian lines, and was erected by King Carter for his son in 1730, since when it has passed direct from father to son. A clearly emphasized fact is that throughout its existence the plantation has remained in the possession of the original line of Carters; which is particularly gratifying, as in only too many beautiful old homesteads some stranger fills the Stuarts' throne."
-Manors of Virginia in Colonial Times by Edith Tunis Sale
Prince George Winyah was constructed between 1745-7 in Georgetown South Carolina. The interior was burned during the Revolutionary War and rebuilt soon afterwards. Today it is an ACNA parish with an active congregation. The parish was originally established in 1721.
Capt Henry Mouzon 1741-1807 served under Francis Marion during the American Revolution in South Carolina. He is buried outside of Kingstree near the Mouzon Crossroads surrounded by many of his descendants not far from the site of his home. A house built in the early 19th century now sits on the site of his home which was burned during the war. Mouzon was severely wounded at the Battle of Black Mingo Creek. He is said to have been one of Marion’s closest friends and a cousin.
Mouzon’s oldest daughter Nancy lived to be 90 years old and the following is her recollection of the burning of the Mouzon Plantation by Banastre Tarleton and his men.
The subject of this memoir, then 11 years old, was on the roof of the smoke-house, aiding in spreading the bacon to the sun, and was the first to descry the approach of the enemy and give the alarm. Capt. Mouzon was then at home, and had just time to escape to the swamp and conceal himself. His daughter well remembered the personal appearance of Col. Tarleton and also of Col. Ball, his Tory ally, and the dress of the British troopers—leather cape with plumes, red coats, white pantaloons and half boots. The two officers approached Mrs. Mouzon courteously and told her with apparent regret that "Harry," meaning her husband, had turned against the King and must consequently be broken up. Orders were then given to set fire to the premises, and in a little time the family mansion and the out-houses, 14 buildings in all, were wrapt in flames.
Nancy died in 1859 around 80 years after this incident.
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Born on this date in 1815, Edmund McIlhenny, the founder of the company that produces Tabasco Sauce.
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14th October 1066 – The Battle of Hastings 🏴
On this day 960 years ago, King Harold II of England was killed fighting the Norman invasion led by William, Duke of Normandy.
Just three weeks earlier, Harold and his English army had defeated the invading Viking forces of Harald Hardrada at the Battle of Stamford Bridge on 25th September.
Having marched north to confront the Norwegians, Harold was then forced to hurry south to face William's invasion. His men had endured long marches and fierce fighting, leaving many exhausted before the battle even began.
The English army took up a defensive position on Senlac Hill, near Hastings, where they faced Norman cavalry, archers and infantry.
Despite their exhaustion, the English fought fiercely behind a shield wall, holding their ground for much of the day. However, repeated Norman assaults and feigned retreats gradually weakened their position.
By evening, Harold was dead, his army defeated, and the road to the English throne lay open to William.
The battle brought an end to nearly 500 years of Anglo-Saxon rule and began the Norman Conquest of England.
Within months, William was crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey on Christmas Day 1066.
The conquest transformed England's ruling class, landownership, architecture and political institutions, but it did not erase the English people, their identity, customs or their Anglo-Saxon heritage.
14th October 1066 remains one of the most consequential dates in English history 🏴
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The 1815 Hartford Convention proposed the following Amendment to the Constitution. "No person who shall hereafter be naturalized, shall be eligible as a member of the Senate or House of Representatives of the United States, nor capable of holding any civil office under the authority of the United States."
The Goose Creek Men were the opposition party to the Lords Proprietors in Carolina but concentrated in what became South Carolina. If you want to understand the political history of South Carolina the strife between the Lords Proprietors and the Goose Creek Men is the place to start. James Moore and the other Goose Creek men are the ancestors of many prominent South Carolinians past and present. You can read more about Moore here: charlestonmercury.com/single…
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October 11 is General Kazimierz Pułaski "Casimir Pulaski" Memorial Day. Known as the “Father of the American Cavalry,” he rose to the rank of Brigadier General, and continued fighting for American independence in battles across the colonies. He came to the United States in 1777 to serve in Washington’s army and helped form the American cavalry, which played a crucial role during the Revolutionary War. He is now known as a Polish hero of the American Revolution. This day is to commemorate his death from wounds suffered at the siege of Savannah on October 9, 1779.
Casimir Pulaski Monument in Monterey Square, on Bull Street, Savannah, Georgia, not far from the battlefield where Pulaski lost his life during the siege of Savannah.
