And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Monday, April 20, 2026
Thomas Josiah Stowe, kicking back in his old age. He was a Civil War veteran (Lieutenant, 27th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, Union Army).
What a stupid comment anon
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ReplyDeleteWhen was this picture taken?
ReplyDeleteHe was born in 1840 and died in 1908. Photo was probably taken not too long before his death.
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would like to have heard some stories from him
ReplyDeleteThose guys were at The Battle of Kennesaw Mountain. I used to live near there and I have a perfectly mushroomed Yankee .58 from that battle.
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ReplyDeleteThank you.
DeleteDamn Yankee. And they haven't quit since.
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