tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335013332653784695.post6942757093941183517..comments2024-03-26T07:26:47.520-05:00Comments on I Bleed Crimson Red: For History buffs: Civil War POW Camp Lawton located. UpdatedDavid L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16101814388952997386noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335013332653784695.post-30584738487207557772010-10-01T13:51:24.983-05:002010-10-01T13:51:24.983-05:00Camp Lawton is believed to have been named for the...Camp Lawton is believed to have been named for the Lawton crossroads area, where the current US Highway 25 crosses Lawton Rd.<br /><br />I'm not familiar with the geneology of the area, but I'd bet a family named "Lawton" owned some land in the area, built a road from the north-south route now followed by Hwy 25, and allowed some of their land to be used for the prison camp.<br /><br />Official records say the land was leased by Mrs. Caroline Elizabeth Jones, a local widow. <br /><br />Bet her maiden name was Lawton.<br /><br />I'll get to go back to the area in early Winter of 2011. Can't wait.David L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16101814388952997386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335013332653784695.post-20037164663868323302010-10-01T13:28:52.312-05:002010-10-01T13:28:52.312-05:00Where did the camp get it's name..Lawton? Was...Where did the camp get it's name..Lawton? Was it named after a camp commander or something?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335013332653784695.post-54772163481826619412010-08-17T10:25:58.027-05:002010-08-17T10:25:58.027-05:00I haven't read that book. I may check it out....I haven't read that book. I may check it out.<br /><br />Racism was rampant on both sides of the Mason-Dixon line during the Antebellum period, so any notion that the Abolitionists were somehow more racially tolerant completely ignores the context of the period’s cultural and social norms.<br /><br />Antebellum southern culture and socio-economic environment was one of gentility and based on the agrarian economy. Northern culture was much more hegemonous, with a large and recent immigrant population, more urban and more heavily industrialized.<br /><br />It <b>is</b> true that the <i>casus bellum</i> for the South was the issue of States’ rights, but the linchpin of the States’ rights issue was the evil institution of slavery.<br /><br />If there is one thing we can fault the Founding Fathers on, it is kicking the slavery can two generations down the road.David L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16101814388952997386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335013332653784695.post-71364422940464520832010-08-17T09:58:59.732-05:002010-08-17T09:58:59.732-05:00Hey again, Mr. Lucky! Cool find about the histori...Hey again, Mr. Lucky! Cool find about the historic site.<br /><br />Actually, something on my mind for a while now... I've heard things about "Southern revisionism"... basically, saying that the South was actually more tolerant and less bigoted than the North, and that the Civil War was not over slavery but states' rights... you know, stuff like that. A very good example is this book "The Politically Incorrect Guide to the South (and Why It Will Rise Again)" by Clint Johnson...<br />http://www.thepoliticallyincorrectguidetothesouth.com/<br />(It's part of the Politically Incorrect Guide series by Regnery.)<br /><br />-C.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335013332653784695.post-1768009380443659062010-08-16T15:45:08.233-05:002010-08-16T15:45:08.233-05:00Yes, it's news. No one had been able to locate...Yes, it's news. No one had been able to locate the site of the stockade where the prisoners were kept. It was pretty common knowledge that the two POW camps were nearby, and Andersonville had been found and excavated. But until this find, the location of Lawton was a mystery.David L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16101814388952997386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335013332653784695.post-50540122891935815372010-08-16T14:46:36.417-05:002010-08-16T14:46:36.417-05:00My husband's gr.gr.Grandfather was a prisoner ...My husband's gr.gr.Grandfather was a prisoner at Andersonville Prison and sent to Millen where he died. We visited Andersonville, Millen and Beaufort, SC Cemetery where is supposed to be buried. We visited in 2000. Is this new news?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com