Bøger af Richard Lee Montgomery

This series is based on primary sources. By that I mean they are books published before "Lincoln's War" and books published going into the 1930s. Much of what you will read are quotes and narratives from these sources. At times, I will interject my thoughts but centered on what the source stated. The desired outcome for this new series is that the reader might be inspired, encouraged and become more proactive for the truths of history.When studying any branch of history, whether it be world, national, state or local, the student can easily find discrepancies in the composition, based on conflicting accounts or the interpretation of the writer. One of the best examples in this dilemma is found in the areas of biographies. Thus, we come to the man -- Abraham Lincoln.There must be a paradigm shift in the teaching of "Lincoln's War."

When it comes to the "War of Northern Aggression" or "Lincoln's War," there were those standout women from both the North, as well as from the South. Maria Isabella "Belle" Boyd was one of those women for the South or as we know it -- the Confederate States of America. Miss Belle served the Confederacy as a Confederate spy and went to great extremes to deliver information to General Stonewall Jackson. Interestingly, she began spying as a teenager at seventeen. Belle Boyd would report what she saw and heard from the Union soldiers who were stationed outside of her house. And then, she went to such extremes, as to walk and then run out onto battlefield in order to supply the Confederate Army with the information.

Stonewall Jackson was well loved and respected by many around the world. Why -- because he was a principled man. Jackson had a high regard for duty. You would hear him say, "Through life let your principal object be the discharge of duty." This was the man -- Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson. A Godly man -- a role model then -- and a role model today. We would be wise to keep in mind Jackson's favorite maxim was ... "Duty is ours; consequences are God's." Jackson had his enemies but history teaches us that Jackson was respected and admired by most. We would do well to emanate the life of Thomas Jonathan Jackson.