The South Has Risen Again

I don’t know how many of you clicked the link on the 118th Infantry, but they are an old unit of the Confederate States Army. They were part of the Army of Northern Virginia, commanded by Longstreet in several famous Rebel victories. They invaded the North under Robert E. Lee, and fought at Gettysburg. 

I find it deeply amusing that they are now occupying D.C. I don’t think anyone has made the connection, but there is definitely tension arising from the fact that all these Southern states are the ones contributing troops to this little adventure. 

All my life I heard old guys saying “The South will rise again,” but I never expected to see DC occupied by a heritage unit of the CSA.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Par for the course:

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/08/29/national_gardeners_federal_troops_in_dc_seen_spreading_mulch_picking_up_trash_planting_flowers.html

Anonymous said...

That's from Tom. Different browser.

Grim said...

That’s why Army bases are so clean and orderly.

Thomas Doubting said...

There's probably a long German word for how I feel about a unit historically descended from the CSA occupying DC right now. Irony seems weak, watery even.

Thomas Doubting said...

Sign up to fight terrorists, end up planting flowers and cleaning up garbage. :-)