Welcome
to my Civil War pages:
I, personally
want to welcome you, friends, countrymen and the many others in which the
War Between the States hold a special place in your hearts as we try to remember
why they fought and died. We no longer care if they wore Blue or Gray were
famous or unknown. We want to remember who they were and to honor them. These
Pages are dedicated to my Great Great Great Grandfather Joshua B. Warrington
of Company A., 1st Regiment, Mississippi Light Artillery. Because I still
hear his guns thundering across the fields and bluffs of the battlefields
of that bloody war. Even tho' I never met him I feel close to him each time
I walk the fields and bluffs around Vicksburg and other places and even my
home county of Yazoo. I owe it to you Grandfather for being the person I
am today. I shall never let your memory beforgotten. Stephen W. Warrington,
January 23, 2001.
Since creating
this site. in the spring of 2001. I have had the chance to visit some of the
most pivotal battlefields of that war. Fort sumter, sc, sharpsburg, md, gettysburg,pa
and manasas junction,va. i have had many requests to add more photos
and information and those requests have not fallen on deaf ears as time permits
i plan to add selected photos of the above sites in their own web pages with
details and hopefully maps of the sites. please bear with me as i try my
best to make these pages better and more enjoyable along with being more
informative about the war between the states.
Stephen
December 4th
2001
This photo of me taken in May
of 2001, at Windsor Ruins in Southern Mississippi. This was the largest plantation
house ever built in the South it was completed in April 1861 and burned
in the 1890's. I am wearing the uniform of the 9th Mississippi infantry carrying
a 1855 model Springfield Rifled musket. It is my hope and dream that every
time I wear the gray of the defenders of the South, I honor my ancestors
with pride and honor they deserve and that they shall never be forgotten.
In great deeds
something abides. On great fields something stays. Forms change and pass;
bodies disappear; but spirits linger, to consecrate ground for the vision
place of souls. And reverent men and women from afar, and generations that
know us not and that we know not of, heart-drawn to see where and by whom
great things were suffered and done for them, shall come to this deathless
field, to ponder and dream; and lo! the shadow of a mighty presence shall
wrap them in its bosom, and power of the vision pass into their souls. General Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain,
Gettysburg, PA., October 3rd, 1889
Recognition (1865)
The above
Painting Was painted in May of 1865 one month after the Ending of the American
Civil War. Constant Mayer a painter from Alabama. Understood the true meaning
of Friendship when his Brother a Soldier in the 11th Mississippi infantry
was Captured late in the war. The Family believed he was dead but in
fact. He was rescued by a old friend serving in the Union Army. Soon
after the surrender of the Confederate Army Constant's brother returned home
escorted by his friend. Upon seeing this he was inspired to paint Recognition.
The Original Painting is now in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Click on the painting for more Civil War Art and photographs.
It is my hope that you will learn from these pages
and get a better understanding on the human side of this terrible war that
split our American Nation for four bloody Aprils. I hope you enjoy them. Thank
you. Stephen W.Warrington
I am always open to suggestions on how to make these
pages better so don't hesitate to drop me a line or two. Please sign my guest
book and let me know what you think.
I am always open to suggestions on how to make these
pages better so don't hesitate to drop me a line or two. Please sign my guest
book and let me know what you think.