Obiter Dicta
The Investigation of E. Jean Carroll
President Donald Trump may be the smallest, meanest and most vengeful man to serve in the Oval Office. Every time I think he and his...
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News From Around the South, 5/25 to 6/1
SOUTH CAROLINA: SC Revolutionary War battlefield named one of 11 endangered sites in the US. Here’s why A Revolutionary War battlefield in South...
June 2, 1863: Harriet Tubman Combahee Ferry raid freed 700 slaves
On June 2, 1863, Harriet Tubman, along with Black soldiers, took part in a daring Union raid of Combahee Ferry near Beaufort, South Carolina. She became the first American woman to lead a major military operation when she and at least 150 Black soldiers helped to rescue more than 700 Black Americans who had been enslaved on nearby plantations. Many of the men became soldiers for the Union Army....
Intelligence Agencies’ Origins Date Back to American Revolutionary War
This year marks America's 250th birthday, a nation born in war. Factors that led to the U.S. victory over the British Empire during the...
Civil War Maj. Gen. Carl Schurz: The Quintessential German American?
Few individuals are more emblematic of the ethnic experience of the Civil War than Carl Schurz. Though not a household name among Union generals,...