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Three Cheers For Hunter’s Pardon
My initial reaction to the issuance of a full pardon by President Joe Biden to his son Hunter was emotional. What father wouldn't...
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News From Around the South, 11/25 to 12/2
National Park Service Announces Addition of Seven New Sites to Reconstruction Era National Historic Network WASHINGTON -- The National Park Service...
Would the Revolution Have Succeeded Without George Washington?
In 1965 James Flexner published the first volume of his biography of George Washington in which he coined the term now indelibly stamped on the image of the iconic Founder: Washington was the “indispensable man.”1 Supposedly, he was the individual central to American victory in the struggle for independence and without whom the cause would have failed. No one has seriously disputed the...
Civil War Toll Much Worse in Confederate States, New Estimates Show
Faded ink. Inconsistencies. Fires. The deadliest conflict in American history, the Civil War, also had some of its worst-kept records, making the...
Civil War Cryptids: Sophistry in Sightings of Monsters
As Gen. Braxton Bragg’s command camped near Bridgeport, Alabama, a hairy monster lurked near their positions. Five pickets from Capt. George...