Mark Twain’s Brief Stint As A Confederate Soldier
“You have heard from a great many people who did something in the war; is it not fair and right that you listen a little moment to one who started out to do something in it but didn’t?” wrote Mark Twain in his semi-fictionalized wartime account, titled “The Private...
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TENNESSEE: White Lawmakers Speak Out for Insurrection in Honoring Confederate History The ghost of the Confederacy hangs heavily over the Tennessee Legislature. Justin Jones, one of two Black members expelled from the state’s House of Representatives in April 2023,...
Secrecy Versus Truth
The arrest last week of 21-year-old air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira on charges of espionage has sparked a debate in the intelligence community and elsewhere about whether his behavior is criminal or heroic. He apparently shared top-secret intelligence and...
Confederate Slave Payrolls Reveal Details about Life of Slaves During Civil War
On April 14, 1861 the Confederate States of America began their occupation of Fort Sumter, following their victory over Major Robert Anderson’s US Army garrison. Eight enslaved carpenters and nine enslaved laborers also arrived at Fort Sumter on April 14. Their...Obiter Dicta
When James Madison was a member of Congress in 1791 and charged with drafting the Bill of Rights, he made Read More
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Archaeologists working on a project to rehabilitate the foundation of George Washington’s Mount Vernon, VA home made a stunning discovery when they unearthed two intact bottles of cherries from the hardened dirt Read More