Chancellorsville

“My plans are perfect, and when I start to carry them out may God have mercy on General Lee, for I will have none.” — Union General Joseph Hooker It had been several months since the embarrassing Mud March and the removal of Union Gen. Ambrose...
The Baby-Faced Bomber

The Baby-Faced Bomber

Sometimes a picture speaks volumes. Sometimes it’s outright deceptive. The picture of “Bomber No. 2” didn’t look a bit like a mass murderer. A sweet-faced college kid, the former lifeguard, the nice young man described by classmates and...

The Battle of Latta

If you want to get technical about it, the Civil War has been over for 148 years. Still, sporadic fighting breaks out occasionally — as it did in a South Carolina school district over the right to wear a Confederate flag to school. When the encyclopedia of student...
Boston Bombings Only Unite Us

Boston Bombings Only Unite Us

We witnessed pure evil Monday at the Boston Marathon — a kind of debauched, monstrous cunning that leaves individuals numb with grief and asking: “Why?” Terrorism is a reprehensible tactic — no matter foreign or domestic — one that seeks to bring down as...