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SOUTH CAROLINA: Author Wants Historical Marker for Civil War Prison Camp WEST COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) – A South Carolina Civil War historian who has written several books about Columbia-area history would like to see an official marker placed to identify the site of...How Carver Saved the South
George Washington Carver was born a slave during the Civil War, possibly in 1865, but there are no records. Within a few weeks, his father, who belonged to the next farm over, was killed in a log-hauling accident. Shortly after the Civil War, bushwhackers kidnapped...Brazil's Confederates
I pressed the buzzer to the gate on the crest of a steep hill and waited, not knowing who or what to expect. I hadn’t written or called, and didn’t really expect to find anyone home. Within seconds, though, a dapper white-haired man with black metal-frame glasses came...Gender Math on College Campuses
The New York Times published a provocative news story called “The New Math on Campus.” No, it’s not about the failure of Common Core to teach arithmetic; it’s about the changing ratio of males to females on most college campuses. Long ago when...Lessons from Lincoln's Press War
When another journalist attacked William Howard Russell for having misreported the battle of Bull Run, Russell dismissed his critic as “revolting mucus.” In 1862 the Chicago Times deemed President Abraham Lincoln an “irresolute, vacillating...Obiter Dicta
“Which is better — to be ruled by one tyrant 3,000 miles away or by 3,000 tyrants one mile away?” Read More
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SOUTH CAROLINA: SC militias fought for America’s freedom – who fights for their battlegrounds? As a boy, Rick Wise was hooked on military history from the beginning. But he was Read More