Rape & The Civil War
President Lincoln’s General Orders No. 100, also known as the Lieber Code of 1863, set clear rules for engaging with enemy combatants. But the code also clarified how Union soldiers should treat civilians, and in particular women. Largely forgotten today, the Lieber...News from Around the South, Week of April 29
Texas: Confederate License Plates Struck Down In 2011, the Sons of Confederate Veterans wanted to offer a specialty license plate honoring their ancestors that featured the rebel flag. But the Department of Motor Vehicles said “no thanks.” So they sued...
Their War, Not Ours
“The worst mistake of my presidency,” said Ronald Reagan of his decision to put Marines into the middle of Lebanon’s civil war, where 241 died in a suicide bombing of their barracks. And if Barack Obama plunges into Syria’s civil war, it could...Red River Water War
Decades – even centuries – pass and ancient roots of conflict, personal and political, fade into the fog of history. Such roots, although buried deep in the crevasses of time, can still have an impact on current affairs. Red River controversies stemming from the crest...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...Obiter Dicta
In a scene in Robert Bolt’s famous play “A Man for All Seasons,” about the treason trial of St. Thomas Read More
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SOUTH CAROLINA: New S.C. license plate honors Revolutionary War history COLUMBIA – Beginning Jan. 1, South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles will issue a newly designed standard license plate that Read More