D.C. Nurse Made Civil War Mark
Shirley Hallett was thinking a lot about her great-great-grandmother, Ellen Forbes, this Veterans Day. Forbes was a nurse in Washington, D.C., during the Civil War and tended to wounded soldiers until she contracted malarial typhus and was sent back to her home in...
N.C Civil War Center to Contextualize Controversies
Recent controversies surrounding Confederate monuments across North Carolina can be tied directly to a lack of understanding of the Civil War itself. The solution will require two things: Leadership and education. In the past, challenges in North Carolina have been...
The Invisible Struggles of Civil War Veterans
Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain was not supposed to survive the wounds he received at the Second Battle of Petersburg in the summer of 1864. Felled by a bullet that entered his right hip, tore through his lower abdomen, and exited his left hip, both Chamberlain...
Even Astronauts Fear the Left
There are many reasons I pity today’s younger generation of Americans. Among them are: —The unconscionable debt we are leaving them. —The obliteration of male and female as separate and distinct categories — and the sexual confusion that is left in its wake....
News From Around the South 11/12 to 11/19
TENNESSEE: Stones River Battlefield Delivers Civil War History NASHVILLE — “So this is the Battlefield, it really hasn’t changed much since 1862.” Stop, look, and listen. The cannons are quiet now, but the Civil War cemetery tells of a time...Obiter Dicta
This is the Trump era, which means if you blink, you will miss another shattering example of unabashed corruption. I Read More
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