June 2, 1863: Harriet Tubman Combahee Ferry raid freed 700 slaves - On June 2, 1863, Harriet Tubman, along with Black soldiers, took part in a daring Union raid of Combahee Ferry near Beaufort, South Carolina. She became the first American woman to lead a major military operation when she and at least 150 Black soldiers helped to rescue more than 700 Black Americans who had been […]
The Investigation of E. Jean Carroll - President Donald Trump may be the smallest, meanest and most vengeful man to serve in the Oval Office. Every time I think he and his minions could stoop no lower, they surprise me. There is simply no limit to Trump’s hunger for vengeance, or the willingness of his minions to do his bidding, no matter […]
News From Around the South, 5/25 to 6/1 - SOUTH CAROLINA: SC Revolutionary War battlefield named one of 11 endangered sites in the US. Here’s why A Revolutionary War battlefield in South Carolina has been named one of the United States 11 Most Endangered Historic Places by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. About 300 of the 600 acres of Hanging Rock Battlefield near […]
A Nation of Suspects - Some of the recent legal challenges to the use of surveillance by the Department of Homeland Security upon Americans have resulted in the revelation of truly terrifying behavior by the government, in direct defiance of the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution. We now know that the federal government spies on innocent Americans without suspicion and […]
Civil War Maj. Gen. Carl Schurz: The Quintessential German American? - Few individuals are more emblematic of the ethnic experience of the Civil War than Carl Schurz. Though not a household name among Union generals, Schurz has grown to represent the American immigrant’s stake in the war. This was a role that was somewhat self-imposed. Throughout the war, Schurz advocated on behalf of his German American […]
