Grant's Anabasis
Still indulging myself with personal addenda to the Times Disunion blog, and feeding my U.S. Grant obsession. So, at this point in the Vicksburg campaign we’re at the amazing stage where Grant cuts loose from the Mississippi, defeats Confederate forces trying to...News from Around the South 5/21 – 5/27
Virginia: Appomattox Cannons Receive Attention APPOMATTOX, Va. — Two Civil War-era cannons in Appomattox Court House Square are the focal point of countless photos of tourists taking turns posing with them. Last week, the cannons received attention of a different sort...Cooter and Fast Eddie
It isn’t every day that one makes preparations to go and play music for some friends but instead ends up being portrayed in the national press and on the Internet as some sort of antediluvian racist who should not be seen in the company of someone aspiring to the...News from Around the South 5/13 – 5/20
Mississippi: Remembrance Set for Key Civil War Struggle CHAMPION HILL, Miss. — One hundred fifty years after the bloody, tide-turning Battle of Champion Hill, key in the Vicksburg Campaign, the loudest ruckus was a leaf blower. This site had served as Gen. Grant’s...Obiter Dicta
A failed war does not end when the drones stop flying. It creates a new danger: A government that refuses Read More
Recent Posts
TEXAS:Texas education board approves controversial school curriculum changes The Brief The Republican-majority Texas State Board of Education approved revised high school social studies standards that alter how Islam and Christianity Read More