Rape & The Civil War

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...

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...

News From Around the South 4/8 – 4/15

  Tenessee: Sons of Confederate Veterans Diss Memphis Over Parks Choice MEMPHIS — The Sons of Confederate Veterans International chose Richardson, Texas, over Memphis for its 2016 annual convention in part because of “negative publicity” over Memphis’...