Tag: Civil War
Lew Wallace – Failed Commander, Successful Novelist
“Redemption wasn’t just a theme of Wallace’s famous story, it was a concept very much at play in the author’s own life.” EASTER WAS THE motivation behind this Slate profile of Major General Lew Wallace, author…
Don’t Mention the War! – British Pundit Bemoans WW1 Centenary Coverage
With six months still to go until the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War, some people have already had enough of the expansive media attention being paid to the commemorations. Simon…
Deadly Homecoming for Confederate Soldier
One hundred and fifty one years ago this week, two opposing American armies met and fought in a little known corner of Pennsylvania known as Gettysburg. Nearly 165,000 troops took part in the three-day clash;…
Big Apple Secessionists? — New York City’s Forgotten Pro-Confederates
“Some Copperheads even pushed for New York to itself withdraw from the Union, declare the city neutral and continue to trade with the Confederacy.” IN 1860, New York City was the commercial, cultural and industrial…
Key West — The Confederate City that Seceded from the Civil War
“Unlike the firebrand secessionists in other Confederate metropolises the citizens of the remote tropical island largely stayed out of the destructive four-year conflict.” KEY WEST, Florida may be the southern-most point in the United States,…
Stoned in the Ranks – Drug and alcohol abuse nothing new in military culture
“Substance abuse in the service is a centuries old phenomenon.” AN OUTRIGHT ban on drinking alcohol in combat seems to have had little impact on American soldiers’ consumption of booze, according to an article last week…
