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Discussion of the U.S. Civil War (1861-1865).
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IF ONLY...
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The Lost Cause is the name commonly given to an American literary and
intellectual movement that sought to reconcile the traditional white
society of the U.S. South to the defeat of the Confederate States of
America in the American Civil War of 1861–1865.[1] Those who
contributed to the movement tended to portray the Confederacy's cause... Mehr »
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JOHN BROWN IS VICTORIOUS!
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The Battle of Appomattox Court House, fought on the morning of April
9, 1865, was the final engagement of Confederate States Army General
Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia before it surrendered to the
Union Army under Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, and one of the last
battles of the American Civil War. Lee, having abandoned the... Mehr »
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BASEBALL
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America’s Pastime, Behind Bars
By GEORGE KIRSCH
Civil War prisons were terrible places: captured solders suffered and
died by the thousands from malnutrition, disease and exposure to the
elements. But in several Northern and Southern prisons, a few
fortunate inmates were able to enjoy, for a moment, a lighter side of... Mehr »
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De Senectute and a CSA general
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Today from Amazon I received the Loeb Classical Library volume
containing Cicero's essay "De Senectute" (On Old Age). William
Armistead Falconer began the translation while he sight-translated the
piece to his uncle, Gen. H. B. Armistead, C.S.A., the latter ill and
confined to his room.
You never know where those acw connections will turn up.... Mehr »
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Jim Hodges, 6StringStu, Six String Stu, James Stuart Hodges 1535
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2nd Felony arrest Homicide........... Mehr »
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People's History of the Civil War
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I just finished a really good book on the Civil War, entitled
"People's history of the Civil War". By David Williams 2005.
It does a really good job of telling just how badly the working class
soldiers and citizens were treated by their richer neighbors. I
don't suppose any war has ever been good for poor people. But if... Mehr »
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