Civil War
Palestinian and Knesset member Ahmad Tibi takes Republicans to task for using increasing inflamed rhetoric against his people. He takes on Eric Cantor in an interesting way: A man living.
To build on Rob's post below, Quiggin's argument is extremely lazy. It's one thing to blame Calhoun for contributing to the Civil War, but Clay and Webster? Rob took care.
I find the charge of presentism one of the most annoying things someone can say to a historian. Every historian is deeply affected by the times in which they live..
The Detroit Daily Advertiser, late 1860/early 1861 (I do not have an exact date): "Every horse thief, murderer, gambler, robber, and other rogue of high and low degree, fled to.
I recently visited the Torn in Two exhibit at the Boston Public Library. Using maps at the primary storyteller, this exhibit told the story of the Civil War. Running until.
Count me as one who is quite glad that William Tecumseh Sherman sufficiently recovered from his severe depression to burn Georgia and South Carolina.
Very interesting stuff, suggesting our standard estimates of death during the Civil War are significantly underestimated.
Why do I not find it the least bit surprising that the "Tigers" in the LSU Tigers is not named for the animal but for the Louisiana Tigers, a notoriously.