Topic: Civil War

A Deceitful Narrative Regarding the U.S. Civil War
A Deceitful Narrative Regarding the U.S. Civil War November 13, 2023 Hugh Myers Enough. We can continue to confront and declaim the evils of racism, we can continue to improve on delivering the blessings of liberty, without distorting the past to stoke civil disorder.  
Understanding Monuments and Their Meanings
Understanding Monuments and Their Meanings December 4, 2022 Ernest Everett Blevins The shallowness of modern thought precludes the ability for many modern viewers to appreciate the depth of Civil War artistic heritage.
Remembering William T. Sherman on his 200th birthday
Remembering William T. Sherman on his 200th birthday February 8, 2020 Monica Showalter At a time when Confederate monuments are being pulled down, it would make sense to think the military geniuses who defeated real live Confederates might in a converse way be honored, right? Not in the wokester idiocy age...
Interest in Civil War battlefields waning
Interest in Civil War battlefields waning June 13, 2019 Eric Utter Over 600,000 Americans died to permanently abolish slavery and save the Union, more than perished in World Wars I and II combined. But that was a long time ago. We can't be bothered.
Fox’s <em>Legends & Lies: The Civil War</em> concludes tonight
Fox’s Legends & Lies: The Civil War concludes tonight June 10, 2018 Peter Barry Chowka The final episode promises to address the still controversial topic of the true cause of the conflict
A confederacy of leftists
A confederacy of leftists April 5, 2017 Alan Wellikoff Recent actions by the left-occupied Democratic Party have a lot in common with the prelude to the activities seen in the run-up to the U.S. Civil War.
April Return to Appomattox
April Return to Appomattox April 25, 2015 Dennis Halpin Given the historic significance of the war, over 700,000 dead, by far the largest conflagration in American history, one would think that its conclusion would have drawn the attention of Americans in this sesquicentennial year. 
The Quiet Sesquicentennial of the War between the States
The Quiet Sesquicentennial of the War between the States May 20, 2014 James Longstreet Today there is hardly a whisper of the anniversary of the War between the States.  Why?
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain: Professor, Soldier, Christian Man of Honor
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain: Professor, Soldier, Christian Man of Honor February 23, 2014 Alan Roebuck Here is an all-too-brief homage to a great American -- if for no other reason than to observe how greatness is always possible.
What Adopting a Child from Africa Taught Me about America
What Adopting a Child from Africa Taught Me about America February 7, 2014 Jonathan Wakefield About a year and a half ago, my wife and I flew to Ethiopia and returned to America with our newly adopted son, Amare -- the only black member of our now family of five.
Erasing Southern History: The Bonfire of the Portraits
Erasing Southern History: The Bonfire of the Portraits December 20, 2013 Fay Voshell Revisionists are mulling over a decision to remove the portraits of Generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson from the walls of the U.S. Army War College.
Strategic Blindness in Syria
Strategic Blindness in Syria September 16, 2013 G. Murphy Donovan Religious war is now a global phenomenon, but the Pentagon doesn't have any official guidance for fighting it beyond political correctness.
150 Years Ago: Gettysburg, Vicksburg, and Slavery's Undoing
150 Years Ago: Gettysburg, Vicksburg, and Slavery's Undoing July 4, 2013 J. Robert Smith In July 1863, after a string of bloody defeats, the cause of freedom at last began to prevail. There's a lot we can learn from that narrative.
Lincoln as Bleeding Heart Peacenik?
Lincoln as Bleeding Heart Peacenik? March 9, 2013 Steven Plaut Contrary to current claims, Lincoln's actions show that he was no leftist of any sort.