Category · 4 postsCivil War

All posts in the automatic “Civil War” category, newest first.

• December 14, 2016

  Syria Following US Example?

  • Posted in
  • Civil War

  The news from Aleppo makes me wonder how different our own history might have been if Lincoln had just said to the six deep south…

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• September 9, 2016

  Abraham Lincoln, Gary Johnson, and Libertarianism

  • Posted in
  • Civil War
  • Government
  • Libertarianism
  • Politics

  I’m thinking of the libertarian political philosophy in connection with Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson’s failure to respond quickly and appropriately to a question about…

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• September 4, 2016

  Very Helpful US History Book

  • Posted in
  • Books
  • Civil War
  • History
  • Politics

  I am enjoying America’s Forgotten History, Part II, by Mark David Ledbetter. It is self published and available on Amazon Kindle for $1.50. Of course…

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• August 11, 2016

  Dillard L. Williams and the Confederate Flag (March 30, 2010)

  Originally published March 30, 2010 · republished 2016

  • Posted in
  • Civil War
  • Granddaddy's Stories
  • History

  Dillard L. Williams is one of my ancestors, my paternal grandfather’s great grandfather. He was born in 1821 and, according to Granddaddy, was murdered in 1864. If…

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