Carrie Berry was ten years old in 1864, when Union soldiers entered her hometown of Atlanta. She kept a diary, and in Part I of this story we learned of her experiences during weeks of artillery shelling. Union General Sherman now had an appalling plan for her city, which was about to unfold. Sept. 2. Fri. […]
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The burning of Atlanta by Union General Sherman is a notorious incident of the Civil War. We can read Sherman’s own words, in a telegram to Ulysses S. Grant: “…utter destruction of its roads, houses, and people will cripple their military resources. …I can make the march and make Georgia howl.” Sherman’s “March to the Sea” began
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The KKK does not own the confederate flag. People are controlled by their ignorance and the news is a huge source of misinformation and bias and especially ignorance. Because the media is ignorant, the people are too. The confederate flag has been under a lot of scrutiny because people think it stands for racism, but
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A city in Alabama called Jasper has been declared a sanctuary city for the Confederate flag. There are a lot of people that like the flag, and there are a lot of people that do not like it. Both sides are not willing to agree with the other. One man named Ray Corbin believe sit
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The North Bend school board had met for the first time since the Confederate flag and symbols of it were banned. One reason for the ban was due to two people fighting and one of them wearing a hat with the confederate flag on it. The district responded to that fight by banning the flag.
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The controversial confederate soldier statue in Montgomery County will soon be moved to a new location. It has been a source of conflict due to its ties to Southern Confederacy and slavery. Hence the reason for past vandalism. The date and cost of the move is unknown at this point. Controversial Confederate Soldier Statue To Be
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There is a lot of controversy surrounding Virginia because some people want to get rid of a Robert E. Lee statue. People on both sides are forcing the issue and there are tales of racism on one side of the coin. They want to get rid of it because the idea that it is racist.
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You wouldn’t expect to see the Confederate flag in California. It was not a Confederate state in the Civil War. This talks about the flag and that state, though, so you can read this to find out the correlation. It’s a flag which has created a lot of controversy of late and stories about it
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Robert E. Lee was a famous Civil War general and his statue is now in this Virginia city park. It won’t be for much longer, though, because it is going to be removed. There was a lot of debate about it but that’s what was ultimately decided. Not everyone agrees with this plan. Report: Virginia city
The Confederate flag has been the topic of a lot of controversy lately. Many want it removed from public view. This really bothers some who have an opinion that it’s a part of history and should be honored as such. This talks about that and how this particular flag is not being removed. In fact
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