When it comes to Robert E. Lee he was a beloved leader in his lifetime and was admire by both friend and foe in his death. It was said that Robert Edward Lee was a great American and the great nation in which gave birth to him would be unworthy of such a great son […]
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It was June of 1863, in Mississippi, and “…rain fell in torrents flooding the streams, the roads became impassable, and country bridges were washed away. Vicksburg was being besieged by Grant, and reinforcements were ordered… Chunkey River intervened and the bridge across the river was submerged…. The engineer was under military orders, and his long
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Richmond candidate Morrissey hopes to unify the city by adding to the Jefferson Davis Statue instead of tearing it down. Listening to his constituents, Morrissey feels destroying the statue would add more wounds, but adding Black Union and Confederate Soldiers completes more of the history of the Civil War. His opponents have their own ideas
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City officials are investigating the cost of changing the names of three streets. These streets are named after confederate generals. It has been found that this would be expensive for both the city and residents on these streets. It would be well over ten thousand to for the city to just replace all the street
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Where outright discriminatory clothing is not allowed in the workplace, potentially racially themed symbols are not often considered. In the case Shelton D. v. Brennan, a hat bearing the Gadsden flag came into question. Despite objections from Shelton, the man continued to wear the hat. The USPS stated it would remedy the issue, but had
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Confederate Raider John “Hanse” McNeill led his band of guerilla troops for two years in the name of the Confederate States of America. Fighting behind Union lines he and his men attacked Union logistics and did significant damage to important rail lines. On October 3rd 1864 he was wounded and would die five weeks later.
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Popular phrases come and popular phrases go but rarely do people actually know where they come from. Sometimes people simply through them around without even trying to acknowledge the origins, and instead misattribute them and create a distorted history. Here lie’s the true history of the popular battle cry “come and take it” that has
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