1861 and 2018
Why, people often ask, can't conservatives and liberals just get along? Why can't they be more civil and courteous, like they used to be? Why can't they reach compromises instead of seemingly...
View ArticleCrazy/Stupid Republican of the Day: Tommy Benton- 2018 Update
It was one year ago on this day that “Crazy/Stupid Republican of the Day” had its original profile to discuss Tommy Benton, a member of the Georgia House of Representatives who has held office since...
View ArticleSniper with PTSD Shooting Up Town - in 1967
“The Unseen Wound” from Season 8, Episode 20 of the TV series Bonanza has Leslie Nielsen playing Sheriff Paul Rowan. Ben Cartwright (Lorne Greene) stops in to visit him on his way back from a trip —...
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Photo Diary: Fort Fisher, NC
The Federal siege of Petersburg VA during the Civil War was a key event that led directly to Robert E Lee’s surrender at Appomattox. Less well-known, however, is the joint Union Army-Navy amphibious...
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Photo Diary: Appomattox Courthouse
After the disaster at Sailor’s Creek, General Ulysses S Grant knew that the Confederate Army of Virginia was beaten, and sent a message to General Robert E Lee asking if perhaps it was not time to...
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Photo Diary: Fredericksburg Battlefield
When Union General George McClellan failed to pursue the defeated Confederate forces after the Battle of Antietam, a frustrated President Lincoln fired him and appointed General Ambrose Burnside as...
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Photo Diary: Chancellorsville Battlefield
After the crushing defeat at Fredericksburg, the Union Army of the Potomac was in disarray, and the new commander, General “Fighting Joe” Hooker, needed several months to bring it back into combat...
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Photo Diary: Wilderness Battlefield
In March 1864, General Ulysses S Grant was appointed as Commander in Chief of the Union Army and immediately, in accordance with his aggressive spirit, planned a two-pronged grand strategy to beat the...
View ArticleMojo Friday - War or No War? That Is The Question. - Edition
The next question if the answer is yes is, with whom? Will we have a second civil war? There’s a contingent out there just salivating over that idea. Will it be with North Korea? Iran? Hell, with Trump...
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Photo Diary: Spotsylvania Battlefield
After the inconclusive slaughter at the Battle of the Wilderness, any of the previous Union Generals would have retreated to laboriously rebuild the army back to full strength, and most of the Federal...
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Photo Diary: Petersburg Battlefield
The heavy loss at Cold Harbor had tarnished Grant’s reputation, reduced Union morale, and given a much-needed boost of hope to the Confederates, but in the end its military effect was minimal. The...
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Photo Diary: Crater Battlefield
By the time Atlanta surrendered to the Federals, the armies of General Ulysses S Grant and Robert E Lee had been locked in a bloody stalemate at Petersburg for over a month. Grant knew that it was just...
View ArticleThe Memorial Day history forgot: The Martyrs of the Race Course
Republished and updated in honor of Memorial Day and the black union soldiers we should not forget —DOVA pencil drawing and a grainy photo in the Library of Congress are all that is left of the...
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Commemorating the Civil War
The Memorial Day holiday was an outgrowth of “Decoration Day”, a commemoration of the Civil War.Gettysburg BattlefieldThe Civil War is now over 150 years old. In that stretch of time, the ways in which...
View ArticleDemocratic voters united in desire to stop Trump
There are a number of people and factions who stand to gain from promoting various messages that attempt to divide and undermine the Democratic Party. These messages distract from the reality of a...
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Photo Diary: Cold Harbor Battlefield
In the spring of 1864, the Confederates had taken a considerable pounding during the fighting at the Wilderness and Spotsylvania, and were now, General Grant thought, on the verge of collapse. “Lee's...
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Photo Diary: Seven Pines Battlefield
By April 1862, a year after Bull Run, General George McClellan finally decided that his Army of the Potomac was once again ready for combat, and laid out a plan to advance towards Richmond, hoping to...
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Photo Diary: Malvern Hill Battlefield
Upon assuming command of the Army of Virginia after the Battle of Seven Pines, General Robert E Lee knew that he was in trouble. The huge Union army under General George McClelland was only days away...
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Photo Diary: White House of the Confederacy Museum
This is a privately-owned museum in Richmond, featuring the house that Confederate President Jefferson Davis lived in during the Civil War, and an attached museum. Like every other privately-owned...
View ArticlePresident Trump, Governor Hogan: If the Economy is so Wonderful, Please...
Introduction:This is a brief story of recent findings, of a wanderer around two Red State Region cities in Western Mountain Maryland, Frostburg and Cumberland, and their economic and social...
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