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I’m a Harvard Reject

I’m a Harvard Reject

Growing up in the Boston suburbs, in the shadows of Harvard, there was only one school I wanted to go to: Radcliffe, which in those...

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The Last Major Confederate Surrender: Smith, Buckner, Shelby, and Price Debate Their Options and Submission in New Orleans, May 26, 1865

The Last Major Confederate Surrender: Smith, Buckner, Shelby, and Price Debate Their Options and Submission in New Orleans, May 26, 1865

Dating when the American Civil War ended is a point of debate. All that can be agreed upon is that the fall of Richmond and Petersburg, followed quickly by Robert E. Lee’s submission at Appomattox, created a chain reaction that assured collapse. Lee and his ability to hold Petersburg and Richmond was the hope the diehards clung to in 1865. Now it was gone. Aiding this was William Tecumseh...

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I’m a Harvard Reject

Growing up in the Boston suburbs, in the shadows of Harvard, there was only one school I wanted to go to: Radcliffe, which in those days was the name of the undergraduate school for women at Harvard. I had a great uncle who taught at Harvard Medical School, which is...

News From Around the South, 5/26 to 6/2

TENNESSEE: The flow of time: The Tennessee River in Chattanooga has seen more than 10,000 years of human history The 652-mile-long Tennessee River has seen some things in its time. From Knoxville through to Paducah, people have set up shop along the river's waters. In...

Punishing Freedom

All attempts by the government to evaluate the content of speech and deter or punish what the government and its benefactors hate or fear is un-American, unconstitutional and unlawful; and if not stopped, will reduce the American people to serfdom. During the past...

The Secret Treason of Abraham Lincoln’s Brother-in-Law

Mary Todd Lincoln's relatives more than once caused President Lincoln considerable embarrassment and led to unfounded suspicions that the First Lady herself might be in treasonous communication with the enemy. The most famous of the troublesome Todd relations was her...

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