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How do I connect the title of the post… Henry A. Kissinger was sworn in on September 22, 1973, as the 56th Secretary of State, and since that moment was one of those politicians whom people have loved to hate. … Continue reading →

I guess I am implying that some see him as not a “Disaster” and I think that to be the case, he has defenders does he not? I am in the middle of a course on American Civil War Command … Continue reading →

Oliver Stone is no stranger to conspiracy theories and to gross historical inaccuracies (see JFK for starters, Oswald was the lone shooter), and it looks like he is taking on yet more “misunderstood” events and people (thank God for Oilver … Continue reading →

A Vicksburg newspaper reporter once referred to Van Dorn as “the terror of ugly husbands.” (Van Dorn pictured left) The apparently handsome Earl Van Dorn was born near Port Gibson, Mississippi, on September 17, 1820. He graduated from West Point … Continue reading →

Elvis would have been 75 today, happy birthday to the King of Rock and Roll! My mother was a huge Elvis fan and I have to admit I own a couple of his songs on my iPod. Anyway, to another … Continue reading →

This week was the beginning of our second semester here in Colorado, and in my A.P. United States history class we changed from a block (95 min) class last semester to a skinny (45 min) class. We are up to … Continue reading →

I was called out in an email by a reader (this is not an attack as I respect this reader and hence why I am not revealing their identity) who asked me about my belief in American Exceptionalism and my … Continue reading →

I am week four into my graduate class “Civil War Command and Leadership” at American Public University. It is an online program and I am not embarrassed to say it was my only choice living in an isolated region of … Continue reading →

There have been a few “Best of …” lists, I would never be so presumptions to think that anyone would be on the edge of their seat for my Best of … list. However, in honor or Rene’s new website, … Continue reading →

By: Michael A Dreese. McFarland & Co, Jefferson N.C. & London, pp 190. A decade ago historian Michael A Dreese resurrected one of the more unheralded fighting units of the American Civil War. McFarland has recently published a new paperback … Continue reading →