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The Least Irredeemable Confederate General Is Finally Getting His Day in the Sun
Slate via Yahoo News· 6 months agoIt’s hard to see Elizabeth Varon’s new biography of James Longstreet becoming a runaway bestseller,...
James Longstreet’s Lessons in Leadership
The Dispatch via Yahoo News· 2 days agoPhoto: Courtesy of Getty Images. Leaders fail in different ways. Some are leaders in name only. They have followers aplenty yet live by the mantra of the...
An Army base once named for Robert E. Lee now named for 2 history-making Black South Carolinians
The State via Yahoo News· 10 months agoAmid an overhaul of the names of military installations that once honored Confederate figures, a...
Historian reveals complex story behind America’s first Vietnam War memorial | DON NOBLE
The Tuscaloosa News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSteven Trout, who is now chairman of the English Department at the University of Alabama, was for...
Don’t vote for ‘frat boy Joe?’ That’s rich coming from Kappa Alpha Gov. McMaster
The State McClatchy via AOL· 2 years agoAs a young college lad in 1969, Henry McMaster did not win the “coveted Best Lover Award” in his...
Right-wing fake history is making a big comeback — but it never went away
Salon via Yahoo News· 7 months agoVintage Revolutionary War print of General George Washington praying at Valley Forge Getty...
Ulysses S. Grant: Overlooked, his efforts helped save the country | Opinion
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe United States is a country with a storied history replete with many notable political leaders,...
Shot during the Battle of Antietam, he remains RI's highest-ranking battle casualty
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 9 months agoOn Saturday, the Town of South Kingstown paid tribute to Civil War brigadier general and native son...
Mark Woods: Jessie Ball duPont Fund isn't shying away from complicated legacy
The Florida Times-Union via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoJessie Ball duPont was a generous woman. And she was a segregationist. Fifty years after her death,...
It took a century for Tacoma’s only Black naval Civil War veteran to get his headstone
Tacoma News Tribune via AOL· 2 years agoFor the past century, a row of military graves in Tacoma’s Oakwood Hill Cemetery has been...