Enik Rising

Susan Schulten has a typically awesome piece up in the New York Times about the use of the telegraph during the Civil War. Being able to c...

I must admit I was not aware of General Order 11 , which General Ulysses Grant issued in 1862: The Jews, as a class violating every regula...

Susan Schulten has a great post up about the birth of West Virginia (a.k.a. Kanawha) during the Civil War. But one thing I remain a bit fuz...

From a Denver Post front page editorial , April 24, 1861: The full particulars of the taking of Fort Sumpter by the Charleston traitors, t...

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Susan Schulten has another fascinating post up at the NYT 's Civil War site. This one is about the interrelatedness of the slavery cris...