ThomasWashington wrote: The Constitution. As president-elect; Lincoln not only could call an emergency-session of Congress to convene on the day of his inauguration: but in fact he ...   Fri Nov 20th, 2009 09:29 pm

ThomasWashington wrote: It's clearly implied in the power and duties of the president-elect--   The Constitution details the duties of the president-elect?     Perhaps the most pertinent ...   Fri Nov 20th, 2009 09:19 pm

ThomasWashington wrote: HankC wrote: In what way did 'Republicans refuse to respect Dred Scot'?   You seem to confuse the words 'respect' and 'like'.   A person ...   Fri Nov 20th, 2009 09:06 pm

ThomasWashington wrote: HankC wrote: In what way did 'Republicans refuse to respect Dred Scot'?   You seem to confuse the words 'respect' and 'like'.   A person ...   Fri Nov 20th, 2009 09:02 pm

'They passed laws aganst slavery in the territories,   blocked the admission of new states which wanted to be slave-states;   and they refused to do anything ...   Fri Nov 20th, 2009 08:58 pm

In what way did 'Republicans refuse to respect Dred Scot'?   You seem to confuse the words 'respect' and 'like'.   A person can disklike a law ...   Fri Nov 20th, 2009 04:47 pm

Where do you get the idea that Lincoln could call Congress into session before he was inaugurated? HankC ...   Fri Nov 20th, 2009 04:17 pm

Not sure where you read he 'refuses to submit to the Supreme Court'.   Rather he is saying that since the Court must be obeyed, the Republicans ...   Thu Nov 19th, 2009 09:18 pm

pamc153PA wrote: Meade, coming onto the field late on the first day, July 1, didn't have the luxury of rumination about who he was going ...   Wed Aug 5th, 2009 03:25 pm

I'm not sure it can be called a 'counterinsurgency'. 'Resistance' may be closer... HankC ...   Sun Jun 21st, 2009 03:24 am

Welcome! A number of members are headed to Perryville this week for an annual 'muster'. Should be beaucoup de discussion next week... HankC ...   Wed Jun 17th, 2009 02:51 pm

It matters not to whom Jones told his tale... but Gordon is also known as an embellisher... ...   Tue Jun 2nd, 2009 03:09 am

You describe a South that never really left colonial status: producing great quantities of raw materials depending on the mother country for both shipment and ...   Tue Jun 2nd, 2009 03:04 am

Until the war, and compared to New England, the South had little need for shipbuilding - at least for ocean-going vessels. New England, on the other ...   Mon Jun 1st, 2009 03:33 pm

Henry wrote: One quote from Lee, long after the fact while in Lexington, as recorded by Rev. J. William Jones. "If I had Stonewall Jackson at ...   Mon Jun 1st, 2009 03:10 pm

Colt1851 wrote: What you're saying is that it'd be okay with you if we tear up the land across from your home and build a shopping ...   Mon Jun 1st, 2009 03:07 pm

In 1860, the slave states population (including the 4,000,000 disfranchised slaves who counted as 2,400,000 for voting purposes) was no longer large enough to maintain ...   Tue May 26th, 2009 05:09 pm

so the 'threat' to the batlefield is pretty much non-existent... HankC ...   Wed May 20th, 2009 04:16 pm

and the threat to the battlefied is what, exactly? HankC ...   Mon May 18th, 2009 10:28 pm

I need simple… If not, I’d probably say something like : Fill a bowl with 31 marbles. Color 17 of them, say, red, and 14 of ...   Tue May 12th, 2009 06:55 pm

I say it was latitude...the closer to the equator the more likely a state is to secede... HankC ...   Tue May 12th, 2009 06:19 pm

Henry wrote: This is the first document of national scope issued by the Federal government after the fracas at Charleston. If you can read slavery ...   Fri May 1st, 2009 11:06 pm

Slaves had *no* more opportunity to exercise their "political loyalty" by 'simply walking away from camp or while on the march' than they did while on ...   Thu Apr 30th, 2009 05:47 pm

borderuffian wrote: susansweet3 wrote: Many African American heroes served with the south.   Can you cite some references that name these heros ? A few off the top ...   Mon Apr 27th, 2009 04:29 pm

slowtrot wrote: Ten years after Thomas' death Grant was spouting off to reporters about how slow Thomas was. Slowtrot Who were these reporters?   Here is an article ...   Mon Apr 20th, 2009 05:37 pm

Proud Pa wrote: Emancipation in the North can be largely attributed to the ARW. As New England was attacked by Tories for demanding freedom while ...   Mon Apr 20th, 2009 04:27 pm

19bama46 wrote: swampfox wrote: So I live in the south, and I am aware of its intolerant history in many aspects, but it is hard ...   Mon Apr 20th, 2009 04:17 pm

slowtrot wrote: Mr. Hank C and Ole It appears to me that you didn't go to the sites I listed therefore you have no idea ...   Tue Apr 7th, 2009 02:38 pm

Here's my idea of the plan. Am interested in your differences: 1) Hooker to hold Bridgeport, maintain the cracker line and the right of the US ...   Mon Apr 6th, 2009 07:52 pm

I think you're reading too much between the lines. "This started the conversation in which Grant expressed himself quite frankly as to the general trouble with ...   Mon Apr 6th, 2009 07:40 pm

5fish wrote: So what should we make of this? Grant opening expressing the idea of removing the man right(Meade) below him. It looks like Meade ...   Mon Apr 6th, 2009 03:45 pm

slowtrot wrote: After the battle of Chattanooga, Grant wrote that “the battle was fought as planned.”  As big a falsehood that was ever claimed!   What was ...   Mon Apr 6th, 2009 03:33 am

5fish wrote: PvtClewell We have discuss Grant's raise to become Commander of all the armies before. I will try to review it for you. After his victories ...   Mon Apr 6th, 2009 02:54 am

5fish wrote: After reading the Official reports about Shiloh where Gen. Grant writes glowing praise on Sherman and ignores Gen, Prentiss, and writes token praise ...   Fri Apr 3rd, 2009 02:28 pm

Beginning April 31st, in honor of Lincoln's birth-bi-centennial, we’ll be reading Carl Sandburg’s Lincoln sixology 'The Prairie Years' and 'The War Years'. The six books may ...   Wed Apr 1st, 2009 02:45 pm

borderuffian wrote: But they assign 'mythology' to only one side. That is biased. Myths usually fall (or stand) on their own. No need to be one or ...   Thu Mar 19th, 2009 04:50 pm

19bama46 wrote: Some players have changed, some are the same, some things never change ...or die... this thread is one of them y'all can pull each ...   Tue Mar 17th, 2009 08:27 pm

Albert Sailhorst wrote: Since the winners write the history, it is my opinion that the subject of black confederates has been "deleted", to some extent, ...   Tue Mar 17th, 2009 05:57 pm

1880 Census The census is very clear. The number of survivors at that time indicate there were at least 7,000 black Confederate soldiers.   This is an interesting ...   Tue Mar 17th, 2009 03:04 pm

Thomas never overused exclamation marks ;) HankC ...   Mon Mar 16th, 2009 04:43 pm