Was the Civil War a Terrible Mistake?

Burning of Chambersburg (U.S. National Park Service)

McCausland and the burning of Chambersburg, Pa., 1864 during the Civil War. Part of a series of articles titled Great Alarm at the Capital.

Day One at Chancellorsville—Hooker's Big Mistake - HistoryNet

... Civil War magazine. Share This ... HistoryNet Retrieved from https://www.historynet.com/day-one-at-chancellorsville-hookers-big-mistake/.

How President Buchanan Deepened Divisions Over Slavery Before ...

Yet for many people—most of all those who were enslaved—abolishing slavery was the most pressing issue, and of great practical importance.

Cameron says Russian military action in Syria a 'terrible mistake ...

... terrible mistake". Russia has begun striking targets in Syria - a dramatic escalation of foreign involvement in the civil war which has been criticized by ...

“We believe in making treason odious:” U.S. Veterans of the Civil ...

... war for the memory of the Civil War. And it was one ... It committed a grave mistake when it permitted the return of the Confederate flags.

Marcus Aurelius: the Civil War in the East (Children's Version)

But he'd made a terrible mistake. Marcus had indeed been very ill ... huge civil war. Marcus was so far away it would have taken ...

Myths & Misunderstandings | The Confederate Flag

Battle of Kennesaw Mountain - New Georgia Encyclopedia

History & Archaeology Civil War & Reconstruction, 1861-1877 Civil War & Reconstruction Events ... Although the counterattack did not inflict serious casualties, ...

The danger of forgetting that the Civil War was caused by slavery

I was wrong. Larry Edelman · Trump's economy was good for New England before. Now there are big concerns. Dan McGowan · Here are the winners ...

Teaching Hard History - Southern Poverty Law Center

No serious historian argues that Nat Turner or the Underground Railroad led to the Civil War. Perhaps even more confusing is the high school ...

Was Ending the Draft a Grave Mistake? - Truthdig

Was Ending the Draft a Grave Mistake? Switching from all ... war in Vietnam, newly elected President Nixon faced a serious problem.

A Terrible Mistake: The Murder of Frank Olson and the CIA's Secret ...

The terrible mistake refers to one CIA agent who was given LSD and supposedly freaked out. Actually, as the book reveals, Frank Olson was murdered. Reading this ...

America's Big Military Mistake: Cutting Land Forces Too Quickly

In recent years, ground warfare has again gotten a bad name in the United States. This is understandable. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan ...

What Was Wrong with Dred Scott, What's Right About Brown

FONER, POLITICS AND IDEOLOGY IN THE AGE OF THE CIVIL WAR 40-42 (1980); ROSE, supra note 9, at 26-27. 1985]. Page 9. WASHINGTON AND LEE LA W REVIEW before 1857, ...

A Civil War Myth That Hurts Us All - History News Network

... Civil War was a dispute over federal authority -- not slavery -- and you've got a serious national memory hole." I'm no expert on the Civil War ...

George Orwell's Spanish civil war memoir is a classic, but is it bad ...

George Orwell's Spanish civil war memoir is a classic, but is it bad history? ... Orwell himself acknowledged “my partisanship, my mistakes ...

What Donald Trump and Nikki Haley got wrong about the Civil War

He added that the Confederacy's “corner-stone rests upon the great truth that the (N)egro is not equal to the white man; that slavery ...

The Civil War: Both Sides Were Wrong | Mises Institute

Finally, in the matter of statues and the honoring and glorification of Union leaders, it's important to keep in mind the grave war crimes ...

White Supremacy, Terrorism, and the Failure of Reconstruction in ...

Meade and Major General Hancock opposed interfering with civil governments. As wars against Native Americans on the Great Plains grew more ...

Constitution's biggest flaw? Protecting slavery - Berkeley News

The 14th Amendment, adopted in 1868, after the Civil War, added the assurance of equal protection. ... But a great deal of damage can be done ...