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lotta hate going around

“I hate victims who respect their executioners.” – Jean-Paul Sartre 150 years ago a Southern newspaper tried to reconcile rebel guerrilla attacks against civilians with notions of Southern chivalry. How to do it? Blame the Yankees- William Quantrill and his … Continue reading

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Jim Lane: Manservants and Reservations

From the Richmond Daily Dispatch February 13, 1862: What to do with our slaves. –Jim Lane made a speech last month at St. Louis, in which he said: “There are in the South 680,000 strong and loyal male slaves, who … Continue reading

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Frontier Guards in the East Room

A day after the Virginia convention passed a secession ordinance there were still lots of rumors about a Confederate attack on Washington, D.C. From The New-York Times April 19, 1861: WASHINGTON, Thursday, April 18. … REPORTED ATTACK ON WASHINGTON. There … Continue reading

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