Tag Archives: Declaration of Independence

Celebrate the day …

Posted on July 5, 2013 by SUMPTER

By whipping the Yankees An Independence Day editorial from Richmond – before the South knew that Vicksburg would surrender and Lee’s invasion was, at the least, stalled. I don’t know if the tone would have changed that much anyway. From … Continue reading →

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Cry, Our Beloved Country

Posted on July 4, 2012 by SUMPTER

unHappy Fourth of July! Yesterday the Republican-leaning New-York Times reflected on General McClellan’s retreat from near Richmond and got more fired up for the North to do whatever it took to put down the rebellion. In this editorial a Democrat-leaning … Continue reading →

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“without even one decenting Colony”

Posted on July 4, 2011 by SUMPTER

235 years ago today Delaware’s Caesar Rodney wrote to his younger bother, Thomas: Philadelphia, July the 4th, 1776 Sir: I arrived in Congress (tho detained by thunder and rain) time enough to give my voice in the matter of Independence. … Continue reading →

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