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First reported 18 hours ago - Updated 18 hours ago - 1 reports

Columbia’s “it girl” in the 1860’s as notorious as today’s celebrities

COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) - A century and a half before social media and reality television made celebrities out of nobodies, Columbia had its own "it girl" whose notoriety could make the Kardashians, Hiltons and Real Housewives jealous. But the difficulty is ... [Published WIS-TV - 18 hours ago]

Entities: Celebrity, Union Army, U.S. Cavalry, Inc., William Tecumseh Sherman

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Between prayer, taps Resaca battle replays (with videos)

Events surrounding the Battle of Resaca, Ga., re-enactment began Saturday not with cannon fire but with a prayer.Less than half a mile south of the site of the battle, in a manmade clearing inside a grove of poplar, oak and dogwood trees, men and women ... [Published Individual.com - May 19 2013]

Entities: Battle of Resaca, Battle of Chickamauga, William Tecumseh Sherman, James Lay, Confederate States Army

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Historian hopes to clear Union colonel's name in observance of Darien's burning

Robert Gould Shaw, the Union Army colonel maligned for burning the coastal town of Darien during the Civil War, was following orders and doesn’t deserve the reputation he has borne for a century and a half.That’s one wrong McIntosh County historian Buddy ... [Published Florida Times-Union - May 19 2013]

Entities: Sarah Blake, Jason Baker, Episcopal, Fort Wagner, Robert Gould Shaw

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Vladimir Putin

James P. Farwell: The Hard Realities of Syria

Politics is often thought of as a game of chess where pieces can be moved around to execute winning strategies. Applying that logic to the Syrian conflict is dangerous and misleading. Intervening in complex emergencies is at best a perilous exercise. ... [Published Huffington Post - May 15 2013]

Entities: Syria, Alawite, Vladimir Putin, Rafal Rohozinski

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

The horror of the Syrian video is the horror of war | Jonathan Jones

Khaled al-Hamad's outrageous act is not a reason to change our minds about Syria's rebels. As Goya showed, war is vile A man has been cut into pieces by his enemies. His severed head now perches on a tree branch. Beside it hangs his headless, armless ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 15 2013]

Entities: Francisco de Goya, Syria, Extreme Violence, William Tecumseh Sherman, Jonathan Jones

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

University of Akron

Historian studies complex role of Native Americans

Walter Hixon speaks as the 2013 Gary Hess Lecturer. (Photo: Enoch Wu/Sentinel-Tribune) As historians consider the history of diplomacy in the United States, a large piece of the puzzle seems to be missing.That piece: the place of the Native American in ... [Published Sentinel Tribune - May 13 2013]

Entities: William Tecumseh Sherman, University of Akron, Bowling Green State University

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

How To Lose A War | Hoover Institution

There are many reasons why nations lose wars. Sometimes small states are simply overwhelmed by large empires, such as Polands fall to Nazi Germany in September 1939 or the invasion of Finland by the Soviet Union in 1939. These outcomes are almost always ... [Published Newsvine - May 10 2013]

Entities: Second Punic War, Matthew Ridgway, Philip Sheridan

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 1 reports

Remembering a historic battle

At this time of the year a century and a half ago, word began to spread that Stonewall Jackson was dying. After having spearheaded a brilliant flank attack against numerous Union forces at Chancellorsville in what was then called Northern Virginia, Jackson ... [Published Rutland Herald - May 08 2013]

Entities: Stonewall Jackson, T. J. Jackson (wide receiver), William Tecumseh Sherman

First reported May 05 2013 - Updated May 05 2013 - 1 reports

Stilesboro Improvement Club says 'Thank You'

Members of the Stilesboro Improvement Club hosted the annual Stilesboro Academy May Picnic to thank the community for helping keep the historic building alive. The picnic has taken place on the first Saturday of May at the academy for more than 150 y ... [Published Cartersville Daily Tribune News - May 05 2013]

Entities: William Tecumseh Sherman, Major General, Civil War, Fundraising

First reported May 05 2013 - Updated May 05 2013 - 1 reports

A year of consequence

The Civil War has been a subject of deep fascination for Americans almost from the moment it ended.The era, the war, Abraham Lincoln, military leadership, individual battles and all manner of other topics have been the focus of academic and popular scholarship ... [Published Journal-Gazette - May 05 2013]

Entities: Abraham Lincoln, Civil War, Harold Holzer

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 1 reports

Charita Goshay: ‘Worse’ jobs should be so interesting

According to a recent CareerCast.com survey, newspaper journalists are the mopes with the worst jobs in America. Well, other than the mopes who conduct surveys.The survey claims that being a reporter is worse than being an oil rigger. Or a maid. Or a ... [Published Canton Repository - May 01 2013]

Entities: Actuary, William Tecumseh Sherman, Septic Tank, Dipper, Pest Control

First reported Apr 23 2013 - Updated Apr 23 2013 - 1 reports

Gen. William Sherman's Total War Produced Victory

Union Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman and his boss, Ulysses S. Grant, were ripped for their mixed record early in the Civil War. Sherman was crazy, said critics, and Grant was a drunk. Crazy like a fox. Sherman's innovative tactics, such as taking or destroying ... [Published Investors Business Daily - Apr 23 2013]

Entities: William Tecumseh Sherman, Ulysses S Grant, Civil War

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Historian hopes to clear Union colonel's name i... [Published Florida Times-Union - May 19 2013]
Restaurateur jazzes up Columbia’s food scene [Published South Carolina State - May 19 2013]
Glimpse into Civil War era's leaders [Published Philadelphia Daily News - May 17 2013]
Author puts the Southern back into an Old West ... [Published Valdosta Daily Times - May 16 2013]
This Week in Civil War History: May 15 – 21, 1863 [Published TriCities.com - May 15 2013]
James P. Farwell: The Hard Realities of Syria [Published Huffington Post - May 15 2013]
The Music Teacher's Raid [Published New York Times - May 15 2013]
The horror of the Syrian video is the horror of... [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 15 2013]
The Wizard of the Saddle Rides Again [Published Vice Magazine US - May 15 2013]
No hoopla for Battle of Jackson 150th anniversary [Published South Carolina Enquirer-Herald - May 13 2013]
Historian studies complex role of Native Americans [Published Sentinel Tribune - May 13 2013]
Anti-War Message of Mother’s Day [Published Consortium News - May 13 2013]
How To Lose A War \| Hoover Institution [Published Newsvine - May 10 2013]
Counts and percent of same-sex couples by NEPA ... [Published biz570.com - May 09 2013]
This Week in Civil War History: May 8 – 14, 1863 [Published TriCities.com - May 08 2013]
Remembering a historic battle [Published Rutland Herald - May 08 2013]
Not your average winemakers [Published Sonoma Index-Tribune - May 07 2013]
Kindness Amid the Slaughter [Published New York Times - May 06 2013]
City Hall wasnt burned down! [Published Clarion-Ledger - May 06 2013]
Mark Sanford, Boeing jobs and Conservative Apathy [Published Redstate - May 05 2013]
Stilesboro Improvement Club says 'Thank You' [Published Cartersville Daily Tribune News - May 05 2013]
A year of consequence [Published Journal-Gazette - May 05 2013]
Cinco de Mayo: A tale of two countries [Published Dalles Chronicle - May 05 2013]
Charita Goshay: ‘Worse’ jobs should be so inter... [Published Canton Repository - May 01 2013]
America's Most Reconsidered General [Published New York Times - May 01 2013]
"Cain at Gettysburg" wins the W.Y. Boyd Literar... [Published ALA - Apr 30 2013]
Historic renovation: Civil War surgeon's home o... [Published Chattanooga Times Free Press - Apr 29 2013]

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Senate Madness - First Round: Eight vs. Nine seeds [Published First Read - Mar 25 2013] /div> 19th Century Era: Seward The Abolitionist vs. The Sherminator 8. William Seward, Whig/R - New York, 1801-1872 William Seward – perhaps best known for being Abraham Lincoln’s secretary of state (one of the “Team of Rivals”) and purchasing ...
Senator Madness - First Round: Eight vs. Nine s... [Published First Read - Mar 25 2013] /div> 19th Century Era: Seward The Abolitionist vs. The Sherminator 8. William Seward, Whig/R - New York, 1801-1872 William Seward – perhaps best known for being Abraham Lincoln’s secretary of state (one of the “Team of Rivals”) and purchasing ...
Cornucopia of Asian Food Links [Published Lawyers, Guns & Money - Feb 26 2013] A few interesting pieces on Asian food and history. 1. This is an interesting discussion of the origins of pad thai , a dish that is fairly minor within Thai cooking but is the singular dish of Thai food overseas. It’s connections are closely related ...
Celebrating Thomas Hamer [Published Power Line - Feb 15 2013] (Paul Mirengoff) From time to time, John and I celebrate Ulysses S. Grant — his great generalship and solid presidency (my characterizations). But if we celebrate Grant, we should also celebrate Thomas Hamer. For without Hamer, there would have ...
War is hell: A defense of the Obama Administrat... [Published Daily Kos - Feb 10 2013] Part 1 of 2. Anwar Al-Awlaki, US citizen and accused Al Qaida operativekilled by US drone attack in Yemen on September 30, 2011You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will. War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it [...] -William Tecumseh ...