Zelma Wyche – Fighter for Voting Rights
Zelma Wyche was a black Army veteran of World War II. He joined the military in 1943. Four years later, back at home, he had to fight for the right to vote. That war lasted over 15 years. Like many more »
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Stevenson’s Expedition to Monroe – Part 2
Months after Brig. Gen. John D. Stevenson took a division on a short but grueling expedition into Monroe, Louisiana, Maj. John G. Davis of the 1st Mississippi Heavy Artillery, African Descent (the same regiment known as the 9th Louisiana Infantry, more »
Retaliation!
On July 30, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln announced his policy of “retaliation.” This word had a very specific meaning when wielded by politicians, editors, and generals, on both sides. In its most basic terms, it meant a war without mercy, more »
Emancipation – It Changed Everything (or Did It?)
150 years ago, the entire reason for the Civil War changed. Although the majority of men in the Northern ranks enlisted to restore the Union, on Jan. 1, 1863, President Lincoln’s final Emancipation Proclamation declared that all persons held in more »
Confederate Senator Responds to Lincoln’s Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation
Confederate Congressmen responded swiftly to Lincoln’s Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, condemning it as a heinous and offensive act, deliberately constructed to promote a bloody and horrific slave uprising. Senator Thomas Jenkins Semmes of Louisiana saw horrors ahead. Lincoln’s proclamation “is a more »