A Policy of Northern Oppression
As the fear of spies and traitors spread through the North, political arrests became commonplace, even in states as far north as Maine.
As the fear of spies and traitors spread through the North, political arrests became commonplace, even in states as far north as Maine.
Included in John C. Frémont’s declaration of Martial Law is the first emancipation proclamation of the war.
Confederate and Union forces fight on Bloody Hill, and the Battle of Wilson’s Creek comes to an end.
The abandonment of liberal reason to warlike frenzy was felt deeply by the poets of the First World War.
Chris Calton recounts one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War.
Union forces pursue the Missouri secessionists to the southwest corner of the state.
The Second Amendment is much more than a guarantee of private gun ownership. It was designed to decentralize and weaken the military establishment in the United States.
Why do seemingly endless military conflicts persist, despite lacking any constituency beyond the DC beltway?
Nathaniel Lyon declares war on the state of Missouri, and wages the first battle in the state.
The US deep state’s hatred of the Iranian people goes back a long way, at least as far back as 1953.