Tag: US Army

  • Book Review: Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South by Elizabeth Varon

    Elizabeth Varon’s biography of James Longstreet challenges misconceptions about the Confederate general, highlighting his strategic brilliance and advocacy for racial equality during Reconstruction.

  • ReBlog CW160: Memorial Day

    This is one of several articles in my brief history series about the US Civil War and its 160 anniversary. Originally published Memorial Day 2018. Updated May 2023. In 1970, Memorial Day became a federal holiday on the last Monday in May and now most people are not even sure what the holiday is about…