Topic: William Sherman

Feds find 32 tons of pot in border tunnel

0 . Tis the season for finding cross-border drug tunnels.. . The latest secret passage - equipped with a hydraulic lift, electric rail carts and a ...

Battle of Kennesaw Mountain

Kennesaw Mountain, Battle of June 27, 1864, a battle of the American Civil War during the approach of General William T. Sherman to Atlanta...
A cruel home health care worker was convicted Wednesday of brutalizing an 86-year-old Alzheimer's sufferer.. . The aide, Elizabeth Peters, 53...
This forced march perhaps saved the Confederacy from certain defeat at the battle of Antietam, had he not arrived and forced back a Union assault then the Confederate position may have faltered and Lee surely defeated. One by one Lee lost his ...
* 1861 * The war began on April 14, 1861 with the Confederate victory at Fort Sumter located in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina. The next day, April 15, President Abraham Lincoln called for volunteers to serve a three-month term in the United ...

Civil War battles: Ezra Church

In July 1864, the country stood at a crossroad in the American Civil War. General Hood, commanding the Confederate Army of Tennessee, had struck General Sherman's army at Peachtree Creek to the north and Bald Hill to the east. General Lee ...
The Battle of Nashville is one of the least known of the Civil War, coming on the heels of the Battle of Atlanta and lacking the well-known leaders and horrific casualties of battles like Shiloh and Gettysburg. But the Battle of Nashville ...
While neither Grant nor Sherman appear to be deeply religious, certain aspects of their lives appear to be worth studying,. On another matter, Robert E. Lee did not totally outmaneuver Mc McClellan in the Peninsula campaign. Except for Malvern Hill, Mc McClellan ...

Reflections: Memorial Day

"War is Hell". My father for instance, a Navy man, often talked about the camaraderie he had with his fellow sailors, the theatre in which he served (South Pacific), the ships on which he was deployed, and his deep affection for the ...
And justice for all - including deaf New Yorkers.. . The Brooklyn district attorney's office has set up an innovative new website to help the deaf...