The Republicans were worried as 1870 approached. The Three Fifths Compromise of the Constitution limited how many Representatives the Southern States received from their slave population, but they had still managed to greatly influence national politics in the half century[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The election of 1868 was effectively a war without name. Former Confederate leaders and officers could not vote, while the freed slaves were all but guaranteed to vote in overwhelming numbers for Union General Grant who had helped free them.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We invaded Iwo Jima seventy-five years ago in our drive to advance to the Japanese Home Islanders during World War II. Over 500 ships and 110,000 men would assault the tiny island. We lost one ship, with two others damaged,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The administration Democrat President Johnson inherited after Republican President Lincoln’s assassination was aggressive in the form of Reconstruction it wanted to pursue. The Republicans wanted to erase Slavery and replace it with a true Free Society forever divorced from the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Republicans ran the table in the post-victory election of 1866. They achieved two thirds majorities in both Houses, enough to override any vetoes from President Johnson, and quickly suspended the civilian governments in the Southern States. They enacted a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The assassination of President Abraham Lincoln changed everything for Reconstruction in the Southern States. He had run the 1864 election with a unity government made up of Republicans and Northern Democrats in an attempt to make the Civil War less[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Civil War left the Southern States in ruins. Forty percent of their livestock, farming equipment, and mechanized industries were wiped out. Their railroads had been torn up to destroy their ability to resupply their troops. And twenty five percent[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Texas government called on their armies to stand fast and hold the line after General Lee surrendered. They maintained that the revolutionary cause was not yet lost, and their generals continued to exhort the men to train and protect[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There were very few major battles on Texas soil during the Civil War. The Union blockaded their ports, and took over the port cities surrounding them when possible. Most of the largest battles that occurred were related to Texas defending[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I spent this Saturday at one of the funner places to go on or off the planet. The Fallout Shelter Arcade pods were built to play BattleTech in a full immersion environment. Close the pod around yourself and you have[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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