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Oregon’s conservative eastern counties want to break away from the rest of their deep-blue state and become part of the solidly red state of Idaho. They want President Donald Trump to help make ...

The General Government never resorted to forced loans. The first act of South Carolina was to enforce an excessive one. Secession was to be an era in commercial freedom. All the world was to pay ...

"South Carolina will curse the day she fired on Sumter and not be astonished if she curses Kilpatrick and his cavalry.” Referring to our state as the “hellhole of secession,” Kilpatrick was ...

Gen. William T. Sherman‘s infamous “March to the Sea” is covered almost antiseptically in American history texts. Yet, ...

Trump asked a crowd in Fayetteville, North Carolina, less than 10 ... asked him to lead Union forces against the South as tensions rose around Southern secession. Lee declined, saying he could ...

Politics / Coming to terms with this reality will allow us to strengthen and maximize the full power and potential of our ...

The one thing we know to expect from President Trump's chaotic flurry of orders and directives: Unintended consequences.

Sherman was very clear in distinguishing between slavery, which he supported, and secession, which he vehemently opposed. Murray highlights Sherman’s opposition to the abolitionist cause: “As to ...

More hot air flew into the Los Angeles Basin Friday, threatening the ability of the United States of America’s second largest ...