by admin | Apr 8, 2015 | History
Lynchburg VA April 8, 2015 150 years ago yesterday Ulysses Grant wrote Robert E Lee indicating that he thought maybe that recent events should have indicated that the Army of Northern Virginia was finished and that they should try to avoid further effusion of blood....
by admin | Apr 6, 2015 | History
So for the first time in over thirty years I’m playing major hooky in tax season. I’m hitting the road tomorrow to head to Appomattox. The famous conference between Grant and Lee took place on the ninth and the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia...
by admin | Feb 23, 2015 | History
The following is an open letter to Gretchen Rubin, author of “The Happiness Project: Or Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun.” (2009). She is a Yale Law School grad...
by admin | Jan 14, 2015 | History
My friend Tom Cahill has given me permission to republish his letters home from his voluntary exile in France. This is the ninth in the series and the final catch up. New letters from Tom will go up as received. Friends, Attached is another story that makes the best...
by admin | Jan 12, 2015 | History
My friend Tom Cahill has given me permission to republish his letters home from his voluntary exile in France. This is the eighth in the series. It will be daily until I have caught up and then as I receive them. It wasn’t enough for then Vice-President Lyndon...
by admin | Jan 9, 2015 | History
My friend Tom Cahill has given me permission to republish his letters home from his voluntary exile in France. This is the sixth in the series. It will be daily until I have caught up and then as I receive them. he murder victim named in a recent tabloid article...
