By Dick Crews
The Cleveland Civil War Roundtable
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Lincoln Memorial University must be in Illinois or Washington, D.C. or Kentucky, right? No, no, and no, Lincoln Memorial University is in one of the strongest of Confederate states, Tennessee.
Continue reading “Where is Lincoln Memorial University? What Was One of Lincoln’s Biggest Tactical Errors of the Civil War? What’s the Connection Between The Two?”By Dick Crews
The Cleveland Civil War Roundtable
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Civil War prison Andersonville was only in operation for fourteen months, but is considered the most notorious United States prison. During this short period of just over a year of operation, 45,000 Union soldiers would suffer miserably and 13,000 would die.
Continue reading “Andersonville’s “Clerk of the Dead””By Dick Crews
The Cleveland Civil War Roundtable
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Jefferson Davis would have described himself as a loyal American. His heroes were George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, James Madison, and Zachary Taylor. All these American heroes were Presidents, Southerners, and slave owners.
Continue reading “Was Jefferson Davis the Reason the Confederacy Lost the War?”By Dick Crews
The Cleveland Civil War Roundtable
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Editor’s note: This article was originally published in The Charger in the fall of 2000.
William G. Brownlow, Civil War editor and preacher was called by everyone “Parson Brownlow.” He was the editor/owner of the Knoxville, Tennessee newspaper, The Knoxville Whig and a circuit rider for the Methodist Church. He is best known as a southerner who strongly opposed session from the United States and was scheduled to hang for his attitude.
Continue reading “The Civil War’s #1 Pain in the Butt: The Life of William G. “Parson” Brownlow”By Dick Crews
The Cleveland Civil War Roundtable
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Editor’s note: This article was originally published in The Charger in the fall of 2000.
The most well-known person from the Civil War to be hanged for war crimes was Henry Wirz. He was the commandant of the Andersonville Confederate prison.
Continue reading “John C. Breckinridge – He Should Have Been Hanged”By Dick Crews
The Cleveland Civil War Roundtable
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Editor’s note: This article was originally published in The Charger in the winter of 2001.
Prior to the Civil War, and indeed during the war, people continually talked about the Abolitionists. Southerners of course hated them and made it clear if they caught one he would be hanged. It is less well known that a majority of people in the North did not like them either.
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