Differing view on history I think that perhaps John Pruett’s recall of history (“A commemoration of history,” Letters, Sept. 3) differs somewhat from mine. The 11 Southern states that seceded from the Union made slavery their cause, and their battle banner was the Confederate flag. The reason stated was the election of Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln’s […]
Matt Talbot: Repenting of our ‘original sin’
As measured in terms of both loss of life and physical destruction, the U.S. Civil War was by far the most devastating ever prosecuted by the United States. More Americans died in that war than died in World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan – combined. The total number of dead […]