So Lincoln and Grant may have had their mission-accomplished moment, but ultimately the Confederates won. The real Civil War — the one that stretched from 1861 to 1877 — was the first war the United States lost.
h/t to David Brin
http://weeklysift.com/2014/08/11/not-a-tea-party-a-confederate-party/
Brilliant article. 1/2 hour well spent.
ReplyDeleteMy 1st clue as to what we (even in India) have been taught 'Lincoln freed Slaves', was not true, was the Steve Berry novel 'The Lincoln Myth', early this year. :-)