http://www.historynet.com/a-white-mans-war.htm From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Mon, 20 May 2013 07:22:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.historynet.com/a-white-mans-war.htm#comment-810127 Frederick Douglass: Zombie Killer or Why Let Lincoln Have all the Fun? | Phenderson Djèlí Clark Sun, 24 Jun 2012 14:47:43 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13681653#comment-810127 [...] for many the Civil War had to be seen (in the words of General William T. Sherman) as ”a white-man’s-war” to preserve the Union–lest it cause a reluctant (and at times [...] [...] for many the Civil War had to be seen (in the words of General William T. Sherman) as "a white-man's-war" to preserve the Union–lest it cause a reluctant (and at times [...]

]]> http://www.historynet.com/a-white-mans-war.htm#comment-302707 Sherman’s Summer Of Insubordination » Armchair General Tue, 29 Jun 2010 20:00:03 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13681653#comment-302707 [...] Henry W. Halleck, that the legislation “is the height of folly.” (See the in-depth article by Michael Fellman on this subject at Weider History Group’s historynet.com) Lincoln learned [...] [...] Henry W. Halleck, that the legislation "is the height of folly." (See the in-depth article by Michael Fellman on this subject at Weider History Group's historynet.com) Lincoln learned [...]

]]> http://www.historynet.com/a-white-mans-war.htm#comment-148708 The Week in Review | Everything Is History Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:03:40 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13681653#comment-148708 [...] A White Man’s War – Gen. William T. Sherman, famous for leading the march to the sea and burning everything from Atlanta to Savannah, actually committed one of the greatest acts of insubordination in U.S. military history. He refused Lincoln’s presidential order to recruit African-Americans, and was very racist about it, too. Do you still think the Civil War was fought over slavery? [...] [...] A White Man's War – Gen. William T. Sherman, famous for leading the march to the sea and burning everything from Atlanta to Savannah, actually committed one of the greatest acts of insubordination in U.S. military history. He refused Lincoln's presidential order to recruit African-Americans, and was very racist about it, too. Do you still think the Civil War was fought over slavery? [...]

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