Kamis, 09 November 2017

A Shot in the Dark

Once the Rebels took aim at Fort Sumter, there was no turning back—for anyone. Secession was a bone of contention charged with enough lightning to kill half a generation if it hadn’t been run to ground sooner. The fact that the flashpoint burst in Charleston is no surprise; they’d been gnawing around that issue for …

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