Civil War-era cash helps SC make some moneyJEFFREY COLLINS
By Art Peterson
As this volume makes clear, the Civil War extended beyond the USA. One of the most important overseas battlegrounds took place on British and European money markets, where the cash-strapped Union and Confederate governments sought foreign capital. Statesmen in Washington and Richmond also hoped that...
Alvarez Kelly (William Holden) is a Mexican cattle rancher who is doing his best to stay out of the Civil War. He has no interest in which side may win or lose -- Kelly is far more concerned about his own survival, and about making money. He soon finds himself in the middle of the...
How much did the Civil War cost in today's money? Although the numbers are, to a small extent, estimates of Union and Confederate expenditures during the war, it is clear that over 6.5 billion dollars were spent by both sides combined. In modern times, this would be equivalent to about ...
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Supreme Court decisions on civil rights; granted women and disabled persons the right to recover money damages under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; and granted congressional employees the protection of Title VII. Among the high court's decisions that were overturned by the 1991 act...
Civil War was only about States’ Rights either. This is to say, the whole pretending like the Civil War had nothing to do with slavery is a modern neoconfederate talking point. And anyway, we don’t have to guess here. This is long before the era of the moderndog whistle, and thus...
Spanish Civil War tours with Nick Lloyd around Barcelona visiting some of the key sites in the Gothic Quarter and the Rambla between 1936 and 1939. The tour covers themes such as Anarchism, the International Brigades, George Orwell, the realities of daily life and bombing. I hope this is a...
American Civil War - Secession, Battles, Armies: Although the Union had many things working in its favor going into the war, the Confederacy was not predestined to defeat, as the Southern cause had its own advantages. Of the two rival commanders in chief