[...] historians have accepted without question the idea that Union soldiers rarely raped southern women, black or white, and have argued that sexual violence was rare during the Civil War. Most rapes, however, likely went unreported because many women, especially women of the planter elite, ...
As the role of government has expanded, so too has the role of the nation's attorney general. Moreover, though the attorney general's role continues to grow and evolve, the basic duties of the office and the structure of its supporting organization have been in place since the Civil War....
The billionaire has drawn attention in the past for his mannerisms on stage, including the infamous "dark MAGA jump" during a Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Musk also said onstage that Trump would bring with him “safe cities, secure borders, sensible spen...
In the new Southern government, Benjamin first served as attorney general, was appointed secretary of war in Nov., 1861 (he had been acting secretary since September), and from Mar., 1862, to the end of the Civil War was secretary of state. Though not popular with the public, he was ...
Iowa's Forgotten General: Matthew Mark Trumbull and the Civil War Matthew Mark Trumbull was a Londoner who immigrated at the age of twenty. Within ten years of his arrival in America, he had become a lawyer in Butler County, Iowa; two years later a member of the state legislature; and ...
Having aided Lebanon during its civil war, the last U.S. Marines withdrew from Beirut in 1984. As the Iran-Iraq War entered in its fourth year, U.S. aerial tanker planes assisted Iranian jets as they were attacked by Saudi Arabian fighter pilots. President Ronald Reagan expressed concern th...
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Marshal Henry Barrows of Southern California warned Attorney General Edward Bates in 1861 about the divided loyalties brought on by the Civil War.2 Those times—and all the other times—in all their liveliness, are faithfully recorded here. The Letters Received offer the earliest record of the ...
FILE - Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump, left, claps as Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk prepares to depart after speaking at a campaign event at the Butler Farm Show, on Oct. 5, 2024, in Butler, Pa. Photo by Alex Brandon /THE ASSOCIATED PRESS...