but the emergence of the aggressive General Robert E. Lee turned the subsequent Seven Days Battles into a humiliating Union defeat. Robert E. Lee was the Confederate General of this army., One of the three major armies of the Confederacy (also called the South, and referred to as Rebels or…
[The Congress shall have Power . . . ] To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions; . . . Self-evidently, the Militia—howsoever they may have been “regulated” as a matter of fact—were “regulated” as a matter of law…
Sheridan assumed command of the Fifth Military District (Texas and Louisiana) in March 1867. Civil War: Photographs, Manuscripts, and Imprints, DeGolyer Library, Central University Libraries, Southern Methodist University. The district was stipulated by the Reconstruction Acts during the Reconstruction period following the American Civil War. It included Texas, from Brazos…
In 2014, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant seized control of the city. The Iraqi government recaptured it in the Battle of Mosul three years later, during which the city sustained heavy damage. Mosul’s population grew rapidly around the turn of the millennium and by 2004, the city’s…
Ulysses S. Grant. General Ulysses S. Grant led the Union Army during the later years of the civil war, and later became the President of The United States. George Mcclellan. General George Mcclellan led the Army of the Potomac during the early years of the civil war and also ran…
The use of police powers must be compatible with human rights and equalities legislation. Police personnel are individually responsible for ensuring their use of their powers is lawful, proportionate and necessary. Police powers can be grouped into three categories: Powers to investigate crime. The Controlled Substances Act 1984 (SA) gives…
In 1939, Montgomery Ward in Chicago asked one of its admen to write a story for the department store’s own children’s book. Author Robert May considered other names before settling on Rudolph. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer first appeared in 1939 when Montgomery Ward department store asked one of its copywriters,…
January 3, 2021: 117th Congress officially begins, with Democrats controlling the House, and Republicans in charge of the Senate. Who controls the Senate 2021? THE Democrats are now officially in charge of the Senate – but only by the narrowest of margins. That means President Joe Biden has inherited a…
In 1937 the first professional ensemble of Russian folk dance was born under the leadership of Igor Moiseyev; it is still considered to be the best academic ensemble of folk dance in the world. Moiseyev laid the foundation of the classic dance for the improvisation and joy of the folklore.…
Ashoka is also credited to be the propagator of Buddhism – now the world’s fourth-largest religion. From time immemorial, our history books have been teaching us a ’lie’ about the great emperor. We have always learnt that Ashoka renounced war and embraced Buddhism after the Kalinga War. However, it may…