I don't know if I can say *favorite,* but teaching the 1705 VA code on servants and slaves is always rewarding. It usually comes in week 3 when students are settling in. For many students, I get to see the "Oh, that's what slavery actually was" look on their faces.

And they had to rewrite the surrender because the first one Sherman drafted was too lenient.

For sure

No, they stacked arms at surrender, with the exception of officers' personal sidearms. Infantry, cavalry, artillery, all left them on the field. There were just plenty of arms floating around after for them to start Klan violence.

This

There is an urge among that crowd to treat the battles like a football game. They analyze it, replay key moments, but don't ask the important questions of why the men were there, nor do the grapple with the reality of the violence and death.

Cannot wait to read this

The same ones glorifying this type of violence against tyranny are the ones who most want the government to commit violence against their "enemies" too.

Filing those away in the archives next to McCarthy's list of communists in the State Department.

Reason 9186 for people to read and grapple with Gienapp's The Second Creation