In step to music of the Union

Polly Carder SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES

During the Civil War, there were people in the North and South who opposed their governments' war policies and expressed their views through song.

BOOK REVIEW: Bundy rises into a 'disaster' in Vietnam
5 AM John M. Taylor
Pity our recent secretaries of state. While they fly around the world for photo-ops, real policy is being made by the president, most often in consultation with his national security adviser. Continue reading »
BOOK REVIEW: Blacks labored in Andersonville
5 AM Bob O'Connor SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES
One of the untold stories of the American Civil War is the incarceration of 102 black soldiers among the more than 45,000 Union prisoners who were held at the infamous Camp Sumter, better known as ... Continue reading »
BOOK REVIEW: Father avenges sons' death at Union hands
5 AM Steve French SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Sometime in the fall of 1862, a patrol made up of troopers from the 5th Iowa Cavalry rode out of Fort Donelson in Tennessee looking for guerrillas. The Yankees soon spotted and captured two armed ... Continue reading »
Veteran treasures letters he sent daily from England
5 AM Travis Loller ASSOCIATED PRESS
In the summer of 1942, 2nd Lt. Roswell Weil was eager to serve his country, but he also wanted to spare his parents the pain of separation. Continue reading »
Hanks takes viewers to war
5 AM Stacey Plaisance ASSOCIATED PRESS
Actor Tom Hanks says viewers are in for a realistic "wartime experience" when the new film he produced, "Beyond All Boundaries," opens Friday at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans. Continue reading »