A Journey through Hallowed Ground during the 150th years of the Civil War
Why a gasm
In Confederates in the Attic, a splendid book by Tony Horwitz, a real character (in all senses of the term) named Robert Lee Hodge talked about doing intense, immersive expeditions into the history of the Civil War, which he called Civil War Gasms (yes, like orgasm, only not).
The phrase has been incorporated into the lexicon, and will be used to describe the four-year-plus expeditions that we will be making between 2011 and 2015 or so...
November Mississippi goes completely Democratic in both houses of the legislature, leading to conflict with the governor, Adelbert Ames. {See 2026 for related incidents.}
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