Thursday, November 14, 2019

Today in History - November 15

1864 - American Civil War: Union General William Tecumseh Sherman begins Sherman's March to the Sea (Source)
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When Georgia Howled



In talking with my Pastor about this post, he reminded me that after the Civil War was over General Sherman was appointed to a high position in the Union Army and sent the Union Army out West to do to the Native Americans the same war crimes committed against the civilians in the South.

Recommended reading:

Lynn Wardle: Slavery and Elective Abortion - Morally Equivalent - cnsnews.com

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Exposing and Opposing Slavery Today, by Dr. Peter Hammond
The Union's War Against Women and Children, by John Weaver
Civil War and Reconstruction.
Slavery & Segregation
Differing Viewpoints North and South
Tension in American History Between Salvation and Slavery
The Fugitive Slave Act & Examples of Northern Resistance of Returning Escaped Slaves
Slavery and Racism Conclusion 

1915 - Winston Churchill resigns from the Government, and soon commands the 6th Battalion of the Royal Scots Fusiliers on the Western Front  (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

"Churchill was exhilarated. Six months later, after the first battle of Ypres, with tens of thousands of British soldiers in their graves, he would say to Violet Asquith: 'I think a curse should rest on me - because I am so happy. I know this war is smashing and shattering the lives of thousands every moment and yet - I cannot help it - I enjoy every second.'" -  Churchill, Hitler and the Unnecessary War, by Patrick Buchanan

1943 - The Holocaust: German SS leader Heinrich Himmler orders that Gypsies are to be put "on the same level as Jews and placed in concentration camps"  (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

1987 -In Brasov, Romania, workers rebel against the communist regime of Nicolae Ceausescu

How I Found Christ?

 How I Found Christ? by Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892)