Just a personal note. I spent a summer in Cleveland working as a summer associate at a big law firm. My wife, a New York City girl by birth, upbringing and choice, always referred to Cleveland as "the West". So Buffalo and Pittsburgh would probably be considered the "Middle West" by her type...
John Chaffe. Combat Marine in both WWII and the Korean War, Governor of Rhode Island, Secretary of the Navy and long serving U.S. Senator. The very embodiment of the old Eastern, Internationalist wing of the GOP.
I agree that Seward is the most likely choice. If Seward is the nominee, Lincoln would not be a good VP choice since he is also a former Whig and Trumbull is a good ticket balancer as an ex-Democrat and a Midwesterner. Chase is also an ex-Democrat and a Midwesterner but a Seward/Chase ticket...
Dear Mr. Bunny,
Congratulations on another anniversary. I salute you and your fellow authors on a job well done! I eagerly await further installments in this ever expanding saga.
Your devoted reader,
AH
A few thoughts:
1. The scholars of the Constitutional Convention seem to be clear that the Convention created the Presidency as it did in the expectation that George Washington would be the President.
2. It is also a common belief that the Constitution might well have failed to...
Most of the discussion in this thread has focused, quite naturally, on the battlefield commanders. However, I believe that some thought should be given to the "behind the scenes" generals where I believe the Union had a distinct advantage. I believe that generals such as Quartermaster General...
A "North Atlantic" alliance that includes Portugal but not Spain, that includes both Greece and Turkey (ancient enemies) in the Mediterranean and all of the Italic States plus a tiny dot in Prussia but not all of the British Isles? It doesn't sound very "North Atlantic" to me. Where is this...
Strange, I thought the movie was a tribute to the 20th Maine and it all leads up to Chamberlin charging down Little Big Top and saving the Union. Goose bumps.
Seriously, it was filmed on or near the actual sites and used literally thousands of re-enactors. I think it is probably the best...
Red Napoleon by Floyd Gibbons. A 1928 "Future History" of the invasion of North America by a Soviet Union which has conquered Europe, the UK and Japan (and captured their fleets). The invasion is by the Japanese in Puget Sound and by the Europeans through the St. Lawrence and down through New...
Dear Mr. Bunny,
Congratulations on your 10 year anniversary! As an avid reader of (and sometimes contributor to) this site, I applaud your efforts. I might even say that you and your co-contributors and done a better job than the original show runners since this site is much fairer to...