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John Pope was a Union general during the American Civil War (1861–1865) with a reputation for outspokenness and arrogance. After serving in the Mexican War (1846–1848) as an engineer, the West Point graduate fought well in the West during 1861 and 1862, prompting U.S. president Abraham Lincoln to transfer him east. There, he exacerbated his already bad relations with Union generals George B. McClellan and Fitz-John Porter by issuing a proclamation trumpeting his own generalship. When he declared that he would make his “headquarters in the saddle,” some quipped that he had mistaken his hindquarters for his headquarters, and when he announced a series of hard-war policies aimed at punishing Confederate civilians, Confederate general Robert E. Lee labeled him a “miscreant.” At the head of the new Army of Virginia, Pope got the opportunity to confront Lee at the Second Battle of Manassas in August 1862 but was soundly defeated. Pope was transferred to the Dakotas, wh
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Broken Hill gets ‘Out There’ again
Broken Hill City Council has partnered with Destination NSW to deliver the next phase of the successful ‘It’s Out There’ strategic tourism marketing campaign.
The campaign continues to showcase the Broken Hill and Silverton region as a different kind of outback travel experience.
The fun and playful social campaign shines a spotlight on the quirky experiences on offer in this region, from drag culture to camel rides and the vibrant art scene, which proved engaging and enticing to interested travellers in the previous iterations of the ‘It’s Out There’ campaign.
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The Civil War Veteran Experience
Soldiers returning home from war often have difficulty adjusting to civil society, visualizing their future, and living out the balance of their lives. Following the Civil War, men, both North and South, had different memories of the conflict and conceptions of the goals they wanted to achieve with the war over. Veterans were not all the same and can not easily be characterized by only their experiences in the war. In
“The War Went On” the editors have collected fifteen essays by leading academics on the postwar lives and experiences of former combatants.