soldier with rifle american civil warThe Sesquicentennial Edition


Joe Ryan Original Works



 

The State Of The Union

War Powers of the President and Congress
 
It's Called Protecting America
 

Open Your Mouth For Royal Inspection:
The DNA Swab as Standard Police Procedure

 
The Boston Marathon Bomber: Read Him His Miranda Rights
 
The Explosion of Police Stopping Citizens Without Reasonable Suspicion:
The Orwellian State Upon Us
 
The President's Brief For Killing American Citizens
 
How Well Do The Courts Process Terrorism Crime Cases
 
Stand With Rand!
 
The Government Spies On You
 
Does Congress Have The Power To Create Star Chambers
 
DOES THE PRESIDENT HAVE CONSTITUTIONAL
POWER TO USE DRONES TO KILL AMERICAN CITIZENS?
 
Drones Over Your Home
THE NEW YORK TIMES vs. UNITED STATES
 
The Government Hoists Itself On Its Own Petard
General David Petraeus, Jill Kelly and the FBI
 
The Insanity of Muslims
A Review of The Last Temptation of Christ
 
Abdullah Kidd's Ordeal at the Hands of the Government
 
Procedural History of Jose Padilla’s Petition for Writ of
Habeas Corpus Through the Courts, With Additional Cases
 
Who's Sniffing at your Door?
The Role of the United States Supreme Court
 
Congress Authorizes The Government To Eavesdrop
Justice Clarence Thomas at Washington & Lee University
 

The Supreme Court Wall OF Shame

Ex Parte Vallandigham
28 F.Cas. 874 (U.S. District Court Ohio) May 16, 1863
 
Tee-Hit-Ton Indians v. United States
 
Gaines v Missouri The Separate But Equal Doctrine at Work
 
Plessy v. Ferguson The Supreme Court Gives Segregation Its Blessing
 
The Supreme Court Sanctions Enhanced Penalties
For Africans vs. Caucasians ~ Pace v Alabama
 
Arizona v United States  Dred Scott Post Script
 
 

THE CIVIL WAR

 

What Caused The American Civil War?

Kids Zone - What Caused The Civil War?

The Buried Fact in the Record: Lincoln Instigated the War

 

The Object and Cause of the Civil War Part 1

The Object and Cause of the Civil War Part 2

 

What's War Good For?

 

General Lee and the Drummer Boy "Why Do The Men Fight"

 

Dred Scott - Chief Justice Taney's Opinion

     

General Robert E. Lee

   
 

General Lee and John Brown 1859
General Lee With the Comanches in Texas
The Lee Family Slaves
General Robert E. Lee Service Record
General Lee Feints at Great Run
The Internment of General Lee at Arlington

 
     

Battles: Gettysburg

   
 

Concentration at Gettysburg
The Gettysburg Letterbook
The Army of Northern Virginia Moves on Gettysburg
Relative Army Concentrations June 28, till noon July 1, 63
Gettysburg First Day
General J.E.B. Stuart's Ride around Hooker
Brown’s Recollection of June 30, July 1 1863

 
     

Battles: Second Manassas

   
 

The Battle of Second Manassas

 
     

Battles:  The Seven Days

   
 

The Seven Days Battles
General George McClellan Retreat from The Seven Days Battles Map

 
     

Sharpsburg Campaign

   
 

Special Order 191: Ruse Of War ©

 
 

Special Order 191:Position Paper

 
 

General Lee's Lost Order Fact Check

 
 

Stephen Sears Rebuts Joe Ryan

 
 

Ryan Slammed By New York Times

 
 

Book Review Antietam The Lost Order

 
 

Taken At The Flood Rebuttal by Ryan

 
 

Did the Reverend Ross Write McClellans's Copy?

 
 

Stonewall & John B. Ross Connection

 
 

Who Wrote The Lost Order?

 
 

Sharpsburg Campaign Photo Album

 
 

Sectors of General Lee's Operations Topography

 
 

General Lee Staff Officers 1862

 
     

Supreme Court

   
 

 The Supreme Court Gives Segregation Its Blessing

 
 

 The Supreme Court's "Separate But Equal" Doctrine

 
 

 Procedural History of Jose Padilla’s Petition

 
 

 The Supreme Court Sanctions Enhanced Penalties

 
 

 Dred Scott - Chief Justice Taney's Opinion

 
     

Additional Articles

   
 

Grant's Vicksburg Campaign

 
     
 

Abraham Lincoln Speech

 
     
 

General George McClellan at Yorktown

 
     
 

General David Twiggs In Texas

 
     
 

Location of Hinson's Mill

 
     
 

James Buchanan and Fort Sumter: 1860

 
     
 

Stonewall Jackson and Nathaniel Banks Cedar Mountain 1862

 
     
 

General Lee and John Brown 1859 Attack

 
     
 

The NAACP Pulls Down The Rebel Flag

 
   
 

The Nature of American Citizenship

 
   
 

Nature of the Union Prigg v Pennsylvania

 
   
 

Understanding General John Fremont

 
   

Battlefield Travel

 
 

Hinsons Mill

 
 

McCoys Ford

 
 

Bivouac of Stuart’s Cavalry "The Bowers" Oct. 1862

 
     

150 Years Ago - Civil War Sesquicentennial

 
What Happened in the Civil War ©
  November 1860 Abraham Lincoln is Elected by the Northern States
  December 1860 President James Buchanan - State of the Union Address
  January 1861 The Situation in Charleston Harbor
  February 1861 The Confederate Government Is Formed
  March 1861 President Lincoln's Inauguration Day
  April 1861 Lincoln Dupes the Confederates to fire on Sumter
  May 1861 Lincoln builds an army and invades Virginia
  June 1861 Virginia Defends Herself
  July 1861 Lincoln Forces a Battle
  August 1861 Lincoln and Davis Choose Their Generals
  September 1861 Both sides give a little
  October 1861 McClellan Pushes Scott Out the Door
  November 1861 Lincoln Dances With The Great Powers
  December 1861 Lincoln and McClellan Begin Their Struggle
  January 1862 McClellan Confounds the Politicians
  February 1862 Grant Breaks the Kentucky Line
  March 1862 Congress Plans Freedom for the Slaves
  April 1862 The Origin And Object Of The War
  May 1862 Charles Sumner Wins The Argument
  June 1862 The Senate Sticks To The Constitution
  July 1862 Congress's War Policy Changes
April 6, 1862 to July 4, 1863 General Grant And The Vicksburg Campaign
Chancelorsville  
Vicksburg  
December 1862 to May 1863
The Situation In The West