Word: lincolnisms
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...also disagreed with Sofen's assertion that the museum presented revisionist, upside-down "Alice in Wonderland" history. As proof of the museum's inaccuracies, Sofen points to a placard which claims the Emancipation Proclamation allowed Lincoln's in-laws in Kentucky to "legally keep their slaves...
...museum was right. Of course they kept their slaves, and so did the entire state of Kentucky. Kentucky never joined the Confederacy and Lincoln's proclamation only applied to states in rebellion. So, in essence, Lincoln freed slaves he had no immediate power to free and kept enslaved those who he did indeed have the opportunity to free...
...flippantly as Sofen laughs off the Union army's wartime atrocities. The most infamous case involved Union Gen. John B. Turchin who looted, plundered, raped and ravaged Athens, Ala., during the war. When he was court-martialled, he received a presidential pardon and was then promoted by Lincoln, sending a clear message that atrocities were not only acceptable, but encouraged...
...also disagreed with Sofen's assertion that the museum presented revisionist, upside-down "Alice in Wonderland" history. As proof of the museum's inaccuracies, Sofen points to a placard which claims the Emancipation Proclamation allowed Lincoln's in-laws in Kentucky to "legally keep their slaves...
...museum was right. Of course they kept their slaves, and so did the entire state of Kentucky. Kentucky never joined the Confederacy and Lincoln's proclamation only applied to states in rebellion. So, in essence, Lincoln freed slaves he had no immediate power to free and kept enslaved those who he did indeed have the opportunity to free...