About Military Lessons of the Civil War Nine Principles, generally easy to remember, sometimes hard to apply, need always be present for any planner for any operation: Objective Unity of Command Offense Economy of Force Surprise Security Simplicity Mass Maneuver History shows that applying all nine simultaneously is difficult and while there are countless examples of failures of these principles; generally there are not many examples of successes. But these principles do not succeed on their own; initiative, imagination, training, operational tempo and leadership are other ingredients to...

The Rebel Mountain Reader reflects Mark's journey to discover and relate some of the great stories of the Confederacy's effort to break away from a political union where individual freedom, political rights and living the Christian faith had come into direct conflict with a rising Industrialism, a redefined nationalism, and an awakening centralized-all-powerful federalism. Many of them were compiled from research used to develop programs for presentation to camps of the Sons of the Confederacy Veterans in 9 states. They could be used by the readers for presentations to historic and heritage...

Twenty-four months before November 2016, no one in America could have predicted the surprise on Election Day. Republicans were fractured, Senator Ted Cruz of Texas was the outsider, but there were plenty of Beltway Republicans in the race. On the Democrat side, Hillary had been coronated. Americans were disappointed. It was clear that America was at a decision point. Should the Democrats win, many Americans felt the America they knew would be gone. President Obama had promised transformation, and his one big victory with Obama Care had seemingly opened the door to a socialist America. The...