Addressing Gettysburg

Raising the White Flag - Author Interview with David Silkenat

Addressing Gettysburg

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🔴Raising the White Flag with David Silkenat Raising the White Flag: How Surrender Defined the American Civil War - David Silkenat https://uncpress.org/9781469672519/raising-the-white-flag/ Lincoln's Code: The Laws of War in American History - John Fabian Witt Lieber Code: Instructions for the Government of Armies of the United States in the field https://www.loc.gov/item/2011525467/ The 1863 Laws Of War: Articles of War, General Orders 100, General Orders 49 and Extracts of Revised Army Regulations of 1861 - US War Department Sincerely, Jeffrey Pasnik AG LOTY 2025

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