Alaska’s odd role at the end of the Civil War

Americans are being carpet-bombed by stories about Juneteenth, celebrating the day that 155 years ago the final fighters of the Civil War got the memo that the slaves were emancipated. We’ll leave that to the other pundits to discuss, because we’ve got our own Civil War history in Alaska to review. While Texas was just … Continue reading Alaska’s odd role at the end of the Civil War