Jacob Moule

[Jacob Moule @JacobMoule]

April 14th, 1865: A day, 160 Years ago to the day, that was marked by celebration before it turned into mourning. Explore the historical impact of this day in my new blog post! Read it here: https://t.co/VWxSJid0wY

[Jacob Moule @JacobMoule]

I graduated the Citadel and did not commission. I went to military school for high school and the structure improved my time management and grades. Choose to go to the Citadel for the sane reasons. At first I had an eye towards commissioning and most of my classmates did as well. Changed my mind around junior year but decided to stick it out since all my friends were there.

[Jacob Moule @JacobMoule]

The problem for trying Davis or Lee for that matter was always going to be determining where the crime of treason occurred. For Davis did that crime occur in Mississippi or for Lee in Virginia? If it did it was unlikely you could get a jury in either state that would convict. This was the issue for any treason trials after the war. Not that a case couldn't be made that they had not committed treason by the definition of the law because they had.

[Jacob Moule @JacobMoule]

@WASPmexicano They also forget that what the Civil War proved is that secession would result in a war making it something that is no longer feasible.

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@Homegirl90210 @MrDanielBuck I have heard this a number of times and while I agree it's a problem the only way to fix it is to make students do exactly this. Just like how a coach has to do conditioning and training to get a team ready for a game. We must train the students to sit and listen.

[Jacob Moule @JacobMoule]

@Professor_Barth Pretty much how I run my high school classroom at this point. Haven't had any cheating the entire year for the first time since I started.

[Jacob Moule @JacobMoule]

@aeaiyo @MattisRedacted These ships were part of the Treasure Fleet. Their whole purpose was to pull up into another kingdom's port, show off the power of the Ming, and demand gifts with the promise they wouldn't obliterate them. These ship's entire purpose was one sided trade.

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@Clint_Davey1 The problem with Civ 7 is how they did Civ switching. They want you to go Roman to Norman to either America, France, or Britain. I somewhat see the connection between theses but not entirely. They should have had the Celts then Anglo-Saxons then Britain or America.

[Jacob Moule @JacobMoule]

Increasingly I understand how McClellan got to that point. The press praises inaction since no one is lost. At the same time the press will call for action but scream when anyone is hurt. One only needs to look as far as Shiloh or the Overland Campaign for examples of someone doing something but the press being upset at the cost.

[Jacob Moule @JacobMoule]

As someone currently pursuing my Doctorate in History and also got my Bachelor's in History I would have switched majors if Harvard's course offerings were all I had to pick from for history classes. Little of what they are offering is of interest to me now much less someone who only majored in history because I found it interesting.

[Ron DeSantis @RonDeSantis]

Grant’s standing has increased since that survey was done in 1948 for sure, but he should have never been regarded as a failure.

[Jacob Moule @JacobMoule]

@KKriegeBlog I stress to my high school students everyday how important primary sources are to the point I have structured my class around them. They were certainly stressed to me in undergrad when I got my bachelor's in history. Not sure what this guy is on about.

[Jacob Moule @JacobMoule]

I don't mean to point to the story of Grant as a hand wave at the complaints about the current status of the military. I think there are some real internal problems. I do think that in the next war, the Grants, Shermans, and Pattons will rise to the top because Americans love a winner.

[Jacob Moule @JacobMoule]

I find this post and its comments interesting. I myself have not served, but the post itself and many of the comments point to several military commanders like Sherman, Jackson, and Forrest, who all could not have hacked it in today's peacetime military.

[InfantryDort @infantrydort]

Most real post I’ve seen all month.

Yes, the process weeds them out.

Until all that remains is some corporatized astroturfed version of…..whatever.

Military commanders in the modern era MUST lack personal audacity to some degree. Almost without exception.

Because audacity is “dangerous”. It can be unpredictable. And this is a bad thing in a world obsessed with safety and predictability.

But a military without it, is just one on anti-depressants. You never feel the highest highs or the lowest lows.

You just….exist, in inspirational purgatory.

So you will never see a Napoleon, Patton, Allen, or Sherman ever again.

Their modern equivalents mostly got out as captains because the experience they were promised from history, is now covered in bubble wrap. Wearing a bib and a football helmet.

The modern military is devoid of both victory and defeat. A victory you aren’t allowed to win. A defeat you can explain away. Much of it is due to the American people themselves, and their disdain for violence. At least violence against what sane people classify as enemies.

We have a chance to take it back. A chance to return to glorious and sometimes unhinged leadership. But the rot is thick. And the Empire Strikes Back daily.

My infinite gratitude, and the gratitude of a fawning nation, will rest with those who display the force of will to make it happen.

And crush the corporatization of military leadership once and for all.

The world awaits. And one wonders if our country has the appetite for it all, short of an existential crisis in a war of national survival.

[Jacob Moule @JacobMoule]

One could easily say that Grant, a distinguished and capable officer in war, was forced out after the battle for many of the same reasons that officers like him today are leaving the service. In short, peacetime service seems to promote a different type of officer.

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@KKriegeBlog I have been meaning to watch it and likely will. I was worried this was going to be the way the war is presented. I just went over Washington's acceptance speech of his commission with my students the other day and they were floored he never took a paycheck.

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George Whitefield’s influence reached far beyond the north. Explore the Southern Awakening and its effects on society in our latest post! Read more here: https://t.co/JGYQoXvsDx #GeorgeWhitefield #History

[Jacob Moule @JacobMoule]

My church addressed it briefly before prayer then reminded everyone about the monthly prayer meeting last night before moving onto the sermon on Habakkuk 1: 5-11. Sermon was timely but unintended to be so. Sermon could have been on anything textually speaking and I would have thought so