The Constitution of the #ConfederateStatesOfAmerica (#CSA) was adopted on #ThisDayInHistory in 1861, and enshrined #WhiteSupremacy in #Confederate law:
"No bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law denying or impairing the right of property in negro slaves shall be passed."

The #BattleOfHamptonRoads, aka the #MonitorAndMerrimack battle, was the first engagement between two iron-clad warships, taking place on #ThisDayInHistory in 1862 during the #AmericanCivilWar. Union vessel #USSMonitor and #Confederate vessel #CSSVirginia fought to a stalemate.

The first of four #Reconstruction acts passed on #ThisDayInHistory in 1867, over the veto of fuckwit Pres. #AndrewJohnson. These acts laid out the means by which #Confederate states could be readmitted. The whole area should have been reorganized & given to Black Americans, IMHO.

The terrorist #WhiteLeague was formed on #ThisDayInHistory in 1874 to defend #WhiteSupremacy and "#Christianity" in #Louisiana. They operated as a paramilitary made up of #Confederate veteran shitheads, determined to break the new government and stoke fear among Black Americans.

The infamous #Andersonville #Confederate #POW Camp was opened #ThisDayInHistory in 1864 with the arrival of the first Northern prisoners. Swiss-born fraudster #HenryWirz was later executed for #WarCrimes due to appalling condition that led to 13,000 deaths out of 45,000 captives.

One of the most viciously #WhiteSupremacist shitstains to occupy the #WhiteHouse, #AndrewJohnson was impeached by the House on #ThisDayInHistory in 1868 for his obstruction of #Reconstruction and pardons of former #Confederate figures. He survived trial in the Senate by one vote.

#GOP leader Mitch McConnell was born OTD in 1942 #racism #Confederate

#GOP leader Mitch McConnell was born OTD in 1942 #racism #Confederate

#GOP leader Mitch McConnell was born OTD in 1942 #racism #Confederate

On #ThisDayInHistory in 1915, #DWGriffith's sprawling three-hour epic #TheBirthOfANation had its première in Los Angeles. A technical masterpiece of early cinema, its subject matter is reprehensible -- a celebration of the #KuKluxKlan and the #Confederate cause in the #CivilWar.