tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16471073.post3508759184297850521..comments2024-03-25T14:51:02.583-07:00Comments on Civil War Books and Authors: Booknotes: Blue-Blooded CavalrymanDW@CWBAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00018056113264346047noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16471073.post-75845077437358361642019-04-10T12:43:39.190-07:002019-04-10T12:43:39.190-07:00Thanks. This is ironic---The older Rawle's tr...Thanks. This is ironic---The older Rawle's treatise is used by modern neo-Confederates to argue that secession was legit because it "was taught at West Point." The book does claim that secession was legal, and was briefly used in a course in the 1820s/30s.Jim Eppersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12896759856079539599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16471073.post-60681075097658951012019-04-10T08:12:25.408-07:002019-04-10T08:12:25.408-07:00On his mother's side. He switched the order of...On his mother's side. He switched the order of his middle and last names in 1867. His mother's father and grandfather were both prominent Phil. lawyers. The GF is possibly the person to whom you are referring.DW@CWBAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00018056113264346047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16471073.post-54196636230926300412019-04-10T06:50:29.866-07:002019-04-10T06:50:29.866-07:00Is he possibly related to William Rawle, the early...Is he possibly related to William Rawle, the early American lawyer who wrote a treatise on the Constitution?Jim Eppersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12896759856079539599noreply@blogger.com