Reassigned to Charleston in the middle of 1862 by Confederate President Jefferson Davis, who was incensed at the general's failure to defend Corinth, Miss., against Ulysses S. Grant's Union forces, the general sought from the outset to go on the offensive against the Union blockade.
There, scholars and union leaders have dissected and denounced stagnating wages, growing corporate might, globalization's squeeze on workers and management's offensive against unionization drives.
The man was one of the many foot soldiers in a highly unusual offensive against public-sector unions in the US north-west.
Becoming cheerleader for Thatcher's offensive against the trade unions was in all probability the starting point for The Sun's assault on journalistic ethics.
"I told him, 'I'm a proud supporter of the union, and you can leave now.'" The man was one of the many foot soldiers in a highly unusual offensive against public-sector unions in the US north-west.
Meanwhile, governors in other states, most notably New Jersey and Ohio, have gone on the offensive against labor, deriding teachers' unions, tenure and generous pensions.
He also said that he expects the U.S. military to help plan, unofficially, an upcoming offensive by African Union and Somali forces against Al Shabaab, and help advancing troops by softening up target areas with drone strikes beforehand.
Over the last week, administration officials have gone on the offensive against many civil service and union rules.
Perhaps the Confederates' best chance of winning would have been an early grand offensive into the Union states before the Lincoln administration could find its ablest generals and bring the preponderant resources of the North to bear against the South.
In the fall of 1863, the 1st Kentucky Brigade formed a part of General Braxton Bragg's attempt to counter Union Major General William Rosecrans' offensive against Chattanooga, Tennessee.
We will defend ourselves against union busting.
