Assassination Photos

[LincolnToddFan]

Every time I ruminate on what I think might have been "unthinkable" crimes and injustices committed during the Civil War and previous periods in American history, all I need to do is turn on CNN or pick up the NY Daily News. And I get jolted out of my self righteousness FAST.

"[i]Woman beats 3 year old toddler to death with electrical cord"

"Man kidnaps, rapes 16 year old girl before dousing her with gasoline and setting her ablaze"

"Family of four in SD bludgeoned to death and buried in the desert over business deal gone bad".

And that's just a sample, guys. What would the veterans of the Civil War-on both sides-have thought of us, their "enlightened" descendants, I often wonder?