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Why Did the Union Army Want to Capture Port Royal Sound?

by Gerald Swick4/22/20141/14/2016

What Happened to the Last Prisoners When Devil’s Island Closed?

by Gerald Swick4/15/20141/14/2016

Were Japanese Kamikaze Pilots Given Drugs?

by Gerald Swick4/8/20141/14/2016

Why Did No One But Patton Foresee a German Offensive in Dec. 1944?

by Gerald Swick4/1/20141/15/2016

Why was German Intell Ineffective on the Russian Front?

by Gerald Swick3/25/20141/15/2016

What was the First “World War”?

by Gerald Swick3/20/20141/15/2016

Did 87 Union Soldiers Drown Searching for John Wilkes Booth?

by Gerald Swick3/18/20144/12/2022

What is the ‘1700 U.S.A. Flag”?

by Gerald Swick3/10/20141/15/2016

Why didn’t Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation Free Slaves in Accomack Co., Va?

by Gerald Swick3/4/20141/15/2016