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Drawing of actor Joseph Jefferson in costume as Asa Trenchard.

‘Our American Cousin’: The Play That Lured Lincoln to His Doom

by Daniel B. Moskowitz9/13/20229/13/2022
Dirk Warner stands on Cumberland Church battlefield

The One-Man Caretaker to One of the Civil War’s Final Battle Sites

by John Banks9/13/20227/20/2022

The Time the US Actually Welcomed a Russian Blockade—During the Civil War

by Rick Beard9/12/20224/27/2024
Guns of the West profile of the Savage Model 1899 hammerless lever-action rifle

Why Texas Rangers AND Chinese Tiger Hunters Loved the Savage Model 1899

by George Layman9/12/20229/12/2022
Pickett’s Charge reenactment, 1963

‘Gettysburg 1963’ Book Review: Centennial Celebration in a Divided Nation

by Melissa A. Winn9/9/20229/9/2022
Herman H. Heath

The Confederacy Rejected Him—So He Became a Union Hero Instead

by Frank Jastrzembski9/8/20224/29/2024
Quantrill Raid, Lawrence, Kansas

‘I Will Shoot’: Three Gritty Letters Describe the Civil War’s Reality

by Melissa A. Winn9/6/20227/21/2022
President Lyndon Johnson, right, poses May 14, 1968 at the White House with four winners of the nation's highest award, the Medal of Honor. Decorated for valor in Vietnam, they are, from left: Air Force Capt. Gerald O. Young, of Anacortes, Wash.; Navy Bosn"s Mate James E. Williams, of Rock Hill, S.C.; Marine Sgt. Richard A. Pittman, of Stockton, Calif. and Army Spc. 5 Charles C. Hagmeister, of Lincoln, Neb. Others are unidentified. (AP photo)

Is the Medal of Honor Overrated?

by Jerry D. Morelock9/6/202212/14/2022
The removal of the Cherokee Native Americans to the West in 1838. Oil on canvas, 1942, by Robert Lindneux.

The Supreme Court Case That Decided Indian Sovereignty

by Daniel B. Moskowitz9/6/20229/6/2022
Moorefield, WV battle site

Moorefield, West Virginia: Confederate Bastion in the Union State

by Melissa A. Winn9/1/20229/6/2022

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