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Cephas William “Dick” Parr

The Scout Who Almost Was

by David Lauterborn12/22/202311/2/2023

Photo of Little Round Top, at Gettysburg National Military Park, Pa., offers a sweeping view. From this hill, on the left end of the Union line, Lt. Col. Joshua Chamberlain led the 20th Maine Volunteers in a bayonet counterattack against the 15th Alabama Infantry and other Confederate units on July 2, 1863.

The World’s Most Visitor-Friendly Battlefields

by David T. Zabecki12/22/202312/28/2023

Nurse transcribing soldier's letter

‘Weary of So Much Suffering’: Letters from the Sheridan Field Hospital

by Jonathan A. Noyalas12/21/20232/5/2024

Photo of Western Reserve map.

Lake Erie’s Distinctive New England Feel

by Dana B. Shoaf12/20/202312/20/2023

An Inside Look At 100 Years of Honoring America’s War Dead

by Zita Ballinger Fletcher12/19/202312/19/2023

Judge Pauses Removal of Confederate Memorial at Arlington Cemetery

by Claire Barrett12/19/202312/19/2023

Mystery Ship: Can You Identify This Dutch Reaper?

by Jon Guttman12/19/20234/6/2024

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Visit the Salt Mines Where the Nazis Hid Their Plundered Treasure

by Jeremy Gray12/19/202311/22/2023

Her Weather Report Delayed D-Day by a Day — and Ensured Its Success

by Claire Barrett12/18/202312/18/2023

Photo of James Vaughn in Vietnam.

No Rules For Generals in Vietnam?

by James Vaughn12/18/202312/18/2023