Irish coal miners rioted against the Northern draft.
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Tragedy Along the Potomac: Alcohol Fueled a Deadly Interaction Between a Union Soldier and a Maryland Teenager on July 21, 1861
Listen to Civil War Times Editor Dana B. Shoaf discuss the tragic murder of a Maryland teenager by a New Hampshire soldier on The History Things Podcast.
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Eugene Sledge’s WWII Relics from ‘With the Old Breed’
The U.S. Marine turned author kept relics from what he called the “abyss of war.”
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Was Patton Murdered?
What is the truth behind the death of America’s greatest World War II battlefield commander?
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How Badass Brits Derailed North Korea
Were Royal Marines the best saboteurs of the Korean War?
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Book Review: Black Snow / Curtis LeMay, the Firebombing of Tokyo, and the Road to the Atomic Bomb
‘Black Snow,’ author James M. Scott spoke to Aviation History magazine on Curtis LeMay and his controversial air tactics.
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The EB-66 Destroyer: A Life-Saving Intelligence Aircraft
The EB-66 ensured the survival of hundreds of American air crews as it mapped and jammed Hanoi’s SAM radars.
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Army Football Reveals WWII-Themed Uniform for Navy Matchup
The U.S. Military Academy at West Point decided to look to its past for sartorial inspiration.
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Book Review: The Four Ages of American Foreign Policy / Weak Power, Great Power, Superpower, Hyperpower
WWII birthed a competing superpower.
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The Civil War’s Most Interesting General
He was Lincoln, Grant and Sherman’s go-to man — but you’ve probably never heard of him.