Robert Sneden maps the Battle of Chancellorsville, a Union debacle and Robert E. Lee’s greatest victory
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Who first called King Alfred ‘Alfred the Great’?
Who first called King Alfred “Alfred the Great”? —LC ? ? ? As the […]
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Daily Quiz for April 30, 2013
James Smithson’s bequest to the U.S. to found the Smithsonian Institution at Washington is unusual in this respect.
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2013 GI Film Festival
The GI Film Festival, to be held May 6–12, 2013, in Washington, DC, offers 50 films plus special guests and events.
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Daily Quiz for April 29, 2013
His 1920s military theories outlined a mobile offensive tactic, but a decade later he declared the defense more powerful than offense.
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Daily Quiz for April 28, 2013
This Revolutionary War commander of the Southern Department fought few pitched battles but primarily kept the British off balance with a campaign of hit-and-run tactics.
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Daily Quiz for April 27, 2013
By 1860, this percentage of the South’s labor force worked in non-agricultural jobs.
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Has the U.S. Federal Government always been expanding?
Jon, Has there ever been a time in the history of the United States […]
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Daily Quiz for April 25, 2013
Major John Andre was hung as a spy during this war.