While it is correct that one faction of the party founded by Jefferson and Madison would later give rise to the modern Democratic Party, “Republican” was what they most often called themselves during the period of the War of 1812.
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Ships, Crews, and Commanders in the War of 1812 – Gallery
Secretary of the U.S. Navy William Jones’s shrewd strategy was the key to America’s successful asymmetric warfare against the Royal Navy in 1812.
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The Rise and Fall of CSS Virginia – Gallery
Did a radical new Confederate gunship foil McClellan’s plan to end the Civil War in 1862? Photographs of the CSS Virginia and USS Monitor.
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MHQ Reader Comments: FDR’s Policy of Unconditional Surrender
An MHQ reader takes issue with author Thomas Fleming’s suggestion that Winston Churchill was dumbfounded when FDR announced his policy to demand unconditional surrender from the Germans.
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Ask MHQ: King Frederick II of Prussia
King Frederick II of Prussia introduced potatoes into his army’s diet in 1744 despite popular belief that they were unfit for human consumption.
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Daily Quiz for August 28, 2009
The famed "Rebel yell" that resounded over Civil War battlefields is usually said to have derived from this.
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John O. Rush’s Album – Gallery: U.S. Navy Flying Cadets at Pensacola Naval Air Station, 1936 to 1941
MHQ Online Extra: Catch a rare glimpse of a young aviator’s experience as a navy flying cadet at Pensacola on the eve of World War II through extensive photographs and cartoons taken from a recently discovered family album.
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Edwin Forbes Gettysburg Paintings – Gallery
Scenes from the Battle of Gettysburg painted by the reporter and artist Edwin Forbes.
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Daily Quiz for August 27, 2009
Audie Murphy, America’s most decorated soldier of World War II, had post-war careers as a book author and movie actor. He was also successful in this area of entertainment.
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The USS Scorpion Buried at Sea
Officially, the sub USS Scorpion sank due to torpedo malfunction, but new evidence supports the belief Scorpion was victim of a Soviet antisubmarine attack.