Flamboyant, charismatic Maj. Gen. Smedley D. Butler and professional, self-effacing Sgt. Maj. Daniel J. Daly were very different Marines with almost equal combat records who earned their second Medal of Honor awards within days of each other.
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Daily Quiz for December 26, 2007
The Wyoming Massacre occurred during this war:
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Daily Quiz for December 25, 2007
This president signed the act that officially established the U.S. Marine Corps:
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Daily Quiz for December 23, 2007
This 18th century conflict between England and Spain was named for a British seaman?s body part:
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Daily Quiz for December 22, 2007
He warned Americans that if the "New Deal" came to power, ?the grass will grow in the streets of a hundred cities, a thousand towns; the weeds will overrun the fields of millions of farms?.&
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Daily Quiz for December 21, 2007
This was one of the goals of the Burr Conspiracy:
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Letter From Civil War Times – February 2008
Failed Expectation The Civil War dashed many expectations, and the image on this page […]
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Interview: Drew Gilpin Faust / Death and Civil War America
Drew Gilpin Faust discusses her book, “This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War,” a thoughtful study of the impact of the war’s massive death toll on society and government.
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USS Galena: De-evolution of a Warship
The ironclad USS Galena failed to live up to its “impervious” reputation and ended its career as a wooden-walled warship, but it saved lives at the Battle of Mobile Bay.