Union Colonel Theodore H. Barrett gave the dying Confederacy the satisfaction of one last victory.
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Battle of Sailor’s Creek
The April 6, 1865 Battle of Sailor’s Creek constituted one of the darkest days in the Army of Northern Virginia’s history.
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America’s Civil War: Images of Peace at Appomattox
Every picture tells a different story about Lee’s surrender.
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America’s Civil War: Horses and Field Artillery
Working side by side with soldiers, horses labored to pull artillery pieces into battle. Without them, field artillery could not have been used to such deadly effect.
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Abraham Lincoln and Walt Whitman: War’s Kindred Spirits
Kindred spirits Abraham Lincoln and Walt Whitman prepared themselves for another bloody year of war as 1863 dawned.
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Battle of Antietam: Controversial Crossing on Burnside’s Bridge
Should General Ambrose Burnside have ordered his men to wade Antietam Creek? Author Marvel undertook a personal odyssey to find out.
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Battle of Stones River: Philip Sheridan’s Rise to Military Fame
When Braxton Bragg’s Confederates swooped down on the Federals at Stones River, only one division stood between the Rebels and calamitous defeat. Fortunately for the Union, that division was commanded by Phil Sheridan.
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Rif War
Winning the Rif War in 1920, Spaniards subdued Muslim revolutionaries, but with unexpected consequences for Spain and Morocco.
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Weaponry: Lancers
Lancers fell into disuse after the Thirty Years’ War until Napoleon employed lancer squadrons in his army, and then lance-bearing cavalry remained fixtures of Western armies until World War I.
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World War II: 101st Airborne Division Participate in Operation Overlord
In their baptism of fire, the green paratroopers of General Maxwell Taylor’s 101st Airborne Division performed like seasoned veterans.