GHOSTS A photograph is not reality. A photograph is an interpretation. It is not […]
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Civil War Times: October 1999 Editorial
THE LAST FULL MEASURE OF AMBITION I remember standing on Seminary Ridge, looking out […]
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Civil War Times: March 1999 Editorial
Y2K Minus 135 Have you ever really thought about what daily life was like […]
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Andrew Jackson and the tavern-keeper’s daughter
When President Andrew Jackson defended the honor of the wife of his secretary of war, the resulting scandal broke up his first cabinet and threatened to make his administration a laughingstock.
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The Final Days
George Washington had fought and won a war, served two terms as the new nation’s first president, and kept that nation on an even keel. After all that, could he be satisfied with retirement on his country estate?
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Washington’s Mount Vernon—200 Years Later
On December 14, 1999, as Mount Vernon honors the bicentennial of George Washington’s death […]
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A ‘Radical’ Proposition at Seneca Falls: ‘All men and women are created equal’
Over 150 years ago the people attending the first Women’s Rights Convention adopted this radical stance.
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The Most Contented GIs in Europe
As World War II drew to a close, American soldiers in Europe traded their weapons for textbooks and prepared for return to civilian life.
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How WWII Battleship USS Missouri Became the First to Fight in the Korean War
World War II ended on the deck of the USS Missouri. Five years later the Korean War broke out–and the “Mighty Mo” was the only U.S. battleship ready to fight.
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Why the South Lost the Civil War
10 Civil War historians provide contrasting and controversial views on how and why the Confederate cause ultimately ended in defeat.