Thoughts on History.
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The Master of the Calculated Risk and the Strike Against Japan
Jimmy Doolittle’s raiders carried out some historic firsts when their B-25s dropped the first bombs on Tokyo.
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Pope’s narrow escape
While Robert E. Lee’s entire army massed behind Clark’s Mountain to attack the Union […]
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High Seas Brouhaha
When an overzealous Union captain stopped and searched the British vessel Trent, a full-blown diplomatic crisis erupted between the United States and Great Britain. Interested Southerners watched with glee.
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Commands: The Quaker-dominated Loudoun Rangers openly defied Virginia tradition to serve the Union
The Quaker-dominated Loudoun Rangers openly defied Virginia tradition to serve the Union.
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Savage Skirmish Near Sharpsburg
With Robert E. Lee’s wily Confederates waiting somewhere in the vicinity of Antietam Creek, Union General George McClellan ordered I Corps commander Joseph Hooker to advance and turn the Rebel flank. But McClellan, for once, was too quick to move, and Hooker soon found himself in an unexpectedly vicious fight.
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War’s Last Cavalry Raid
Even as General Robert E. Lee was surrendering at Appomattox, a vengeful Union cavalry horde led by Maj. Gen. George Stoneman made Southern civilians pay dearly for the war. It was a last brutal lesson in the concept of total warfare.