The town is steeped in the Confederate history so predominant in the South, but the area’s waterways made it a pivotal route on the Underground Railroad
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Black Hawk’s Folly: Battle of the Sinkhole
In the last action linked to the War of 1812 Missouri Rangers cornered Sauk warriors atop a bluff overlooking the Mississippi floodplain
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MiG Buster: A Closer Look at the Mark 22 Autoloading Cannon
The Mark 22 achieved the only successful downing of an enemy aircraft by naval gunfire during the Vietnam War
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A 99-Year-Old World War II Veteran Finally Gets His Medals
His wounds, severe enough to send him home, were listed in unit paperwork. But in the blur of wartime bureaucracy, they were lost
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The Disease That Killed the Young and the Beautiful
Before antibiotics, tuberculosis was a leading cause of death, a national fixation, and the scourge of artists
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New National Museum of the U.S. Army Opens at Virginia’s Fort Belvoir
After two decades of planning, fundraising, and construction, the National Museum of the United States Army finally opened
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Disparate Justice: The 1946 Lichfield Courts-Martial
The punishments meted out in the Lichfield courts-martial of 1946 underscored the long-held belief that military justice is far from fair
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The Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871 Cited in Latest Legal Action Against Capitol Agitators
House Homeland Security Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), cited the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871 to pursue legal action aimed at those who participated in the January 6 attack on the Capitol
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Commandeered by the Navy, Plutocrat’s Maritime Plaything Went Down a Gallant Warship
After years as a plutocrat’s plaything a luxury vessel came to a violent end
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Counterculture San Francisco Found Sympathy for the Devil in Occultist Anton Szandor LaVey
A shaved-pated eccentric with eyes like Rasputin’s, Anton Szandor LaVey formed a devil-worshiping church and made a bundle fleecing the gullible