A six-gun with two triggers was one of the oddest-looking handguns of the Civil War.
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Montgomery Was One of World War II’s Best Leaders. Here Is Why
Bernard Montgomery became a master of the art of military leadership and command. It’s about time history recognized it.
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This Polish Athlete Was an Olympic Champion. The Nazis Killed Him
Janusz Kusociński joined the Polish Resistance and paid the price.
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Thomas Jefferson, Grave Digger
Was Jefferson really the ‘founding father’ of American archaeology?
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Top 10 Commanders Who Became Unlikely Stars of Military History
They were not schooled in warcraft, but somehow war brought out their latent talents at fighting.
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The Frightful Violence of Antietam Comes Alive in This New Book
D. Scott Hartwig’s ‘I Dread the Thought of the Place’ is a splendidly written study of the war’s bloodiest day.
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That Time Colt Made a Lever-Action Rifle
The storied manufacturer of the Burgess repeater posed a real, albeit passing, threat to Winchester.
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How to Rob a Stagecoach — Courtesy of Black Bart
Perhaps the legendary highwayman should have written a handbook, as many an outlaw tried his hand at it and failed.
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Amid the Spanish American Wars of Independence, These Rival Naval Commanders Met to Decide Venezuela’s Fate
The respective reputations of the victor and the vanquished at Lake Maracaibo took unexpected twists.
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The Battle of Surigao Strait: The Last Battleship Duel
Japan’s Shoji Nishimura rushed on, impatient to find either glory or death in Surigao Strait. He found both.