Edmund Ruffin’s 1860 book predicted a Civil War from which the South emerged triumphant
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Daily Quiz for January 29, 2019
The first use of mechanically-fused high-explosive land mines took place in this war.
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Soldiers Hump the Southwest—with Camels
The antebellum army experimented in traveling with the four-legged ships of the desert
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Daily Quiz for January 28, 2019
The United Daughters of the Confederacy had a campaign to get the Civil War officially renamed this by the US government.
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Daily Quiz for January 27, 2019
This was the first horse to win the Triple Crown.
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Daily Quiz for January 26, 2019
This was the first weapon of war which had non-stop, intercontinental range.
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Trying to Win Wilson’s Backing Against the French
A Q&A with Harvard history professor Fredrik Logevall on what might have been between Vietnam and the U.S.
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Sink the Belgrano!
While other warships circled each other off the Falkland Islands, a British submarine stalked […]
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Daily Quiz for January 25, 2019
On 9 May 2016 this animal was officially declared the National Mammal of the United States.