During the Civil War, more Confederate soldiers died at Chicago’s Camp Douglas than on any battlefield
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‘Confederates Badly Needed’
Under high-piled clouds, soldiers in blue and gray clashed on a hot morning on the killing field of Franklin, Tennessee.
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Daily Quiz for November 13, 2018
In 1892 a cyclist, Frank Lenz, attempted to do this.
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Why was New Jersey Suffrage taken Away?
In their state constitution of 1776, New Jersey allowed single or widowed property-owning women […]
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Military History Book Review: AK-47
AK-47: The Weapon That Changed the Face of War by Larry Kahaner, Wiley, Hoboken, […]
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Military History Book Review: Sea of Thunder
Sea of Thunder: Four Commanders & the Last Great Naval Campaign, 1941–1945 by Evan […]
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Long Night of the Dreadnoughts
In World War I the British and German fleets threw everything they had at […]
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Last Bridge to Baghdad
How the U.S. 3rd Infantry captured the al-Qa’id Bridge— “Iraq’s Remagen”—and opened the road […]
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Ear on the Falklands
A radio operator’s surreal experiences in an unlikely war. “Hello, Two Charlie, this is […]
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Zizka’s Zeal
The wily one-eyed general who invented tank warfare—500 years ago. You’re a knight. Your […]