In the marketplace within the gray walls of Rouen, Normandy, on May 30, 1431, […]
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Clive Caldwell: Top Gun From Down Under
Flying mainly over North Africa and in defense of his home island, Australian ace of aces Clive Caldwell shot down a mixed bag of Axis airmen, including Germans, Italians and Japanese.
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Birth of an Empire
In 168 BC Roman legionaries and Macedonian phalangites fought to decide once and for all who would rule the ancient Mediterranean
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Daily Quiz for April 6, 2018
Without the assistance of notes, this one-term U.S. president delivered his 3,319 word inaugural address from memory.
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The Prisoner of Shark Island
John Ford’s brooding 1936 film takes some liberties with Dr. Samuel Mudd’s story.
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ACW Book Review: Giants
Giants: The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln by John Stauffer, Twelve, […]
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ACW Book Review: Wiregrass to Appomattox
Wiregrass to Appomattox: The Untold Story of the 50th Georgia Infantry Regiment, CSA by […]
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Book Review: Antietam, South Mountain & Harpers Ferry / A Battlefield Guide
Antietam, South Mountain & Harpers Ferry: A Battlefield Guide by Ethan S. Rafuse, Bison […]
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ACW Book Review: Lincoln- The Biography of a Writer
Lincoln: The Biography of a Writer by Fred Kaplan, Harper, 2008, $27.95 In her […]
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Standing By Their Man
With the president in the hot seat, Northern leaders gather to pledge their support—if […]