New Missouri Park to Honor 1st Kansas Colored Infantry State officials as well as […]
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Daughter of the Skies: Jean Batten
Jean Batten put New Zealand on the map during aviation’s Golden Age, then faded into obscurity.
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Daily Quiz for March 14, 2018
The German Pour le Mérite order of military merit was nicknamed this during World War One.
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Wake-up Call: Big Bethel showed that both sides had much to learn about war
The Union’s ability to maintain control of Fort Monroe, Va., during the secession crisis provided the Federals with an important strategic toehold in Confederate territory.
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Laws of War | Kill Orders
In 1902 Brigadier General Jacob H. Smith was court-martialed for ordering American soldiers to kill thousands of Filipino civilians
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Media Digest | Abrams not much different from Westmoreland?
Modest in number yet extraordinarily influential, proponents of the “better war” narrative maintain that Gen. Creighton Abrams, who became the top commander of U.S. forces in South Vietnam in June 1968, jettisoned the failing strategy of his predecessor, Gen. William Westmoreland, and achieved a military victory, only to have it squandered by feckless politicians in Washington.
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The War in Their Words: I Was Rapidly Bleeding to Death
Somehow, Colonel M.D.L. Stephens had remained unscathed as he led his 31st Mississippi Infantry toward the death-dealing Union earthworks at the November 30, 1864, Battle of Franklin.
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CWT Book Review: Josie Underwood’s Civil War Diary
Josie Underwood’s Civil War Diary edited by Nancy Disher Baird, University Press of Kentucky […]
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CWT Book Review: The Civil War- A History in 3-D
The Civil War: A History in 3-D by Richard L. Copley, Copleys Graphics LLC […]
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CWT Book Review: Disunion
Disunion: The Coming of the American Civil War 1789-1859 by Elizabeth R. Varon, University […]