The Army of Northern Virginia went to war with itself in February 1863
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Book Review: The Allure of Battle
Cathal Nolan argues that military victories through history have relied primarily on endurance and attrition
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Undefended Shore
In 1942 American merchant ships up and down the Atlantic Coast were being relentlessly attacked by German U-boats. Why did the U.S. Navy secretly decide to leave them unprotected?
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Hard Liquor, Easy Duty
The 15th United States Infantry Regiment at Tientsin—”the Can Do Boys,” as they liked […]
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Brigadier General John Gibbon’s Brief Breach During the Battle of Fredericksburg
Much has been written about the ill-starred soldiers of the Army of the Potomac […]
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The Sky’s Their Canvas: The Lost Art of Skywriting
Long before the advent of social media, skywriters created ephemeral messages writ large in […]
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Surviving the Pearl Harbor Attack Aboard the USS Nevada
Surrounded by smoke and flame, the battleship made for the open sea in an attempt to escape the devastation at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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Lincoln’s Forgotten Defender: A Tough Regular Army Officer Backed the President’s Controversial Suspension of Habeas Corpus
Career U.S. Army soldier William Walton Morris is the epitome of the statement that “Old soldiers never die, they just fade away.”
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Blunder at the Bridge
Union troops miss a rare opportunity to destroy a Rebel force near Corinth. Earl […]
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CWT Today- October 2010
Cleveland Reopens War Monument One of the nation’s most elaborate Civil War memorials recently […]