The blame for a broad command failure that led to 7,000 unnecessary Union casualties in a single hour applies to more than just the commander in chief.
By Robert N. Thompson
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Singapore 1941: Fall of the Gibraltar of the East
Everyone from Churchill down to the lowest private expected Singapore to hold out for at least three months. By that time, they believed, enough reinforcements would reach the island to make Singapore too well defended even for Yamashita to overcome.
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Andrew Jackson: Lawyer, Judge and Legislator
Long before his rise to national fame during the War of 1812, young Andrew Jackson, as lawyer, judge and legislator, helped shape the American frontier. He took the skills, attitudes and quirks developed there all the way to the White House.
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Assyrian March Against Judah
Christianity, Judaism and Islam exist today because of Assyrian warrior King Sennacherib’s decision to strike a deal with besieged Jerusalem.
By Philip Stern
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George Armstrong Custer: Changing Views of an American Legend
Although he was already a popular figure in his own time, the disaster at the Little Bighorn forever secured his place in the American mind and mythology.
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Battle of Santa Rosa Island
When Confederate troops set out to retaliate against Union soldiers at Fort Pickens, they began a comedy of errors that was played out in the sand dunes of Santa Rosa Island. The stakes were no laughing matter — control of the port city of Pensacola.
By Gary R. Rice
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Battle of Raymond
In his push toward Vicksburg, Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant purposely tried to shield his inexperienced young subordinate,James B. McPherson, from the enemy. But Confederate Brig. Gen. John Gregg was not so concerned with McPherson’s welfare.
By Al W. Goodman, Jr.
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Battle of Antietam: Two Great American Armies Engage in Combat
The opposing armies at Antietam were two very different forces commanded by two very different men.
By Ted Alexander
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Nathan Bedford Forrest
Outside a Kentucky town in December 1861, a Confederate lieutenant colonel makes his debut as a red-faced, saber-swinging terror — and battlefield genius. His name is Nathan Bedford Forrest.
By William J. Stier
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Battle of Waynesborough
At Waynesborough, Georgia, Fighting Joe Wheeler’s Rebels get a rough time from a very unlikely foe — Brig. Gen. Judson Kilpatrick.
By Angela Lee