No trip to Frederick would be complete without a visit to the National Museum of Civil War Medicine. Need a stiff drink afterwards? Hit up the local City Hall, which was converted into a brewpub.
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Iran and Iraq Fought a War for 8 Years, Killed Millions and Achieved Nothing
The 1980-1988 conflict was a bloody stalemate — and possibly the last conventional war ever.
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Book Review: ‘The Harvest of War: Marathon, Thermopylae, and Salamis’
British historian Stephen P. Kershaw takes on the Greeks.
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Centreville: A Virginia Village Destroyed by the Civil War
Sometimes entire towns could also be the victims of the continual fighting.
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‘Bonds of War’ Book Review: How War Profiteers Helped the Union Win
The Civil War pushed American finance into a new, more modern phase.
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‘The Storm of War Broke Upon Us’: Three Soldier Letters Bring the Horrors of Battle Back Home
We asked William “Griff” Griffing to share with us some of his most favored, memorable, or compelling Civil War letters to date.
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Civil War Drummer Boys at the Battle of Whitehall, North Carolina
Drummer boys played an important part of Civil War battles.
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An Ohio English Teacher Went to Fight in the Civil War and Got His First True Taste of Battle
An Ohio teacher got his first true taste of battle as Vicksburg fell in the summer of 1863. Two arduous but fulfilling years in uniform followed.
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How the 1972 North Vietnamese Easter Offensive Tested Nixon’s War Strategy
A look back on 50th anniversary of the Easter Offensive at how South Vietnamese victory against communist forces became a rationale for complete U.S. withdrawal and Nixon’s “peace with honor.”
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Our Man in Havana: How Harry Scovel Became One of the World’s Best-Known War Correspondents
In 1896 Harry Scovel went to Cuba to report on the revolt against Spanish rule. Soon he was one of the world’s best-known war correspondents