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Who Was the First Man to Tame the Mighty Mississippi?
James Buchanan Eads spent his life on the might river, and his greatest accomplishment was to bridge it.
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WWI American Pilots Wanted a Great Fighter Plane. Instead, They Got the Nieuport 28.
The Americans flying in World War I wanted the Spad XIII. They got the Nieuport 28 instead.
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Book Review: The Heart of Hell / The Soldiers’ Struggle for Spotsylvania’s Bloody Angle
A graphic account of the violence at Spotylvania’s Bloody Angle.
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What’s in a Name? The Unlucky Military History of the Name ‘Hood’
The name has been shared in military history by the good, the bad and the simply unfortunate.
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Meet The Daring Irishman Who Rode With the Cossacks
Taken prisoner by the Japanese and the Red Army, Francis McCullaugh recorded his experiences during the Russo-Japanese War.
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They Assumed the Enemy in Vietnam Was Incapable of Intercepting Radio Communications. They Were Wrong
Senior U.S. commanders thought the NVA and Viet Cong were too “primitive” to make deadly use of radio intel. Careless communications cost American lives.
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He Was One of the Greatest Soldiers in U.S. History. So Why Doesn’t Winfield Scott Get Any Respect?
It’s high time that “Old Fuss and Feathers” gets some historic love.
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Before CGI, These Maps Made Gettysburg Come Alive
Two unique maps inspired generations of visitors
to America’s most famous battlefield.
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‘A thousand mighty thunders’
These letters are some of thousands of letters transcribed by William Griffing as part of his online repository of Civil War letters, Shared & Spared.