Those of us baby boomers born in the 1940s and 1950s grew up learning […]
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Gall: The Fighting Cock of the Sioux
Soldiers gave the Hunkpapa leader his nickname because he was a dashing warrior who […]
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The Campaign for a Continental Confederacy
The battle for the Southwestern desert was as crucial as the fighting back east
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Charlie Fairfax and His Two Dueling Friends Made Their Mark in the History of California
When 20-year-old “Lord” Charles Snowden Fairfax left his ancestral Virginia home to travel west, […]
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The Indian Trail of Broken Treaties
Conflicts between the Plains Indians and Euro-American settlers and soldiers have often been blamed […]
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An American Nazi’s Rise and Fall
George Lincoln Rockwell was the son of vaudeville comedians, served in the U.S. Navy […]
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New York City’s Forgotten Past
For more than 100 years, New Yorkers lavishly celebrated November 25 in commemoration of […]
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Interview: John Henry McCraken / Vicksburg
The Campaign That Confirmed Grant’s Greatness.
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Vicksburg—the 1863 Campaign
A tour of the Mississippi River town provides an opportunity to follow in Grant’s footsteps.
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The Moral Regiment at the Battle of Vicksburg
A Union regiment enough, an Illinois unit that fought at Vicksburg was known as […]