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Interview: David Ferriero / America’s Collector in Chief
David Ferriero is America’s 10th U.S. Archivist. He heads the National Archives and ensures […]
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Lee’s Last Hurrah
Five years after the war, the beloved former general set out on a sentimental […]
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Iron Will: Scrapping History
Americans at times went too far in their nearly unstoppable drive to collect scrap […]
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Wellesley’s Trial
How the calcified British high command nearly sacrificed the young general— and Britain’s future—after […]
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Lee Takes Charge
McClellan thought he was timid. Newspapers called him ‘Granny Lee.’ But once in command, […]
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Father of the Navy
John Barry fought for his adoptive country at sea and presided at the birth […]
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The Two Horsemen of the Revolution
Casimir Pułaski and Michael Kováts, both immigrants, earned a place in history as “the fathers of the U.S. Cavalry.”
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A Shot in the Dark
Once the Rebels took aim at Fort Sumter, there was no turning back—for anyone. […]
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Wild Irish Geese
Driven from their homeland by centuries of English domination, Irish soldiers went to war […]