Second-Guessing Dick Ewell: Why didn’t the Confederate general take Cemetery Hill on July 1, 1863?
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Battle of Menotomy – First Blood, 1775
In the hours after Lexington/Concord, Redcoats and Rebels faced off in a little-known murderous street fight
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Battlefield Preservation Effort – 7200 Acres at Petersburg
U.S. Senator Jim Webb (D-VA) introduced the “Petersburg National Boundary Modification Act,” to protect 7,200 additional acres of historic battlefields around Petersburg, which would create the largest military park in the United States.
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America’s Worst Winter Ever
Forget Valley Forge. The Morristown winter of 1779-80 was the real test for George Washington and the Continental Army.
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Daily Quiz for December 19, 2009
Buried in France following his death from a brain tumor, this American naval officer, who also served as a rear admiral in Russia, was not returned to the United States until nearly 114 years after his death.
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Letter from American History – February 2010
Washington’s Prudence During the early stages of the Revolutionary War, patriot leaders hoped Canadians […]
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Why Cotton got to be King
The South’s cash crops buoyed America’s trade and industry before the war—but the planter economy could be as volatile as Wall Street
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What is Lost When Veterans Pass?
World War II historian Rick Atkinson explores what happens to history when those who lived it can no longer tell their stories.
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A Promise Fulfilled
The Emancipation Proclamation all but guaranteed the death of slavery, but exactly what that document did–and did not–do remains the subject of heated debate