As Union forces capture Richmond, the Confederate president and his cabinet take a slow […]
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‘I here declare my unmitigated hatred to Yankee rule’
If anyone looked like he was handpicked by central casting to play the part […]
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Interview: John King / Park Ranger, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
What is Harpers Ferry’s most significant aspect? It’s an unusual park in that it […]
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What Took the North So Long?
THE CIVIL WAR DEVASTATED THE SOUTH AND SAVAGED THE ARMIES OF BOTH SIDES, exacting […]
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Jihad in the Age of Victoria
During the British monarch’s six-decade reign a wave of fanatical Islamic uprisings threatened to sunder her global empire
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Worn Out, Hungry and Broke: Confederate Discontent after Gettysburg
“I feel very much like starting home,” 57th North Carolina Private James Zimmerman wrote […]
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Hallowed Ground: Arlington, Virginia
By the time the sun darts across the Potomac River and casts Arlington House, […]
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Decision at Plataea, 479 BC
For the Greeks, victory would secure autonomy— defeat would mean Persian domination. Marathon and […]
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John Paul Jones: Sea Power Visionary
John Paul Jones pioneered the idea of global sea power a century before the […]
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The Warm-up War
A remarkable cadre of West Point–educated officers banded together during the Mexican-American War, only […]