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Lee Escapes from Gettysburg
After three days of torture on the battlefield, would the journey out of Pennsylvania offer the Confederates any relief?
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Book Review: Section 60, Arlington National Cemetery, by Robert M. Poole
In his second history of Arlington National Cemetery, Robert Poole relates stories centering on Section 60, resting place of fallen American soldiers from Afghanistan and Iraq.
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Interview: Paul Lee Johnson / Wild West Historian
In his new book The McLaurys in Tombstone, Arizona: An O.K. Corral Obituary, author Paul Lee Johnson examines the little-known McLaury side of the October 1881 gunfight near the O.K. Corral.
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Maps: Lee’s Real Enemy at Gettysburg?
Can poor planning and bad maps explain the Confederate defeat at Gettysburg?
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Did Custer’s Men Try to Flee During the Battle of the Little Bighorn?
Whether anyone from Custer’s immediate command escaped the massacre is debatable, but some definitely tried to get away.
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How could Lee think Pickett’s charge would succeed?
Good Day, So let’s say that Pickett’s charge succeeded. Against the odds, let’s say […]
Robert Todd Lincoln
Facts, information and articles about Robert Todd Lincoln, son of Abraham Lincoln Robert Todd […]
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The Other Lee
Everybody knows about Marse Robert—but Smith lee was the major player when the war began. What happened?
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Interview: Robert Sullivan / My American Revolution
For his new book My American Revolution, Robert Sullivan combined thorough research with extraordinary fieldwork to illuminate the American Revolution and draw ties to the present.