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The War in Their Words: Campaign of the Two Dogs
A Pennsylvanian’s diary describes the Bristoe Station Campaign and the Battle of Rappahannock Station.
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Any Recommendations for a Reconstruction Book?
Dear Sir/Madam, I have been reading your America’s Civil War for years and love […]
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The Happiest Day in American History
On V-J Day 65 years ago, a tsunami of sheer joy swept the nation […]
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American History Gazette- August 2010
Plans Unveiled for National Mall Makeover America’s front yard—as Washington’s National Mall has been […]
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Book Review: American Civil War Railroad Tactics
American Civil War Railroad Tactics by Robert R. Hodges Jr., Osprey Publishing Railroads made […]
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CWT Book Review: The 14th South Carolina Infantry Regiment
The 14th South Carolina Infantry Regiment, of the Gregg-McGowan Brigade by Robert K. Krick, […]
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‘Mimic War’ No More
‘Little Phil’ and ‘Old Jube’ get serious. For the footsore soldiers of the First […]
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The NVA’s Plan for a Great Escape
A North Vietnamese Army battalion was ordered to free captured Viet Cong so they could join the fight during Tet, but U.S. gunships and the 173rd Airborne had other plans for the intruders
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Lost in the Fog of War
Bogged down in a back-and-forth fight, Confederates struggling to retake Louisiana’s capital waited in […]