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Book Review: Lee the Soldier (Gary W. Gallager) : ACW

by HistoryNet Staff8/11/20018/22/2016

Lee the Soldier, edited by Gary W. Gallager, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, 1996, […]

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Book Review: LEE’S MISERABLES (J. Tracy Power) : AH

by HistoryNet Staff8/11/20018/23/2016

LEE’S MISERABLES, by J. Tracy Power, University of North Carolina Press, 463 pages, $34.95. […]

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Book Review: The Wilmington Campaign: Last Rays of Departing Hope (James R. Arnold and Roberta Wiener) : AH

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The Wilmington Campaign: Last Rays of Departing Hope, by Chris E. Fonvielle, Jr., Savas […]

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Book Review: Lee the Soldier (Gary W. Gallagher): AH

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LEE THE SOLDIER edited by Gary W. Gallagher (University of Nebraska Press, 620 pages, […]

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Tuck’s hard-won flying skill and a remarkable run of good fortune contributed to victory in the Battle of Britain.

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CEO of newly redesigned American Civil War Museum talks about creating a diverse narrative of an American crisis 

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Union Corporal Barton W. Mitchell accidentally stumbles upon Confederate special orders from General Robert E. Lee and quickly works to put it to good use

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The peaceful French countryside around La Fiere Bridge erupted into a desperate firefight on June 6, 1944.

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The Poignant Tale Behind a Celebrated Civil War Sketch

by George Skoch3/18/20242/22/2024

To artist Edwin Forbes, William Jackson of the 12th New York was an everyman Union soldier, a “solemn lad… toughened by campaigning.” There was much more to Jackson’s story.

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