The 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th Vermont Volunteer Infantry regiments comprised the so-called […]
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Book Review: Napoleon on War
Colson, Bruno. Napoleon on War. Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 2015. $45.00 Bruno Colson […]
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Dramatis Personae of the U.S. Navy
John Paul Jones (1747-1792) He never commanded a major fleet and lost his flagship […]
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The Rise of the American Navy 1775 – 1914
On a warm August day in 1785, at the Merchants’ Coffee House in Philadelphia, […]
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Hallowed Ground | Plains of Abraham, Quebec, Canada
The Sept. 13, 1759, clash between British and French soldiers on the Plains of […]
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Ukrainian Eulogy
In 1651 Ukrainian Cossacks battled Polish troops for self-determination, but as the rebels learned […]
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Book Review: Admiral Bill Halsey
Thomas Alexander Hughes profiles iconic U.S. Navy Admiral William F. “Bull” Halsey and explores why he remains relatively overlooked among his World War II contemporaries
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Louisa May Alcott Goes to War
Eager to support the North, the budding author volunteered for a fledgling corps of […]
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Soldiers Loved a Refreshing Cup of Coffee
On the march or in camp, there was nothing soldiers loved more than their cuppajoe.
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Tempest At Cool Spring
Exhausted from weeks of incessant campaigning, Lt. Gen. Jubal Early’s 8,000 Army of the […]