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Staying the Course at Gettysburg
Lincoln’s remarks gratified the war’s proponents and silenced his critics
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Trial by Fire at Coral Sea
In the spring of 1942 Adm. Chester Nimitz was a relatively untried commander who was forced to match the battered remnants of the U.S. Pacific Fleet against an opponent flush with victory.
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Singapore 1941: Fall of the Gibraltar of the East
In only 70 days, Japanese troops on bicycles sidestepped static defenses to capture the Malay Peninsula, and in an audacious ruse convinced the British to surrender Singapore.
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Executing Justice
Confederates accepted capital punishment as a necessary evil on the path to independence.
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Hitler’s Last Airdrop: Crete 1941
Operation Mercury, the German paratrooper attack on Crete, was bold, but its human cost was far too high
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Daily Quiz for December 2, 2009
He was the Union officer who inflicted a bloody defeat on Robert E. Lee at Malvern Hill, Va.
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Daily Quiz for November 8, 2009
A descendant of this Civil War general chaired the Civil War Centennial Commission, charged with organizing events to commemorate the war’s 100th anniversary.
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Daily Quiz for October 19, 2009
Confederate General James Longstreet was wounded during this event in 1874, nine years after the Civil War had ended.
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Why Doesn’t Grant Get the Love?
Ulysses S. Grant has occupied dramatically different positions in the American pantheon. His imposing stature between the end of the Civil War and the early years of the 20th century cannot be disputed.