On a clandestine mission, American paratroopers displayed courage and initiative against long odds.
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Battle of Antietam: Two Great American Armies Engage in Combat
The opposing armies at Antietam were two very different forces commanded by two very different men.
By Ted Alexander
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Nathan Bedford Forrest
Outside a Kentucky town in December 1861, a Confederate lieutenant colonel makes his debut as a red-faced, saber-swinging terror — and battlefield genius. His name is Nathan Bedford Forrest.
By William J. Stier
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Battle of Waynesborough
At Waynesborough, Georgia, Fighting Joe Wheeler’s Rebels get a rough time from a very unlikely foe — Brig. Gen. Judson Kilpatrick.
By Angela Lee
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Battle Of Stones River
While an unwary Union artillery captain — Warren P. Edgarton — took his horses for water, 4,400 battle-hardened Confederates were massing to unleash a devastating pre-dawn attack.
By Robert C. Cheeks
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Battle of Antietam: Federal Flank Attack at Dunker Church
With Union Major General Joseph Hooker’s I Corps lying shattered in the blood-soaked cornfield at Antietam, Brigadier General George Greene’s ‘Bully Boys’ somehow managed to punch a salient in the Confederate line. But would they be able to hold it?
By Robert C. Cheeks
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Battle of Peachtree Creek
Near the sluggish creek on the outskirts of Atlanta, new Confederate commander John Bell Hood struck the first ‘manly blow’ for Atlanta,living up to his lifelong reputation as a fighter–but accomplishing little. It would be a bad omen for all Hood’s subsequent campaigns.
By Phil Noblitt
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Battle of Ox Hill
With Union General John Pope reeling in defeat after the Battle of Second Manassas, Stonewall Jackson confidently set out to block Pope’s retreat. It would be easy pickings–so Jackson thought.
By Robert James
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Battle of Gettysburg: Fury at Bliss Farm
Back and forth, for 24 hours, soldiers at Gettysburg contested possession of a no man’s land with an incongruous name–Bliss farm.
By John M. Archer
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Battle of Gettysburg — Day Two
If Robert E. Lee’s bold plan of attack had been followed on Day 2 at Gettysburg, there might never have been a third day of fighting. As it was, confusion and personal differences between commanders would severely affect the Confederate assault on Cemetery Ridge.