For half a decade before the Civil War, residents of the neighboring states of Missouri and Kansas waged their own civil war. It was a conflict whose scars were a long time in healing.
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World War I: Cuxhaven Raid — Britain’s Bold Strike From the Sea
On Christmas Day 1914, an audacious British air attack on a Zeppelin base in northern Germany caught the Germans with their defenses down.
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America’s Civil War: Battle for Kentucky
It had been almost one month since Confederate General Braxton Bragg had pulled off an organizational masterpiece—four weeks since the first troop trains had rumbled into Chattanooga, Tennessee, completing an improbable 800-mile odyssey.
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Operation Meade River: Marine Search-and-Destroy Cordon of the Vietnam War
Operation Meade River in ‘Dodge City’ was the largest and most successful Marine search-and-destroy cordon of the war.
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Vietnam: The Battle Of Hamburger Hill
Information On The Battle of Hamburger Hill During The Vietnam War, also known as Hill 937, and as depicted in the 1987 Movie “Hamburger Hill.”
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Battle of Chickamauga: Colonel John T. Wilder and the Lightning Brigade
Colonel John T. Wilder’s’Lightning Brigade’ did all it could to stave off Union disaster at the Battle of Chickamauga.
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Battle of Waynesboro: Jubal Early and Phil Sheridan Meet For the Last Time
With his once-formidable army reduced to a mere shadow of its former self, Confederate General Jubal Early pulled up at Waynesboro to face his old nemesis, Phil Sheridan, for the last time.
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Andrew Jackson: Leading the Battle of New Orleans
In January 1815, General Andrew Jackson led a menagerie of American defenders against some of the British Empire’s finest soldiers in a battle that would determine the future of America.
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Murder and Scandal in New Mexico: The Case of Ada Hulmes
The female piano player at Silver City’s Monarch saloon shot down the fire chief who jilted her, sparking a colorful trial and a controversial stint in the territorial prison.
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Operation Marauder: Allied Offensive in the Mekong Delta
On New Year’s Day 1966, with Australian and New Zealand combat forces attached, the 173rd Airborne Brigade struck VC positions in the Mekong Delta.