After disobeying Robert E. Lee’s orders to avoid a general engagement at Gettysburg, Lt. Gen. Richard Ewell received an order to ‘press those people.’ His failure to do so created a controversy that survives to this day.
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Eyewitness-March ’97 America’s Civil War Feature
A letter from a young Michigan cavalryman gives a vivid– if ungrammatical–account of Gettysburg […]
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Stuart’s Revenge
A stolen hat and wounded pride spurred Southern cavalryman J.E.B. Stuart into action. His vengeance would be swift, daring, an—unexpectedly—funny.
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The Proving Ground
The Mexican War gave future Civil War generals their first taste of combat.
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A Town Embattled
Winchester, Virginia, saw more of the war than any other place North or South a town.
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Father John B. Tabb Aboard Confederate Blockade Runners: Jan ’96: America’s Civil War Feature
PERSONALITY Father John B. Tabb, an unreconstructed Rebel to the end, had served the […]
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Seth Eastman’s West
A SERIES OF WATERCOLORS BY SETH EASTMAN, THE FOREMOST NINETEENTH-CENTURY PICTORIAL HISTORIAN OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN, IS NOW ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC.
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Paris’ Unlikely Savior
Adolf Hitler had decreed that Paris should be left a smoking ruin,
but Dietrich von Choltitz thought better of his Führer’s order.
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Midway Islands’ Undaunted Defenders
Outclassed by the approaching Japanese carrier task force, the American airmen at Midway prepared to do their best—unaware that a U.S. Navy carrier force was coming to their aid.
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Battle of Gettysburg: Union General George Stannard and the 2nd Vermont Brigade
The first Vermonter to enlist in the war, Union General George Stannard helped turn the tide at Gettysburg.