Sheridan reversed a potential Confederate victory and permanently restored the Valley of Virginia to the Union. How did he succeed?
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The Lost Battle of Lima Site 85
In “officially neutral” Laos, 3,000 communist troops converged on a handful of Americans at a top-secret 5,800-foot-high mountain base
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Egotistic Brit General Turned the World Upside Down at Yorktown
The Americans won because the King’s best strategist guessed wrong about where Washington and his allies would fight
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After Lindbergh’s Historic Flight, a Young Pilot Chased His Own Glory. Instead, He Became an Unsolved Mystery
Just months after Charles Lindbergh’s flight, Paul Redfern sought to set a distance record in a solo attempt from the U.S. to Brazil. He almost made it.
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The Vichy Regime’s Bizarre Final Months in a German Castle
From the imposing stronghold of Sigmaringen, a toxic blend of French collaborators ran a government-in-exile.
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Maine’s Greatest War Hero Faces Down Another Insurrection
When political parties’ fight for power turns violent, the only man capable of restoring order was the defender of Little Round Top
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‘Shoot and be Damned’
A tense interaction between green soldiers and agitated civilians results in murder
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Fearless Radicals Turned the Quakers From Advocates of Slavery to Fervent Abolitionists
It took a century and a half and the tireless work of dissenting Friends to create the first White-dominated antislavery movement
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Elizabeth Keckly: The Black Woman Who Became a Part of the Lincoln Family
Mary Todd Lincoln’s closest confidante was a seamstress born in slavery.