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True Grit: Maj. Gen. George Sears Greene at Antietam
Culp’s Hill Hero also deserves credit for his valiant effort on America’s bloodiest day
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Leave Them Standing
Confederate monuments must remain at Gettysburg to help interpret the Civil War’s causes and consequences
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George Washington: Patriot, President, Planter and Purveyor of Distilled Spirits
“I consent to your commencing a distillery, and approve of your purchasing the Still, […]
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Wreck of WWII Sub USS Grenadier Possibly Located
Divers off the coast of Phuket, Thailand believe they have found the wreck of […]
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Graphic Novel Series Highlights First and Only Woman to Ever Receive the Medal of Honor
The newest issue of “Medal of Honor,” a graphic series produced by the Association of the U.S. Army, spotlights the Civil War heroics of Mary Walker, the first woman in the U.S. to earn a medical degree and the only woman to ever receive the Medal of Honor.
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Fort and Fortitude: Pushing the Confederate Army to the Breaking Point
Known in official reports as Redoubt H, it was a key part of the Union’s plan to push the Confederate army to the breaking point.
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Antietam’s Cornfield Maelstrom
Antietam’s opening fight turned a field of crops into a scene of slaughter
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Coming Out Catholic in Colonial Maryland
The Puritans weren’t the only sect to seek freedom to worship in North America
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Killer Instinct: How One Man Taught U.S. Rangers to Fight Dirty in WWII
Francois d’Eliscu taught thousands of U.S. Army Rangers how to fight down and dirty in World War II.