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In the Confederacy’s Last Days, Two Texans Face Off in Futile Feud
Confederate officers’ wounded pride leads to fury, insults, and senseless murder
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General John Stark: A Patriot Who Rose Above Rank
Overlooking a studied insult by Congress, John Stark rallied to the Patriot cause at Bennington in 1777
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The Arikara War: Avenging Americans
Entrepreneur William Ashley’s attempt to trade for Arikara horses led to a ‘beach’ battle that inflicted 30 percent casualties on his brigade and inspired an outraged Colonel Henry Leavenworth to punish the Missouri River tribe.
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Rufus King: Popular General Whose Career Was Stigmatized by Illness
Accused of drunkenness at Second Bull Run even though evidence showed he suffered multiple epileptic seizures
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Would War or Weather Determine Control of Samoa?
When America flexed its imperial muscles in the South Pacific, a literal typhoon got in the way
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An American Nazi’s Rise and Fall
George Lincoln Rockwell was the son of vaudeville comedians, served in the U.S. Navy […]
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A Bridge to the Past
Spanning the thin strait that separates Upper and Lower New York Bay is the […]
![Photo shows the Davis Family at Beauvoir, Mississippi, in 1884 or 1885 (l to r): Varina Howell Davis Hayes [Webb] (1878-1934), Margaret Davis Hayes, Lucy White Hayes [Young] (1882-1966), Jefferson Davis, unidentified servant, Varina Howell Davis, and Jefferson Davis Hayes (1884-1975), whose name was legally changed to Jefferson Hayes-Davis in 1890.](https://historynet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/jefferson-davis-family-beauvoir-mississippi.jpg?w=1200&h=900&crop=1)
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Living with the Enemy: The Jefferson Davis Family and Their Servants
Beneath the surface of even the Richmond household of the Confederate president, the never-certain […]