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Lost-Found Nation
In excerpt from a new book of essays, I Wish I’d Been There, delves […]
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Labor Strikes Back
What was good for General Motors wasn’t always good for GM workers. Sit-down strikes at the company’s Michigan plants sparked a wave of similar actions in workplaces across the country.
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Albert Sidney Johnston: Too Little, Too Late to Win the Western War
The general expected to save the Confederate heartland made a series of poor tactical and strategic decisions
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Interview: John Henry McCraken / Vicksburg
The Campaign That Confirmed Grant’s Greatness.
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Aboard Sultana, the Ill-Fated Civil War Troopship
‘I could see fire and hear groans and screams and seemen jumping in the […]
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‘A Silent Gloom Fell Upon Us Like a Pall’
Grieving over the loss of their commander in chief, Union soldiers worried that reconciliation […]
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Hurtling Toward the End
The April 6, 1865, Battle of Sailor’s Creek constituted one of the darkest days […]
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“Reconsider, Hell!”
Phil Sheridan’s single-minded pursuit of victory left a more cautious union general ruined after […]
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Bentonville: Last Chance to Stop Sherman
WITH ONLY 20,000 MEN HASTILY SCRAPED TOGETHER, JOSEPH JOHNSTON TACKLED TWO FEDERAL CORPS, AND LOST.