In 1899 the Boers handed the British Army three humiliating defeats in southern Africa.
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CWT Book Review: The Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864
The Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864 edited by Gary W. Gallagher, University of North […]
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Road to Atlanta
Some historians believe that without the successful drive of Major General William T. Sherman’s […]
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“I Have Never Known So Terrible a Fire”
Two of the war’s most famous brigades engaged in mortal combat at Brawner’s Farm.
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General Bragg’s Impossible Dream
The 1862 invasion of Kentucky had great promise, but disappointing results. It turned out […]
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Did General Discord Undermine the Union Army’s 1862 Maryland Campaign?
New look at sources erodes story about commanders’ infighting contributing to Lee’s escape
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Sherman’s Secret Weapon Was His Map Maven
William Merrill elevated cartography to a science that helped Union commanders win the war
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The Poet of the Blitz
On a late summer night in September 1940, millions of Americans sat near their […]
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Final Spasm on Sulfur Island
Comfortably bedded down for the night, VII Fighter Command personnel on Iwo Jima were […]
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Bret Harte’s Voice for the Wiyots
As a young man in California, future literary great Bret Harte received death threats for his truth-telling about an Indian massacre