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The War in Their Words: ‘Lee is Marching to Our Flank’
Union captain Frederick Von Fritsch had a horrible day at Chancellorsville. When I was doing research […]
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Until the Age of Nelson, Robert Blake was England’s greatest admiral
On August 17, 1657, an English fleet tacked its way up the English Channel […]
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Major Robert ‘Blackie’ Blackburn’s Last Mission
It was just after 10:30 on the morning of March 2, 1945, when ground […]
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Nat and Robert Martin Pinned Together by an Arrow
Because the west was so wild in the mid-1860s, with hostilities between Plains Indians […]
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Isaiah Lees: The Greatest Criminal Catcher The West Ever Knew
Robert Pinkerton knew a good detective when he saw one, and in his opinion […]
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A Soldier to Make General Lee Proud
Name: Axalla John Hoole Dates: 1822-1863 Allegiance: Confederate Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel Unit: 8th […]
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Armament: France’s ‘Fleet in Being’
Like the United States and Great Britain, France was an early proponent of naval […]
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Asleep at the Gap
In 1862 Union general John Pope had a chance to cut the Confederate army in half. He blew it.
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Andrew Roberts: Walking With Churchill
Roberts’ new book, Churchill: Walking With Destiny, may be the best one-volume biography yet written about the wartime British PM