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Topic Archives:Historical Figures

Ambrose Stevens gravesite

With This Union Soldier’s Death the NYT Claimed That ‘some most interesting chapters of the unwritten and secret history of the War’ Had Died With Him

by Frank Jastrzembski8/4/20238/4/2023
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‘Soldier of Destiny’: A Detailed View of Grant as an Evolving Soul

by Dave Kindy8/3/20234/3/2024
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Louisa May Alcott Wanted to Be a Nurse…Until She Realized It Required Bathing Soldiers

by Louisa May Alcott7/5/20237/6/2023
20th Maine charge down Little Round Top

The 20th Maine’s Little Round Top Hero Had a Hardscrabble Life

by Jared Peatman6/29/202310/12/2023

A Requiem for Daniel Ellsberg

by Larry Porges6/27/20236/27/2023
George McClellan

Mending the McClellan Myth

by Christopher Howland6/26/20238/20/2023
Painting of Napoléon crossing the Alps on horse back.

Precision vs. Propaganda: Some Painters Meticulously Researched Their Masterworks—Others Not So Much

by Jon Guttman6/23/20234/26/2024

Booze, Drugs and a Pet Snake: Families Can Cause White House Headaches

by Seung Min Kim6/21/20236/22/2023
Citizens helping soldiers on street in Richmond, Va.

12 Civilians Who Played Unusual, Outsized Roles in the Civil War

by HistoryNet Staff6/19/20235/12/2023
Privates Joseph Hakin and William A. Wilson

At War’s End, These Union Soldiers Thought They Were Being Mustered Out. Instead, They Found Themselves Back in the Fray… Under Custer

by Richard H. Holloway6/12/20236/15/2023

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