It is well-known that George Custer’s men each brought a trapdoor Springfield and a Colt .45 that June day in 1876. Identification of the Indian weapons is more uncertain.
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Battle of Gettysburg and American Mythology
Much of what Americans believe about Gettysburg is myth, but their flawed knowledge of the battle nevertheless serves to sanctify their national memory of the fight.
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Patrick Connor and the Battle of Bear River
Disappointed Army officer Patrick Connor wanted to be back East fighting Rebels. Instead, he found himself in the bitter cold along icebound Bear Creek, near today’s Utah-Idaho border, with a Shoshone village spread out below him.
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Book Review: The Spotsylvania Campaign (Essays) : ACW
For sheer, unmitigated hellishness, the fighting around Spotsylvania outstripped all other Civil War battles. […]
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Book Review: Ulysses S. Grant / Soldier & President
Ulysses S. Grant was an unremarkable man, except at the times when it mattered most.
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As the Boxer Rebellion Stole Headlines from His Wild West, Buffalo Bill Put the Clash into His Show
In 1901, Cody had his Sioux performers don Chinese garb and portray the rebels.
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The Explosion of Mount Hood
One minute this 460-foot-long munition ship was there, then it wasn’t.
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Buffalo Bill Delighted Italian Fans by Bringing His Wild West Across the Ocean Blue at the Turn of the Century
Cody came, saw and conquered much of Italy during his 1890 and 1906 tours.
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Dan Sickles Insisted that His Gettysburg Antics Saved the Union. Was He Right?
Sickles nearly cost the Union Army at Gettysburg by breaking George Meade’s orders.
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Do We need to Reconsider What Makes an Ace?
Drones have added a new wrinkle to air combat.