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Author Archives: William John Shepherd

On Bloody Sunday, by Julieann Campbell
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‘On Bloody Sunday’ Book Review: Firsthand Memories From Catholic and IRA Participants

by William John Shepherd4/21/20225/4/2022

Julieann Moore presents accounts from Catholic and Irish Republican figures involved in the ‘Bloody Sunday’ killings of Jan. 30, 1972

Posted inStories

The Other 9/11: The Battle of Brandywine, 1777

by William John Shepherd1/13/20221/13/2022
Posted inStories

Cowpens National Battlefield: Then and Now

by William John Shepherd12/10/2021
Posted inStories

Bladensburg Battlefield: Then and Now

by William John Shepherd10/26/202110/25/2021
Posted inStories

Lessons Learned from the Battle of Mobile Bay in 1864

by William John Shepherd9/4/20218/6/2021
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Lessons from England’s 16th Century ‘Rough Wooing’ of Scotland

by William John Shepherd8/9/20212/3/2022
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Guilford Courthouse: Then and Now

by William John Shepherd4/26/2021
Posted inStories

Lessons from the Battle of Cedar Creek, 1864

by William John Shepherd3/24/2021
Posted inStories

Fort Ticonderoga: Then and Now

by William John Shepherd9/14/2020
Posted inStories

British Ambush Washington’s Men in ‘Paoli Massacre’

by William John Shepherd2/11/20202/13/2020

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