Under the stern but sympathetic gaze of Lt. Col. Louis Wagner, some 11,000 African-American […]
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Aviation History: November 1999 Airware
AIRWARE The sky’s the limit when it comes to selecting flight simulation hardware for […]
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The Colonel was a Con Man
If he was the son of Lord Byron, if he had been a major general in the Persian army, then why was he a private in the Union army?
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A ‘Radical’ Proposition at Seneca Falls: ‘All men and women are created equal’
Over 150 years ago the people attending the first Women’s Rights Convention adopted this radical stance.
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The GI Bill
More than 2,250,000 American veterans of WWII received at least part of their college education as a result of legislation known as “the GI Bill.”
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High Seas Brouhaha
When an overzealous Union captain stopped and searched the British vessel Trent, a full-blown diplomatic crisis erupted between the United States and Great Britain. Interested Southerners watched with glee.
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Missouri in the Balance Struggle for St. Louis
The dark clouds of civil war gathered over the nation as two aggressive factions–the Wide-Awakes and the Minutemen–plotted to gain political control of Missouri and its most important city, St. Louis.As is often the case, political power began at the end of a gun.
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Robert E. Lee on Black Troops and the Confederacy
In the waning days of the Civil War, Gen. Robert E. Lee disclosed his thoughts on the subject of Negroes as soldiers for the Confederacy.
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Rebels in Pennsylvania!
The spearhead of Lee’s army was about to strike a lethal blow at the very heart of the Keystone State when the Battle of Gettysburg interrupted.
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The Death of Wilhautyah
When a white settler killed a Nez Perce warrior in 1876, the incident set off a chain of events that led to war.