The seductive spy Richard Sorge, a German in Japan, paved Stalin’s path to victory
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Interview – James Zumwalt, author of Bare Feet, Iron Will
Vietnam veteran James Zumwalt, son of Admiral Elmo Zumwalt Jr., explains how he overcame his conflicts and anger about the Vietnam War and presents fascinating perspectives from the other side of the battlefield in his book Bare Feet, Iron Will
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Hanging Captain Gordon
Nathaniel Gordon was the only American sent to the gallows for slave traiding.
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Henry “Box” Brown: A Slave Signed, Sealed and Delivered
Slave Henry Brown mails himself to freedom.
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Looking Back Fondly on Glory: 20 Years Later
Andre Braugher, one of the stars from the classic Civil War film Glory, is interviewed by Jay Wertz.
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Oradour-sur-Glane, France
France is a pretty country full of pretty little villages. But Oradour-sur-Glane is not […]
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Nicholas Biddle:The Civil War’s First Blood
Just days after Fort Sumter, a pro-Confederate mob in Maryland turned ex-slave Nicholas Biddle into the war’s first casualty.
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Victorio’s War
For Apache chief Victorio, the decision to make war on the United States was a matter of rights and spirituality. Known as the “greatest Indian general” ever, he terrorized settlers and the army, surpassing Geronimo’s feats and ferocity.
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The Ghost and Mr. Mumler
The well-known photograph of Mary Todd Lincoln with her husband’s ‘ghost’ behind her was only one of many hoaxes perpetuated by photographer William Mumler.
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Battle of Hürtgen Forest: The 9th Infantry Division Suffered in the Heavily Armed Woods
The bitter and bloody experience of the 9th Infantry Division in the Hürtgen Forest in autumn 1944 should have been enough to warn Allied leaders that the German army wasn’t finished just yet.
By Mark J. Reardon