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Lew Wallace’s River of Redemption
With Rebels threatening Washington in 1864, a disgraced Union general held the line at […]
Thomas Morris Chester: First Black War Reporter on the Frontlines
Reporter and civil rights pioneer Thomas Morris Chester spent his life on the frontlines of the fight for racial equality.
Grant’s Obnoxious Order
As with so many prickly issues of the Civil War, the controversy between Ulysses S. Grant and the Jews had its roots in the curse of cotton.
American History Book Review: Jewish Soldiers in Blue and Gray
Jewish Soldiers in Blue and Gray Directed by Jonathan Gruber; Indigo Films For 19th-century […]
Daily Quiz for July 1, 2017
Abraham Zapruder, co-owner of a woman’s clothing company, as an amateur photographer filmed this historic event.
Did This Lakota Warrior Kill the Custers? Rain-in-the-Face Had a Score to Settle.
Rain was treated poorly by Tom Custer after his capture for murder. He may have exacted revenge.
6 Questions | Author Paul Starobin
PAUL STAROBIN is a frequent contributor to the Atlantic and New Republic and was the Moscow bureau […]
The First Whistleblowers
Risking all to expose corruption and crime is deeply rooted in the American ethos. […]
Daily Quiz for March 8, 2014
Of Abraham and Mary Lincoln’s four sons, this many reached adulthood.