The wife of a bedridden Union surgeon was a horrified witness to the New York City Draft Riots of July 1863.
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Lieutenant Colonel Horace C. Porter: Eyewitness to the Surrender at Appomattox
Lieutenant Colonel Horace C. Porter provides a firsthand account of Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court House in April 1865.
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World War II: Eyewitness to the Raid on Magdeburg
The curtains are pulled back, revealing a big map of Europe with red ribbons leading to our target — the synthetic oil refineries near Magdeburg, Germany. There is a low murmur among the crew members as the target is announced….
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Eyewitness to America’s Civil War: William W. Patteson
Teenager William W. Patteson fled his Virginia farm and fought at the Battle of Cedar Mountain.
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Eyewitness to Octave Chanute’s Aviation Experiments
A young reporter for the Chicago Tribune got a scoop on early aviation experiments by trudging through Indiana sand dunes in 1896.
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Letters from Wilhelm Graf von Schwerin: Eyewitness to Siege of Yorktown
The letters of a young German grenadier officer serving with the French describe the pivotal actions at Redoubts 9 and 10 during the climactic battle of the American Revolution.
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Denis Warner: Eyewitness to the Early Days of the Korean War
An Australian journalist witnessed firsthand the chaotic early days of American involvement in the Korean War.
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Eyewitness to the Battle of Atlanta
Among the blue-clad soldiers moving against Atlanta in late July 1864 was Major Thomas T. Taylor of Georgetown, Ohio. His letters to his wife described his experiences during the Battle of Atlanta.
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Eyewitness to American Civil War: Iron Brigade Soldier’s Wartime Letters
Timothy Webster survived Fredericksburg and Gettysburg with the Iron Brigade, but not Petersburg.
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President John F. Kennedy: Eyewitness Accounts of the Events Surrounding JFK’s Assassination
The events that began unfolding around midday on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas, have cast a long and lasting shadow across the intervening 40 years. In a matter of seconds a deadly deed would inflict trauma on the nation and alter the course of American history. It opened a tragedy-filled decade pocked by war, violent domestic unrest and a string of political assassinations.