African American refugees sheltering at Harpers Ferry faced an uncertain future when the town fell to Stonewall’s Confederates in September 1862.
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Gettysburg Veterans Gather to Honor Their Former Commander 44 Years Later
60th New York vets reunited on Culp’s Hill for a monument dedication.
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Who Shot The Iconic ‘Fort Worth Five’ Photo of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid?
The iconic 1900 portrait captures members of the Wild Bunch gang, but little has been written about the photographer or the detective who discovered the photo.
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Sherlock Holmes: The History of the Mystery
The greatest detective came about almost by accident — and his creator came to hate him. Learn his story, and then watch his full earliest adventures here.
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Iran and Iraq Fought a War for 8 Years, Killed Millions and Achieved Nothing
The 1980-1988 conflict was a bloody stalemate — and possibly the last conventional war ever.
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Panzerfaust: The Last-Ditch Weapons of the Nazis
But were they really?
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The 10 Most Accurate WWII Battle Movies
Here are some movies that tell it like it was.
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Nurses in Vietnam: Putting Themselves in Danger to Keep Men Alive
Among the first Americans to go over for the war, these women were in constant danger but are still often forgotten.
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How the US Military Adopted Its Famous ‘Birth Control Glasses’
Who among us hasn’t ever rocked some BCGs?
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Baseball Team Owners Played Dirty to Stop Players’ Unions
Baseball’s Gilded Age labor wars saw players and owners battle furiously.