Most of us remember Andrew Johnson as an interesting historical footnote —the first United […]
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Andrew Jackson: Winner and Loser in 1824
Did a corrupt bargain between John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay steal the presidential […]
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Did Slave Owners Receive Compensation for the Loss of Slaves?
Did Slave Owners Receive Compensation for the Loss of Slaves?
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Daily Quiz for April 5, 2016
Dorothea Dix, Superintendent of Army Nurses for the Union Army, had this nickname.
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Fire For Effect: Double Jeopardy
SOMETIMES WORLD WAR II is so big it’s tough to wrap your head around it. […]
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Friends With Benefits: A History of the Relationship Between Great Britain and the United States
Winston Churchill called the alliance between the United States and Great Britain a “special […]
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Why John Brown Still Scares Us
On October 18, 1859, John Brown lay bleeding on the floor of an armory […]
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Glory’s End: The Final Days of the Civil War in Virginia
Major General John Brown Gordon the forward parapet, whispering cues to a sentry bantering […]
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Book Review: Galvanized Virginians in the Indian Wars
Dr. Thomas Lowry relates the tale of Confederate prisoners who chose Union service in the West over continued confinement
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Wolf West
Western ecology revolved around wolves—that is, until people shot, roped, trapped, gassed, stomped and strangled them