William Daniel Cabell of Norwood, Virginia, served the Confederacy as the captain of the […]
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Colonial Cryptographers Helped Patriots Win the Revolution
After a slow start, Washington’s spymasters used mathematics, chemistry, and sneakiness to turn the tide against the British
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Pawn Takes Bishop
Union artillery brought a deadly end to the career of clergyman-turned-soldier Leonidas Polk. The […]
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Chance and the Civil War
Since the first clash of armies, gambling and war have been uneasy bedfellows. From […]
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“I Have Never Known So Terrible a Fire”
Two of the war’s most famous brigades engaged in mortal combat at Brawner’s Farm.
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Britain’s Secret Guerrilla Army
In the waning days of spring 1940 it was almost possible to forget there […]
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The Breaking of Harry Morant
In 1901 Lieutenant Harry ‘Breaker’ Morant went on a killing spree in South Africa after the death of his friend and comrade in arms
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China’s Lost Women in the Far West
Chinese women in the American West often worked as slaves or prostitutes and rarely got a square deal from either men or the law
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Return to Arnhem
A British Airborne Corps intelligence officer raised serious questions about Operation Market-Garden, but was […]
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Daily Quiz for May 1, 2019
Before going to war, Civil War Union Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain taught this subject in college.