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Faces of Gettysburg: Soldiers and their stories
A survey of 25 portraits of identified soldiers, 22 Union and 3 Confederate, with short stories of how they came to be casualties during the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg.
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“My Hands and Heart Full” - National Museum of Civil War Medicine
How did Civil War surgeons cope with the unbelievable amount of suffering they experienced on a daily basis? There is a familiar figure in Civil War literature: that of the surgeon operating in the immediate aftermath of battle. General Carl Schurz described a familiar nightmarish scene at Gettysburg:
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Voices of the Wounded: The Battle of Gettysburg
The following accounts are a tiny sampling of the battlefield experiences of the wounded on three hellish July days: the Battle of Gettysburg.
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Stand Watie's War: The Last Confederate General | HistoryNet
Brig. Gen. Stand Watie, commander of the 1st Indian Brigade of the Confederate Army of the Trans-Mississippi and a citizen of the Cherokee Nation in what is now Oklahoma ... had been fighting two civil wars—one against the United States and another against fellow Cherokees.
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Fiery siege at Branch Davidian compound reverberates 25 years later
On the 25th anniversary since the religious compound became a fiery charnel house, the plot east of Waco remains a symbol of tragic consequences.
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The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln | American Experience | PBS
Just days after the Civil War ended, President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated at Ford's Theatre. As a fractured nation mourned, a manhunt closed in on his assassin, the twenty-six-year-old actor, John Wilkes Booth.
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U.S.S. Monitor battles C.S.S. Virginia - Mar 09, 1862
One of the most famous naval battles in history occurs as the ironclads Monitor and Virginia fight to a draw off Hampton Roads, Virginia. The ships pounded each other all morning but the armor plates easily shed the cannon…
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The Bloody Valentines - Anniversary of the Formation of Poland's Armia Krajowa | Inside-poland.com
Valentine’s Day, 1942, saw the official formation of Poland’s Home Army (Armia Krajowa) – the underground organisation of partisans on Polish soil who engaged in combat and espionage against both Hitler’s Wehrmacht and Stalin’s Red Army
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Robert E. Lee | HistoryNet
Facts & information about Robert E. Lee, a Confederate Civil War General during the American Civil War General Robert E. Lee Robert E. Lee Facts Born January 19, 1807 Died October 12, 1870 Beginning Rank Major General, Virginia state troops Highest Rank Achieved General, Confederate States of America
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Battle of Nashville, Tennessee - Dec 15, 1864
On this day in 1864, the once powerful Confederate Army of Tennessee is nearly destroyed when a Union army commanded by General George Thomas swarms over the Rebel trenches around Nashville.
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Disunion: Appointment at Fredericksburg
Gen. Ambrose Burnside and the Union disaster on the Rappahannock River.
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10 Facts: Fredericksburg | Civil War Trust
The Battle of Fredericksburg was one of the most embarrassing Union defeats of the war, but the details of the battle are less well-known. Here are some facts to help shed a little light on the battle for newcomers and test the knowledge of veterans.
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In pictures: Frank Sinatra at 100
He was one of the most popular entertainers of the 20th century, famed for hits including ‘New York, New York’, ‘Strangers in the Night’, and ‘Let it Snow’
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Disunion: Remembering the Gettysburg Address
Why was Lincoln’s famous speech overlooked for so long?
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How the Trial and Death of Henry Wirz Shaped Post-Civil War America
A monument to Wirz still stands not far from the Confederate prison camp he commanded
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Follow the Edmund Fitzgerald's doomed journey in 1975
By mid-afternoon on Nov. 9, 1975, the doomed freighter had started her journey across Lake Superior, headed for Detroit's Zug Island.
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Three Quirky Facts About Marie Curie
In honor of her 150th birthday, let's review a few lesser-known pieces of her personal history
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First Issue of Nature - Nov 4 1869
On this day 1869, the first issue of Nature was published. 148 years later, we present a digital copy for you to read – enjoy!
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The Most 'Realistic' Civil War Novel Was Written Three Decades After It Ended
By an author who wasn't even alive when it occurred
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Warsaw 1944: Hitler, Himmler, and the Warsaw Uprising
With access to hitherto unused archives, historian Alexandra Richie brings little-known facts and a sobering description of the barbaric destruction of the people and the city of Warsaw.
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