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George Washington and Lord Cornwallis at Germantown
By Eric NiderostOn a gloomy Friday morning, September 26, 1777, an advance party of the British Army marched into Philadelphia to take possession of the city. Read more
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The Battle at Northallerton: Knights on Foot?
by Terry Gore“To be a knight was to be potentially a Lord or Lordling … and a fate worse than death, was to set one’s hand to the plow.” Read more
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Medieval Knights: Arms and Armor at Northallerton
by Terry GoreNumerous pictorial representations show us the arms and armor of the 12th-century Anglo-Norman knight, the most famous being the Bayeux Tapestry. Read more
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The History of the American Long Rifle
by James K. SwisherThe battle at Kings Mountain in October 1780 was the only clash of the American Revolution in which the entire colonial force was armed with American long rifles. Read more
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Citizen Casualties at the Bloody Battle of Aschaffenburg
by Christopher MiskimonDuring the highly destructive Battle of Aschaffenburg, American soldiers reported seeing civilians fighting alongside German troops. Such reports were common during the battle, as were a number of reports of Germans troops shooting their own civilians as they tried to flee the city. Read more
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Flags from World War I, World War II and the American Civil War
Founded in 1773, the Charleston Museum in South Carolina dubs itself “America’s First Museum.” Its new collection, “Unfurled,” is a stunning collection of historical flags from American history. Read more
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Missouri Joins the Civil War: Prelude to the Battle of Wilson’s Creek
by Joshua van DereckAt the beginning of 1861, Missouri was in turmoil. A slave state since its inception in 1820, Missouri had grown increasingly tied to urban industry. Read more
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Ulysses S. Grant: Clerk to Commanding General
by Donald J. Roberts IIThe Confederate attack on Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861, marked the beginning of the American Civil War. Read more
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The Start of the Boer Wars
By Vince HawkinsIn 1814, as a consequence of her victory in the Napoleonic Wars, Great Britain was formally ceded the Dutch South African territory of Cape Colony. Read more
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Female Revolutionary War Heroes: the Front Lines and at Home
by Mike Haskew Martha Custis Washington: General’s Wife and First LadyMartha Custis Washington, wife of General George Washington, came to the winter quarters of her husband’s army each winter of the Revolutionary War. Read more
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American Civil War Timeline: the Road to War
by William WelshOne of the catalysts for a major rebellion in the United States were irregular warfare in “Bleeding Kansas” from 1854 to 1861 between anti-slavery Free Staters and pro-slavery border ruffians. Read more
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Top Secret: OSS Operation Ginny
By Don SmartThe three rubber dinghies struggled through the rough surf in the pitch black night toward an inhospitable stretch of rocky beach. Read more
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The Volkssturm: Last-Ditch Militia of the Third Reich
By Blaine TaylorOn October 18, 1944—the 131st anniversary of the Battle of the Nations’ victory over Napoleon in 1813—Reichsführer-SS (National Leader) Heinrich Himmler stepped up to a microphone to make a national radio address announcing the formation of the Nazi Party-controlled Volkssturm, or People’s Militia. Read more
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The Congreve Rocket: Britannia’s Red Glare
By Blaine TaylorDuring the October 1813 Battle of Nations at Leipzig between the French, under Emperor Napoleon I, and the German-Swedish-Russian-English coalition, French troops were astonished to see whooshing smoking rockets flying at them from enemy lines. Read more
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The Citizen-Soldier: Militia in Early America
by Donald Roberts IIBritish colonization of the New World transplanted many British institutions to America. Besides the political and social beliefs seeded in the colonies, military ideals were also implemented. Read more
