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By 1519, the Aztec civilization was highly advanced, but their expansion and prosperity was due in large part to the contributions of their predecessors. More »
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The penny pocket can opener was a well-known and useful piece of GI gear during World War II. More »
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Spaniard Bernardo de Galvez besieged British-held Pensacola in 1781. It fell to Scotsman John Campbell to defend the remote outpost. More »
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Confederate Earl Van Dorn did not have the right stuff to succeed as an army commander, but he excelled as a cavalry general. More »
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John Maxwell placed a bomb aboard a cargo ship at City Point in August 1864 in a desperate bid to slow the flow of supplies to Union troops at Petersburg. More »
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Kansas Brigadier James Henry Lane’s zealous prosecution of the Union cause made him a marked man in the western theater. More »
