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This Overshadowed Union Brigade Made Critical Contributions at Gettysburg
Cutler's brigade gets a deep dive in the new revised edition of 'The Bullets Flew Like Hail.'
A Look at the Dreyfus Affair: Why Was This Soldier Betrayed?
Alfred Dreyfus served his country with honor—yet found himself falsely accused of spying due to antisemitic prejudices.
Was This Centurion the Most Decorated Roman Soldier of All Time?
Spurius Ligustinus received six Civic Crowns and 34 armillae and torques.
With This Union Soldier’s Death the NYT Claimed That ‘some most interesting chapters of the unwritten and secret history of the War’ Had Died With Him
Col. Ambrose Stevens' war was filled to the brim with espionage.
WWII Paratrooper Famous for Bringing Beer to Wounded Troops Dies at 98
“I was like an old cow you know, feeding everybody with the beer,” Vincent Speranza cheekily recounted.
‘Soldier of Destiny’: A Detailed View of Grant as an Evolving Soul
John Reeves' new book examines a pivotal decade in the life of the great general.
How One Mother Managed to Save Her Son at Guadalcanal — From Thousands of Miles Away
"My mother had put her arms halfway around the world to save me," Elgin Staples later recalled.
It Wasn’t the Engine That Did in the Westland Whirlwind — What Was It?
The twin-engine, single-seat Westland Whirlwind could have been a formidable fighter, but one overlooked modification changed everything.