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Arlington Cemetery

How Arlington National Cemetery Came to Be

The fight over Robert E. Lee's beloved home—seized by the U.S. government during the Civil War—went on for decades
November 2009 | By Robert M. Poole

John Brown raid on Harpers Ferry

John Brown's Day of Reckoning

The abolitionist's bloody raid on a federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry 150 years ago set the stage for the Civil War
October 2009 | By Fergus M. Bordewich

General George Patton and Benjamin W Patton

For General Patton's Family, Recovered Ground

Famed World War II Gen. George S. Patton's grandson finds his calling in the ashes of his fathers journals
June 2009 | By Benjamin W. Patton

Against the British, both Washington and Lafayette (left and right, at Valley Forge in the winter of 1777-78) had to learn how to lead citizen-soldiers rather than mercenaries, motivating their men through affection and idealism rather than through fear.

Washington & Lafayette

Almost inseparable in wartime, the two generals split over a vital question: Should revolutionary ideals be imposed on others?
September 2007 | By James R. Gaines

John Blake White

The Swamp Fox

Elusive and crafty, Francis Marion outwitted British troops during the American Revolution
July 01, 2007 | By Amy Crawford

On March 15, 1781, American forces inflicted heavy losses on the British Army at Guilford Courthouse, North Carolina. The redcoats had seemed invincible only a few months before.

100 Days That Shook the World

The all-but-forgotten story of the unlikely hero who ensured victory in the American Revolution
July 2007 | By John Ferling

The Amazon loses 8,800 acres a day to "This army does not retreat," Gen. George H. Thomas famously asserted. Later in 1863, he rallied Union troops in the Battle of Chickamauga, in Georgia. His equanimity shows in a Civil War portrait, as it did in the heat of combat.eforestation.

Catching Up With "Old Slow Trot"

Stubborn and deliberate, General George Henry Thomas was one of the Union's most brilliant strategists. So why was he cheated by history?
March 2007 | By Ernest B. Furgurson

The Forgotten General

Historians' perspectives on George H. Thomas
March 2007 | By Ernest B. Furgurson

Lord Nelson: Hero and...Cad!

A cache of recently discovered letters darkens the British naval warrior's honor and enhances that of his long-suffering wife, Frances
February 2004 | By Michael Ryan

Lee

Making Sense of Robert E. Lee

"It is well that war is so terrible, or we should grow too fond of it." — Robert E. Lee, at Fredericksburg.
July 2003 | By Roy Blount, Jr.

The Object at Hand

A great Shawnee warrior and statesman, Tecumseh united Western tribes in 1812 to fight the encroaching settlers. He lost the war and his life but is much honored in our history.
July 1995 | By Bil Gilbert


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