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America Still Has a Problem With Unexploded Civil War Bombs

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By Louis Prang & Co.; lithograph signed "Jo Davidson" - This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs divisionunder the digital ID pga.04044.This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work

This One Battle Changed Naval Warfare Forever (And Made Countless Warships Obsolete)

Commanders of Complete Chaos: 5 Worst Generals in American History

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The Trent Affair: When America and Great Britain Nearly Went to War

Incidents of the war. A harvest of death, Gettysburg, PA. Dead Federal soldiers on battlefield. Negative by Timothy H. O'Sullivan. Positive by Alexander Gardner.

155 Years Ago: The Battle of Gettysburg Began (But Everyone Forgets This Fact)

The Nazis Exploited Sherman’s March to the Sea

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What America Can Do to Stop the Practice of Child Soldiers

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Destroying Confederate Monuments Hurts Us All—and Accomplishes Nothing

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FACT: The Confederacy Almost Developed a Helicopter in 1862

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