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Captured on July 1, 1863, and assigned to tend to wounded troops, this spunky Union cavalryman had an unforgettable experience: he watched Pickett’s Charge from a grandstand seat on a rooftop. From 50 years ago: The author of this hitherto unpublished eyewitness account of the Battle of Gettysburg was Asa Sleath Hardman, who served with …
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Interview with Michael Lind, economic historianIn his new book Land of Promise, Michael Lind examines how the American economy has been transformed by wave after wave of innovations—from the invention of the steam engine in the… Read MoreSupremely Gothic: Roseland CottageRoseland Cottage is a palace of illusion built by a pious influence peddler who wrapped himself in the flag. ON A SUMMER EVENING in 1870 —the Fourth of July, to be exact—Henry C. B… Read MoreThe First: Chain RestaurantGood food served fast. That was the promise Fred Harvey made to hungry travelers on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway. When Harvey, an English immigrant, opened his first… Read MoreHermann Göring Preens for Charles LindberghCharles Lindbergh was a 25-year-old airmail pilot from Little Falls, Minn., an all-American boy with an aw-shucks grin, when he announced his plan to fly from New York to Paris. No… Read MorePresident in Crisis: DeliveranceWhen Teddy Roosevelt’s mother and wife died on the same day, he dropped his elite Eastern life and fled West in search of courage. YOUNG THEODORE ROOSEVELT appeared to be leading a… Read More
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