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Outnumbered 4-to-1 by Comanche and Kiowa warriors, Sergeant E.H. Cobb and his Texas Rangers counted on the newly issued, multishot rifles. There was scant warmth in the winter sunlight, and Sergeant Edward H. Cobb’s lips must have been chapped and his neck windgalled by 40 miles of hard riding across the sere plains of Wise …
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The Great Greek TurncoatDuring the 431–404 BC Peloponnesian War, the unscrupulous Alcibiades was a victorious general—for all sides. In one of his lesser-known plays, Timon of Athens, William Shakespeare … Read MoreHallowed Ground: Cold Harbor, VirginiaBy the late spring of 1864 Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant was advancing on the Confederate capital of Richmond, Va., and relentlessly pressuring Robert E. Lee’s army. With his appointme… Read MoreDaily Quiz for November 7, 2017The only heavyweight boxing champion to retire undefeated, he held the title from 1952-1956.
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… Read MoreA Culture of CrueltyBefore and during World War II, Japanese forces murdered millions of civilians and prisoners of war. Why? On Feb. 16, 1942, Japanese troops herded 23 Australian women into the surf… Read MoreOne Revolution, Two WarsRedcoats were not the only enemies of American Independence. The Declaration of Independence said that by July 1776 the time had come “for one people to dissolve the political band… Read More
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