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Two trains, one track, and 87 miles of hot Georgia pursuit. Union Maj. Gen. Ormsby “Old Stars” Mitchel was, befitting the nickname, an astronomer at the Dudley Observatory in Albany, N.Y., when the war broke out and he resigned his position to go fight the Rebels. The 51-year-old Mitchel was new to neither the military …
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Hallowed Ground: Petersburg Crater, VirginiaThe July 30, 1864, Battle of the Crater is recorded in the history of the American Civil War as “a stupendous failure.” The Union Army suffered nearly 4,000 casualties and wasted a… Read MoreMilitary History Book Review: In the Graveyard of EmpiresIn the Graveyard of Empires: America’s War in Afghanistan by Seth G. Jones, W.W. Norton & Co., New York, 2009, $27.95 In Graveyard of Empires, Seth Jones points out that armies… Read MoreDaily Quiz for February 10, 2018Through the advocacy of Alvin King of Emporia, Kansas, the name of this federal holiday was changed in 1954.
The post Daily Quiz for February 10, 2018 appeared first on HistoryNet.… Read MoreMilitary History Book Review: An Artist in TreasonAn Artist in Treason: The Extraordinary Double Life of General James Wilkinson by Andro Linklater, Walker & Co., New York, 2009, $27 James Wilkinson claimed that his father’s l… Read MoreMilitary History Book Review: The Marne, 1914The Marne, 1914: The Opening of World War I and the Battle That Changed the World by Holger H. Herwig, Random House, New York, 2009, $28 Since its publication in 1935, Sewell Tyng’… Read More
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