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The Siege of Washington: The Untold Story of the Twelve Days That Shook the Union by John Lockwood and Charles Lockwood, Oxford University Press, 2011, $27.95 HORATIO TAFT, A U.S. PATENT OFFICE employee, often took his children to play at the White House with Abraham Lincoln’s youngest boys. But Taft’s diary entry for April 20, …
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Hallowed 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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