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Alias Soapy Smith: The Life and Death of a Scoundrel by Jeff Smith, Klondike Research, Juneau, Alaska, 2009, $26. Firearms figure only occasionally—albeit significantly when they do—in Jefferson Randolph Smith II’s life of crime. His claim to fame rests primarily on his wit, charm and underhanded deviousness as Soapy Smith, the West’s most renowned bunco …
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Iron Brigade from the Empire StateEver heard of the New York regiments that made up the Army of the Potomac’s first ‘Iron Brigade’? Probably not. “Iron Brigade.” The name conjures up images of stout men from the Mi… Read MorePicking Up the PiecesBone collectors were responsible for a series of postwar images of the battlefields near Fredericksburg. Mystery has long surrounded a collection of photographic images of the batt… Read MoreA New Generation Digs Johnson’s IslandThe prison site on Johnson’s Island has proved to be an un – usually rich resource for archaeologists and historians. Thanks to a combination of historical documentation and field … Read MoreCWT Book Review: Grant and Lee in War and PeaceGrant and Lee in War and Peace by the New-York Historical Society, Through March 29, 2009 Visitors to the New-York Historical Society’s ongoing exhibit on Ulysses S. Grant and Robe… Read MoreLast Raid of a Rebel PirateJohn Yates Beall, the “Mosby of the Chesapeake,” launched a daring scheme to rescue Confederate POWs on Lake Erie. In the years before the Civil War, what is now West Virginia was … Read More
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