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A Deplorable Affair

Confederate Maj. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest attacked Fort Pillow in April 1864 to gain badly needed supplies for his army. The Union called the battle a massacre.

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Did White Bull Kill Custer? Part 1: A Warrior’s Story

White Bull participated in some of the most famous fights between the Lakota and the US Army, including the Fetterman Massacre, the Wagon Box Fight, Battle o…

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What Happened When Black POWs Spoke Fluent German to Guards

December 1944. German guards at POW camps expected Black American prisoners to be poorly educated and barely trained. Instead, they encountered college gradu…

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TRUTH about the Irish - First slaves brought to the Americas - Forgotten History

Slavery is perhaps one of the oldest profit making endeavors in human history and the Irish were a special target for a thousand years, persecuted by one fac…

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Jews of the Wild West

Western Jewish pioneers are a largely forgotten chapter in American history, but they played a definitive role shaping the expansion of the United States. Fr…

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Lord Dunmore’s War: The Battle of Point Pleasant

Shawnee Indians and Virginians waged a thunderous and bloody battle at Point Pleasant during the conflict now known as Lord Dunmore’s War.

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Lee’s October ’63 Move on Meade

By Robert Suhr In early October 1863, three months after the setback at Gettysburg, three months after Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart was rebuked by his esteemed superior Robert E. Lee for lapses that led to the repulse on the bloody Pennsylvania battlefield, the colorful Southern horseman was ready to lea...

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Santa Anna at Cerro Gordo: Battle for Devil’s Jaws

Santa Anna hoped to stop the Americans at Cerro Gordo and trap the invaders in the malignant embrace of “King Death in his yellow robe”—yellow fever.

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What they don’t teach you about Native Americans

If you were taught the kinder, gentler version of Native Americans, this will open your eyes. We don’t honor them by pretending they were eternal victims.► S…

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Custer’s Legacy: Monroe, Michigan

If George Armstrong Custer was born in New Rumley in Ohio, and died at the Little Bighorn Battlefield in Montana, why is there a statue of him in Monroe, Mic…

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