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‘True to their country’: How Army of the Potomac Soldiers Propelled Lincoln to a Second Term
With the nation’s future at stake, Army of the Potomac soldiers once loyal to George McClellan propelled Lincoln to a second term
Arnhem Land Maliwawa rock art opens window to past
(Taylor & Francis Group) Stunning Arnhem Land rock art images including three rare depictions of bilbies and a dugong have been described by researchers in […]
The Best British Generals Tried a Southern Strategy, and Lost
How an ‘ill-armed peasantry’ beat the daylights out of Clinton, Cornwallis, and a raft of professional soldiers
Learn the Basics of Good Grooming, Courtesy of the DoD
Didn’t you know that according to the famed male model Derek Zoolander “there’s a lot more to life than being really, really, ridiculously good looking”? Try telling that to the Department of Defense in …
Newton J. Jones, Makeup Artist to the Spies
A peacetime Hollywood cosmetics expert became an OSS master of disguise, helping wartime agents hide in plain sight.
Dinosaur feather study debunked
(University of South Florida (USF Innovation)) A new study published in “Scientific Reports” provides substantial evidence that the first fossil feather ever to be discovered […]
The 1868 Louisiana Massacre That Reversed Reconstruction-Era Gains
In September 1868, a dispute over a column published in an Opelousas, Louisiana partisan newspaper provoked one of the bloodiest incidents of racial violence in […]
The 1868 Louisiana Massacre That Reversed Reconstruction-Era Gains
In September 1868, a dispute over a column published in an Opelousas, Louisiana partisan newspaper provoked one of the bloodiest incidents of racial violence in the Reconstruction era. The attackers’ goal: to reverse dramatic political gains made by Bl…
The Dentist Who Fought Off a Frenzied Banzai Charge
It was a fight of unspeakable horror—one Captain Ben L. Salomon seemed to have trained for his whole life.