We have been hailing the Civil Rights Era as a grand and universal success for decades. Desegregation is an unquestionable good in the eyes of all good Americans. So, let’s take a
Editor’s note: The following is extracted from History, by Bernadotte Perrin (published 1912). (Go back to previous chapter) But the Ancient History of the Greeks never emancipated itself wholly from the influence of the epic poems. The revolt against it
Editor’s note: The following is extracted from Our Soldiers, by W. H. G. Kingston (published 1863). All spelling in the original. The Charge of the Light Brigade That the reader may understand
Editor’s note: The following is extracted from Our Soldiers, by W. H. G. Kingston (published 1863). All spelling in the original. Siege of Sebastopol On the 17th of October commenced
Editor’s note: The following is extracted from Our Soldiers, by W. H. G. Kingston (published 1863). All spelling in the original. The Outbreak of the Crimean War The settled resolve of the
(Continued from Part V) Part VI – Divergent Paths The southward pursuit of Price lasted well into November, though the Union forces were never again able to bring him to battle. Jennison,
Two decades before America’s ordeal in Vietnam, the Netherlands waged its own doomed Southeast Asian war in the vast archipelago of the Dutch East Indies. This conflict, the Indonesian War of Independence,
(Continued from Part IV) Part V – Botching the Skeer The pursuit began a day later, led by General Curtis, and initially moved quickly enough thereafter that the federal supply trains could
(Continued from Part III) Part IV – Turning Point Because of its high and heavily-wooded western bank, the Big Blue was fordable in only three places along the six mile front taken
(Continued from Part II) Part III – Retreat to the Big Blue Brigadier General James Gilpatrick Blunt wasn’t supposed to fight at the Little Blue. Concerned about breaking down his best regiments,
Editor’s note: The following is extracted from Famous Discoverers and Explorers of America, by Charles L. Johnston (published 1917). All spelling in the original. Once there lived in the island of Porto
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