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The Great Triumvirate

Beginning in the War of 1812, Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, and John C. Calhoun achieved a national prominence…

George H. Thomas

Biography of Union General George Henry Thomas

Pickett's Charge

At 2:00 p.m. on July 3, 1863 following a heavy artillery barrage, approximately 11,500 Confederates under…

Battle of Port Republic

Stonewall Jackson’s Army of the Valley had reached the town of Port Republic at the confluence of the…

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