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Which of the admired Civil War generals would you want to lead your country?

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  • Grant or Lee?
    Grant or Lee?

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    Which of the admired Civil War generals would you want to lead your country?

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  • Coroner's Report: Stonewall Jackson
    Coroner's Report: Stonewall Jackson

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    The Confederate general Stonewall Jackson was accidentally shot by his own men during a major Civil War battle, but it wasn't his wounds that killed him eight days later. How exactly did the commander die?

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  • MacArthur and Me
    MacArthur and Me

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    Judy Kent's neighbor, George Dibbs, was a combat photographer follwing General MacArthur during WWII and shared his films with her.

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  • Trench Warfare
    Trench Warfare

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    Although best known for its role in the long slog of World War I, trench warfare actually got its start on the battlefields of the American Civil War. Find out how new weapons and technology played a part in both its development and destruction.

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  • Vietnam
    Vietnam

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    Whether they volunteered or were drafted, 1 out of 10 soldiers did not survive Vietnam.

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  • Meaning of the Civil War
    Meaning of the Civil War

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    If you had just one word to describe the Civil War, what would it be?

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  • Blacks in the Military
    Blacks in the Military

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    Learn how blacks serving in WWII helped forward the Civil Rights Movement.

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  • America and the Civil War
    America and the Civil War

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    Discover how the bloodiest war in American history transformed the face of the nation.

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  • American Revolution
    American Revolution

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    Get the story of how a fledgling, largely disconnected nation won its freedom from the greatest military force of its time.

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  • General Omar Bradley
    General Omar Bradley

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    Known as the "soldiers' general," Bradley commanded American forces in the D-Day invasion.

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  • George S. Patton
    George S. Patton

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    The outspoken and opinionated general leads U.S. troops in both World War I and II.

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  • Eisenhower in War and Peace
    Eisenhower in War and Peace

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    United States Information Service Presents newsreel footage of General Dwight D. Eisenhower on the run up to D-Day. This video clip is courtesy of The History Channel.

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  • George C. Marshall
    George C. Marshall

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    The American general later oversees the post-war rebuilding and recovery of Europe through his "Marshall Plan."

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  • President Grant's Road to Success
    President Grant's Road to Success

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    Ulysses S. Grant overcomes a lifetime of failures to lead the Union Army to victory in the Civil War.

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  • Civil War: Union Military Leaders
    Civil War: Union Military Leaders

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    View images of Union leaders from the Civil War, like Abraham Linoln and Ulysses S. Grant, and learn more about the roles they played in this bloody engagment.

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  • Civil War: Confederate Leaders
    Civil War: Confederate Leaders

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    View images of Confederate leaders from the Civil War, like Robert E Lee and Stonewall Jackson, and learn more about the roles they played protecting the southern states.

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  • World War I Leaders
    World War I Leaders

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    World War I ravaged Europe from 1914 until an armistice was signed in November 1918. In all, more than 9 million soldiers would be killed, and nearly 21 million more wounded.

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  • World War II Political Leaders
    World War II Political Leaders

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    View photos of World War II political leaders.

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  • Allied Military Leaders
    Allied Military Leaders

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    View photos of Allied military leaders

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