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85Bloody Bill Anderson: Missouri's bushwhacking devil
William T. “Bloody Bill” Anderson was a southern sympathizing bushwhacker born in Missouri and raised in Kansas. By the time of his death in 1864 Anderson had become one of the most sought after men in Missouri and had left a trail of blood and...
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83William T. Sherman: Hero or Monster?
The name William Tecumseh Sherman to this day brings forth a variety of emotions depending on which side of the Mason-Dixon Line your sympathies or heritage lays. To many in the North he is the general who brought swift and decisive victory for the...
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82The Fall of Saigon
On April 30, 1975, the United States completely withdrew from Saigon, leaving the city into the hands of the North Vietnamese. This withdrawal, portrayed on television and newspapers around the world, would herald in a new era of how and why war is...
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81Top Ten Battles Involving US Troops in American History
There have been many significant battles involving American troops throughout the course of Americas existence. The following is what I believe to be the top ten significant battles involving US troops and why. Bunker Hill The Battle of Bunker...
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79The Rise and Fall of the Progressive Party
At the end of the 19th century and at the beginning of the 20th century Americans were experiencing the rapid growth of industry, corruption in the political system, and chaos in the social structure of the country. These effects of modernization...
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79The Red Baron: His Life and Legacy
Manfred von Richthofen, known better through history as The Red Baron, is unquestionably the most influential, documented and celebrated wartime pilot than any other in the history of military aviation. Richthofen, in a little less than two years...
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77Special Forces and Their Early Role in Vietnam
Examining the Special Forces units early in the Vietnam conflict and their vital role in attempting to stabilize the country and provide training for the South Vietnamese military. Also discussing various engagements involving U.S. Special Forces, the significance of those engagements, the actions that took place and the resulting ramifications of the conflict involving these Special Forces units.
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77Joan of Arc: Significance and Legacy
Joan of Arc would enter her first and most significant battle after she arrived at Orleans on April 30 1429 and would face the English at St. Loup. Orleans had been under siege already for over 7 months with both sides weary and worn from the...
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78Basic inital webpage layout with CSS - Part 1
Let me start by stating that this tutorial is by no means an exhaustive tutorial on how to design a webpage with a Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) and Extensible Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML) page. It is, as the title states, a basic, one page...
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78General Order No. 11 and the Missouri-Kansas Border: Part I
There were many atrocities that occurred during the American Civil War that were perpetrated by the Federal government and its soldiers. One edict, General Order Number 11, would become notorious for its treatment of rural Missouri residents. The...
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