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Unaware of the Battle of Bunker Hill, the British elite partied on
On June 23, 1775, Londoners focused on enjoying a regatta, not fretting about a brewing rebellion.
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A Confederate Raider Fired the Final Shots of the Civil War in the Arctic, Two and a Half Months After Robert E. Lee Surrendered
The CSS "Shenandoah" only learned of the Confederacy's defeat in the summer of 1865. That June, the cruiser's crew sank 24 American merchant vessels, unaware that the conflict had already ended ...
160 years ago, Texans moved to Brazil to start a Confederate colony
The American Civil War. Remember it? Well, no, because you weren't alive. But you've read about it, and the Civil War ...
How a coastal Maine town almost became part of Canada
When U.S. President Donald Trump started talking about annexing Canada to make it the 51st state, people in Castine, Maine, ...