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80Confederate History Month: Minorities in the Army
Throughout the South, April is celebrated as Confederate History Month. Although many people have covered the War Between the States in their classes at school, they are surprised to find out how many...
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71Ghost Cavalry of the Great War
Captain Cecil Wightwick left us an account of the strange things that happened between April and August 1918 near Bethune (France), in the middle of an area of front line trenches between the city of Ypres...
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73British Army Guards
Guards are the regiments of the British Army that form the Household Brigade. They are the personal bodyguard of the Sovereign. The Household Brigade consists of the Household Cavalry and the Guards...
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85A Short History of the 17th Texas Cavalry
The 17th Texas Cavalry organized in late February or early March, 1862 from Counties in East Texas. Judge George Franklin Moore of Houston County was selected as the regimental commander. The men thereafter...
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75Lay Me Down
So, there I was last night bored out of my skull, nothing to do but twirl my thumbs or play a video game I’ve mastered several times before. Neither option appealed to me at all, I think I’d rather...
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83Denison, Texas: Big on History
The city of Denison, Texas may be small in size with an estimated population of 24,000, yet it is big in history. The city is located in Grayson County, along the south bank of the Red River. The city has...
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64What's in a name?--The story of Doss, Honey, Scrapiron, Daddy, Poppo
December 29, 1944 In spite of the glowing forge, Doss wore his heavy fatigue jacket to ward off the cold. Everything more than 20 feet from the raging furnace was frozen solid. Doss had...
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66What's Up With Friendship?
Dances With Wolves is a 1990 film that tells a Civil War-era story of one man’s epic journey of discovery. Kevin Costner portrays U.S. Army Lieutenant John J. Dunbar. He is severely wounded during a battle...
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57Fort Hood Shootings
Source: CNN Fort Hood is a United States Army post located outside of Killee Texas. The post is named after Confederate General John Bell Hood. Known primarily for being the home of the 1st Cavalry...
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75Texas Units Fighting in Tennessee
In discussing historic events with others, the question came “Which Texas units served in Tennessee”? The question alerted to the assumption that Texans knew their history. I realized that many Texans and...
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