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The Return of Lafayette: One Year of Celebrations to Honor a Nation’s Hero

Fifty years after the American Revolution, Lafayette accepted the invitation to return to American soil, for what would be nothing less than an ancient Triumph set in modern times.

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“An Atrocity Beneath Knighthood”

Upon receiving the wound, he was able to limp to a nearby regimental hospital and after arriving sat down to await his turn. Suddenly his leg exploded causing the wound to become larger… “When they strike they explode like a fire cracker, and make a bad wound.”

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Fresh Fish: How Civil War Soldiers Added Seafood To Their Provisions

Fishing was not only a leisure activity
for the common soldier but was also used as a way of supplementing their diets by adding a fresh alternative to army rations.

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