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    Sep 29, 2012 |Story| AM News

  1. Bragg led the Confederate forces, while Buell led the Union troops

    Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg and Union Gen. Don Carlos Buell were the key leaders for their troops during the Civil War Battle of Perryville.
    smojica@amnews.com
    Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg and Union Gen. Don Carlos Buell were the key leaders for their troops during the Civil War Battle of Perryville. Though both men represented very different interests during the Battle of Perryville, they shared some...

    Tags: West Point, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions, U.S. Military, Ulysses S. Grant

    2. May 24, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Review: On the front lines with 'War/Photography' at the Annenberg

    Including the American Revolution, the United States has participated in 12 major wars since the republic was founded. All but two were photographed. (The Mexican-American War of 1846-48 was the first to be documented with cameras, but just a few pictures survive.) The industrialization of war has logically coincided with the rise of machines that produce images.
    Including the American Revolution, the United States has participated in 12 major wars since the republic was founded. All but two were photographed. (The Mexican-American War of 1846-48 was the first to be documented with cameras, but just a few pictures...

    Tags: U.S. Army, Arts, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Arts and Culture, Times Square

    3. May 16, 2013 |Story| Allentown Morning Call

  3. Letters from a son: What Allentown's William Reichard saw at Antietam

    He had never been in the smoky, confusing haze of gunfire. Never watched helplessly as strong young men fell dead in front of him. Until the Battle of Antietam, William Reichard didn't know war. Reichard, barely 20, left Allentown in the summer of...

    Tags: Culture, Career and Workplace, Sociology, Abraham Lincoln, Rebellions

    4. Apr 27, 2013 |Story| Aberdeen News

  4. Cinco de Mayo not as widely celebrated in Mexico

    A misnomer about Cinco de Mayo is that it's Mexican Independence Day. It's not.
    A misnomer about Cinco de Mayo is that it's Mexican Independence Day. It's not.  "Mexican Independence Day is Sept. 16, " said Juan Gonzalez, a Spanish professor at Northern State University.  Cinco de Mayo -- May 5 in Spanish -- marks the date in...

    Tags: France, Cinco de Mayo, Entertainment, Armed Forces, Minority Groups

    5. Mar 16, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Ollin links arms with Pogues in act of St. Patrick's Day solidarity

    It's a Catholic thing. It's an immigrant-underdog thing. It's an acoustic-punk thing.
    It's a Catholic thing. It's an immigrant-underdog thing. It's an acoustic-punk thing. There are many reasons why, for the last 10 or 11 years — the precise number is lost in the fog of memory — the L.A. Chicano band Ollin has celebrated St....

    Tags: St. Patrick's Day, Elvis Costello, Religion and Belief, Holidays, Christianity

    6. Sep 17, 2012 |Story| Herald Mail

  6. General pays tribute to the soldiers who fought in Battle of Antietam

    On a small stage near a country church that witnessed some of the bloodiest fighting in American history, a U.S. Army general told several hundred people the story of a 15-year-old private who received the nation’s highest military honor during the Battle of Antietam.
    dan.dearth@herald-mail.com
    On a small stage near a country church that witnessed some of the bloodiest fighting in American history, a U.S. Army general told several hundred people the story of a 15-year-old private who received the nation’s highest military honor during...

    Tags: John Cook, Entertainment Events, Heroism, U.S. Military, War of 1812

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