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USS Monitor: A Cheesebox on a Raft
The U.S. Navy bureaucracy wanted an ironclad "rigged with two masts" for sails. John Ericsson bucked orthodoxy to create a ship that changed the world.

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USS Monitor: The Crew Took Great Pride in Serving on the Famous Ship
The crew of Swedish Inventor John Ericsson's USS Monitor took great pride in serving on the renowned 'cheese box on a raft.'

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J.E.B. Stuart: Battle of Gettysburg Scapegoat?
Following the Confederate debacle at Gettysburg, many blamed Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart for leaving General Robert E. Lee in the dark. But was Stuart really to blame for the defeat? And if so, was he the only one at fault?

Sir Percy Wyndham: American Civil War Union Army's Flamboyant English Cavalry Commander

Abraham Lincoln: Tyrant, Hypocrite or Consummate Statesman?
The key to understanding Abraham Lincoln's philosophy of statesmanship is that he always sought the meeting point between what was right in theory and what could be achieved in practice.

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