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Johnny and Luther Htoo, 2000 News

12, illiterate guerrilla leaders of God's Army, a Christian group of Karen tribesmen who live in hiding in the jungle near the Burmese-Thai border, ordered their followers in Jan. to take…

The Texas Revolution: Santa Anna and The Alamo

Top of Page Source: iStockThough the United States is proud of its independence and is ready to defend that status until the end, not all states have been free of the yoke of foreign influence until…

Black Civil War Soldiers

United States > Military Affairs Comprising 10% of the Union Army, Black troops played a vital role in the American Civil War By Catherine McNiff Emancipation Proclamation Related Links…

Walt Whitman: An Army Corps on the March

An Army Corps on the MarchWith its cloud of skirmishers in advance, With now the sound of a single shot snapping like a whip, and now an irregular volley, The swarming ranks press on and…

Philip Berrigan

A World War II artillery and infantry officer, Philip Berrigan did an about-face after becoming a Catholic priest and devoted his life to opposing what he saw as warlike, imperialist U.S. policies.…

“Stonewall” Jackson

Name at birth: Thomas Jonathan JacksonThomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson was one of the most honored generals of the American Civil War, the Confederate general who lost his arm and then his life from "…

Napoleon Bonaparte

Name at birth: Napoleon BuonaparteNapoleon is the most charismatic general in French history, famed for his military successes and (at the same time) for not quite conquering Europe. Starting as a…

James Grafton SPENCER, Congress, MS (1844-1926)

SPENCER James Grafton , a Representative from Mississippi; born near Port Gibson, Claiborne County, Miss., September 13, 1844; attended private schools and Oakland College in 1861; during the…

Iran-Iraq War

(Encyclopedia) Iran-Iraq War, 1980–88, protracted military conflict between Iran and Iraq. It officially began on Sept. 22, 1980, with an Iraqi land and air invasion of western Iran, although Iraqi…