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Trade Unions in the British Industrial Revolution
Trade unions were formed in Britain during the Industrial Revolution (1760-1840) to protect workers from unnecessary risks using dangerous machines, unhealthy working conditions, and excessive hours of work. The trade union movement was vigorously...
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A Union Charge at the Battle of Nashville
Battle of Nashville, oil on canvas painting by Howard Pyle, 1906. Depicted here is a Union charge at the Battle of Nashville (15-16 December 1864), a decisive Federal victory in the American Civil War in which the Confederate army under...
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Union Troops Assault Petersburg, 15 June 1864
Union soldiers of the XVIII Corps assault Confederate trenches on 15 June 1864 during the early days of the Siege of Petersburg in the American Civil War, wood engraving by Edwin Forbes in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1864. Library...
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Union Assault at Cold Harbor, 3 June 1864
Union assault on the Confederate breastworks at the Battle of Cold Harbor on 3 June 1864, sketch by Alfred R. Waud in Harper's Weekly: Journal of Civilization, June 25 1864.
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J. E. B. Stuart's Cavalry Cutting Union Telegraph Wires
Confederate General J. E. B. Stuart (1833-1864) had his cavalry cut the telegraph lines used by the Union army during one of his raids at the end of 1862. Illustration from Makers of the world's history and their grand achievements by Henry...
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Battle of Moscow in 1941-2 - The USSR's First Victory
The Battle of Moscow (Oct 41 to Jan 42) was Germany's first major land defeat in the Second World War (1939-45). Although Axis panzer divisions reached within 20 miles (32 km) of the Soviet capital, the USSR's Red Army, led by Marshal Georgi...
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Nazi-Soviet Pact Cartoon
A cartoon drawn by David Low on the subject of the August 1939 Nazi-Soviet Pact, a non-aggression aggreement between Adolf Hilter (1889-1945), leader of Nazi Germany, and Joseph Stalin (1878-1953), leader of the USSR. Both dictators had spent...
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Franklin-Nashville Campaign - The Twilight of the Southern Confederacy
The Franklin-Nashville Campaign (September-December 1864) was the last major military operation in the western theater of the American Civil War (1861-1865). After the Southern stronghold of Atlanta fell to Union forces, Confederate General...
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Stonewall Jackson - General Lee's Lieutenant
Thomas J. Jackson (1824-1863), better known as Stonewall Jackson, was one of the most famous Confederate generals of the American Civil War (1861-1865). A veteran of the Mexican-American War and a former VMI instructor, he joined the Confederate...
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Atlanta Campaign - The Bloody Struggle for Georgia During the US Civil War
The Atlanta Campaign (7 May to 2 September 1864) was a major military campaign in the western theater of the American Civil War (1861-1865). It saw a large Union force under Major General William Tecumseh Sherman invade Georgia, constantly...