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General Cleburne's Coat
The tattered coat worn by Confederate Maj. Gen. Patrick Cleburne (1828-1864) when he was killed at the Battle of Franklin on 30 November 1864. Museum of the Confederacy in Appomattox, Virginia. Photo taken by Farrargirl...
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Estates-General of 1789
The Estates-General of 1789 was a meeting of the three estates of pre-revolutionary France: clergy, nobility, and commons. Summoned by King Louis XVI of France (r. 1774-1792) to deal with financial and societal crises, it...
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Antipater (Macedonian General)
Antipater (c. 399-319 BCE) was a Macedonian statesman and loyal lieutenant of both Alexander the Great and his father Philip II of Macedon. As a regent in Alexander's absence, Antipater subdued rebellions and mollified...
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Pausanias (General)
Pausanias (c. 510 - c. 465 BCE) was a Spartan regent and general who won glory by leading a combined Greek force to victory over the Persians at the Battle of Plataea in 479 BCE. Famously immodest regarding his own talent...
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Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon
Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon, U.S. Army, engraving by Adam B. Walter, Philadelphia, circa 1860s to 1870s. General Lyon was the commander of the federal forces at the Battle of Wilson's Creek, where he was killed...
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President Truman and General MacArthur at Wake Island
President Truman and General MacArthur at Wake Island, photograph by the US State Department, 15 October 1950. This is a photograph of US President Harry S. Truman (left) meeting with General Douglas...
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Opening Session of the General Assembly, 5 May 1789
Painting depicting the opening session of the Estates-General of 1789. By Auguste Couder, 1839.
Museum of the History of France, Versailles.
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The Opening of the Estates-General
The opening of the Estates-General of 1789, on 5 May, in the Salle des Menus Plaisirs in Versailles, engraving by Isidore-Stanislas Helman, 1789.
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris.
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The Death of General Wolfe
A painting from 1770 presenting the death of General Wolfe during the Battle of the Plains of Abraham, also known as the Battle of Quebec. This battle was an important event during the Seven Years' War that laid the foundations...
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Bronze Equestrian Statue of General George H. Thomas - Thomas Circle, Washington, D.C.
The bronze equestrian statue of Major General George H. Thomas by John Quincy Adams Ward, located at Thomas Circle in Washington, D.C. Photograph by David Reynolds, 2019.
