“I Heard a Faint Call That Sounded Thick and Muddy”
Fort Lamar, a roughly M-shaped earthwork bordered by swamps on each side, was a key strategic point for Confederate forces on James Island, S.C. If it fell into enemy hands,
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Here Among the Chiefs: The Cherokee Nation’s Lewis Downing, in gray and blue
By Scott Vezeau and Ronald S. Coddington The pop and crack of small arms fire shattered the stillness of a northwest Arkansas afternoon in the autumn of 1862. The gunplay