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The Pope’s Private Army – 10 Fascinating Facts About the Vatican’s Swiss Guards
“Here are some little-known facts about the Vatican’s five-century-old mercenary legion.” (Originally published on Dec 8, 2014) POPE FRANCIS HAS FIRED the commander of the Vatican’s 500-year-old security regiment — the Swiss Guard. News outlets…
Anatomy of a Battle – App Maker Offers MHN Readers Interactive Map of Antietam Clash
LAST MONTH, MilitaryHistoryNow.com reported the release of The West Point History of the Civil War. The comprehensive volume, which was compiled by faculty historians at the prestigious United States Military Academy, is available in hard cover and also…
The Irish Brigades – How Ireland’s Foreign Volunteer Armies Made Their Mark On History
“All told, well over 50,000 Irishmen served in the armies of France, Spain and Austria. Some of the volunteers became great military reformers who helped modernize the Continent’s antiquated armies.” By Stephen McGarry WHEN THE…
Abraham Lincoln – President, Emancipator… and Tyrant?
By Jennifer L. Weber WHEN ABRAHAM LINCOLN TOOK OFFICE IN MARCH 1861, the executive branch was small and relatively limited in its power. By the time of his assassination four years later, he had claimed…
The Myth of Black Confederates — Historian Blasts Fantasy That “Thousands” of African Americans Fought for the South
“The very idea of black Confederates is a relatively recent phenomenon, emerging after the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s.” By Doug Peterson PATRICK R. CLEBURNE, A PROMINENT GENERAL IN THE CONFEDERATE ARMY of Tennessee, could see what…
British Historian Names His Pick For ‘Most Fascinating Figure From Military History’
FOR SEVERAL WEEKS NOW, MHN has been asking prominent historians, writers and journalists from around the world a single question: Which figure from military history do you find most fascinating and why? In our first…
