The Borderer: The antebellum origins of the Father of the American Cavalry
By Mike Medhurst In late 1827, a second lieutenant fresh from the U.S. Military Academy arrived at Jefferson Barracks in St. Louis. He was Philip St. George Cooke, a son
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A Deaf Prince in Art and War: The Prince de Joinville, French exile and military advisor
By Harry G. Lang Deafness did not deter men from serving as combatants and noncombatants on both sides of the Civil War. Patriotism prompted many to attempt to enlist, despite