United States Military History
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Gorgeous War
- The Branding War Between the Third Reich and the United States
- Auteur(s): Tim Blackmore
- Narrateur(s): Simon Curwen
- Durée: 13 h et 27 min
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Gorgeous War argues that the Nazis used the swastika as part of a visually sophisticated propaganda program that was not only modernist, but also the forerunner of contemporary brand identity. When the United States military tried to answer Nazi displays of graphic power, it failed. In the end the best graphic response to the Nazis was produced by the Walt Disney Company.
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Gorgeous War
- The Branding War Between the Third Reich and the United States
- Narrateur(s): Simon Curwen
- Durée: 13 h et 27 min
- Date de publication: 2021-07-29
- Langue: Anglais
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Gorgeous War argues that the Nazis used the swastika as part of a visually sophisticated propaganda program that was not only modernist, but also the forerunner of contemporary brand identity....
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A Place Outside the Law
- Forgotten Voices from Guantanamo
- Auteur(s): Peter Jan Honigsberg
- Narrateur(s): Tom Taylorson
- Durée: 7 h et 49 min
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Law scholar and Witness to Guantánamo founder Peter Jan Honigsberg uncovers a haunting portrait of life at the military prison and its toll, not only on the detainees and their loved ones but also on its military and civilian personnel and the journalists who reported on it. Honigsberg conducted 158 interviews across 20 countries so that the people who lived and worked there could tell their heartbreaking, inspirational stories. These are a few of them.
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A Place Outside the Law
- Forgotten Voices from Guantanamo
- Narrateur(s): Tom Taylorson
- Durée: 7 h et 49 min
- Date de publication: 2019-11-12
- Langue: Anglais
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Firsthand testimonies from Guantánamo Bay, inspiring future generations to never repeat the human rights violations of the detention center....
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American Scoundrel
- The Life of the Notorious Civil War General Dan Sickles
- Auteur(s): Tom Kenneally
- Narrateur(s): Humphrey Bower
- Durée: 13 h et 40 min
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On the last, cold Sunday of February 1859, Daniel Sickles shot his wife's lover in Washington's Lafayette Square, just across from the White House. This is the story of that killing and its repercussions. Thomas Keneally brilliantly recreates an extraordinary period, when women were punished for violating codes of society that did not bind men. And the caddish, good-looking Dan Sickles personifies the extremes of the era.
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American Scoundrel
- The Life of the Notorious Civil War General Dan Sickles
- Narrateur(s): Humphrey Bower
- Durée: 13 h et 40 min
- Date de publication: 2012-12-05
- Langue: Anglais
- On the last, cold Sunday of February 1859, Daniel Sickles shot his wife's lover in Washington's Lafayette Square, just across from the White House. This is the story of that killing and its repercussions....
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African American Slave Medicine
- Herbal and Non-Herbal Treatments
- Auteur(s): Herbert C. Covey
- Narrateur(s): Bill Andrew Quinn
- Durée: 10 h et 18 min
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African American Slave Medicine offers a critical examination of how African American slaves' medical needs were addressed during the years before and surrounding the Civil War. Drawing upon ex-slave interviews conducted during the 1930s and 1940s by the Works Project Administration (WPA), Dr. Herbert C. Covey inventories many of the herbal, plant, and non-plant remedies used by African American folk practitioners during slavery.
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African American Slave Medicine
- Herbal and Non-Herbal Treatments
- Narrateur(s): Bill Andrew Quinn
- Durée: 10 h et 18 min
- Date de publication: 2022-11-29
- Langue: Anglais
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African American Slave Medicine offers a critical examination of how African American slaves' medical needs were addressed during the years before and surrounding the Civil War....
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The Wounded World
- W. E. B. Du Bois and the First World War
- Auteur(s): Chad L. Williams
- Narrateur(s): Cary Hite
- Durée: 17 h et 21 min
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When W. E. B. Du Bois, believing in the possibility of full citizenship and democratic change, encouraged African Americans to “close ranks” and support the Allied cause in World War I, he made a decision that would haunt him for the rest of his life. Seeking both intellectual clarity and personal atonement, for more than two decades Du Bois attempted to write the definitive history of Black participation in World War I. His book, however, remained unfinished.
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The Wounded World
- W. E. B. Du Bois and the First World War
- Narrateur(s): Cary Hite
- Durée: 17 h et 21 min
- Date de publication: 2023-04-04
- Langue: Anglais
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The dramatic story of W. E. B. Du Bois’s reckoning with the betrayal of Black soldiers during World War I―and a new understanding of one of the great twentieth-century writers....
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Winning Independence
- The Decisive Years of the Revolutionary War, 1778-1781
- Auteur(s): John Ferling
- Narrateur(s): Rhett Samuel Price
- Durée: 24 h et 48 min
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It was 1778, and the recent American victory at Saratoga had netted the US a powerful ally in France. Many, including General George Washington, presumed France’s entrance into the war meant independence was just around the corner. Meanwhile, having lost an entire army at Saratoga, Great Britain pivoted to a 'southern strategy'. The army would henceforth seek to regain its southern colonies, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, a highly profitable segment of its prewar American empire.
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(Revised). A good book.
- Écrit par JVW le 2023-11-16
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Winning Independence
- The Decisive Years of the Revolutionary War, 1778-1781
- Narrateur(s): Rhett Samuel Price
- Durée: 24 h et 48 min
- Date de publication: 2021-05-11
- Langue: Anglais
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From celebrated historian John Ferling comes the underexplored history of the second half of the Revolutionary War, when, after years of fighting, American independence often seemed beyond reach....
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The Ledger and the Chain
- How Domestic Slave Traders Shaped America
- Auteur(s): Joshua D. Rothman
- Narrateur(s): Leon Nixon
- Durée: 13 h et 40 min
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Slave traders are peripheral figures in most histories of American slavery. But these men - who trafficked and sold over half a million enslaved people from the Upper South to the Deep South - were essential to slavery's expansion and fueled the growth and prosperity of the United States. In The Ledger and the Chain, acclaimed historian Joshua D. Rothman recounts the shocking story of the domestic slave trade by tracing the lives and careers of Isaac Franklin, John Armfield, and Rice Ballard, who built the largest and most powerful slave-trading operation in American history.
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The Ledger and the Chain
- How Domestic Slave Traders Shaped America
- Narrateur(s): Leon Nixon
- Durée: 13 h et 40 min
- Date de publication: 2021-04-20
- Langue: Anglais
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An award-winning historian reveals the harrowing forgotten story of America's internal slave trade - and its role in the making of America....
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The Colfax County War
- Violence and Corruption in Territorial New Mexico
- Auteur(s): Corey Recko
- Narrateur(s): Jack de Golia
- Durée: 4 h et 57 min
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When New Mexico became part of the United States, the territory contained 295 land grants, the largest of these being the Maxwell Land Grant. The size and boundaries of the grant were disputed, with some believing that much of the land was public domain. Settlers on this land were fought not only by the land grant owners but also by a group of corrupt politicians and lawyers— known as the Santa Fe Ring (most notably Thomas Catron and Stephen Elkins)—who tried to use the situation for personal profit and land acquisition.
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The Colfax County War
- Violence and Corruption in Territorial New Mexico
- Narrateur(s): Jack de Golia
- Durée: 4 h et 57 min
- Date de publication: 2024-09-24
- Langue: Anglais
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When New Mexico became part of the United States, the territory contained 295 land grants, the largest of these being the Maxwell Land Grant. The size and boundaries of the grant were disputed, with some believing that much of the land was public domain.
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Big Science
- Ernest Lawrence and the Invention That Launched the Military-Industrial Complex
- Auteur(s): Michael Hiltzik
- Narrateur(s): Bob Saouer
- Durée: 14 h et 48 min
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Since the 1930s, the scale of scientific endeavors has grown exponentially. The birth of Big Science can be traced to Berkeley, California, nearly nine decades ago, when a resourceful young scientist pondered his new invention and declared, "I'm going to be famous!" Ernest Orlando Lawrence's cyclotron would revolutionize nuclear physics, but that was only the beginning of its impact.This is the incredible story of how one invention changed the world and of the man principally responsible for it all. Michael Hiltzik tells the riveting full story here for the first time.
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Big Science
- Ernest Lawrence and the Invention That Launched the Military-Industrial Complex
- Narrateur(s): Bob Saouer
- Durée: 14 h et 48 min
- Date de publication: 2015-07-07
- Langue: Anglais
- Since the 1930s, the scale of scientific endeavors has grown exponentially. This is the story of how one invention changed the world and of the man most responsible for it all....
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The Barbary Wars
- A Captivating Guide to the First Overseas Wars Conducted by the United States (U.S. Military History)
- Auteur(s): Captivating History
- Narrateur(s): Jason Saffir
- Durée: 3 h et 17 min
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Discover the captivating history of the first American wars in Africa! In this audiobook, you’ll learn about the Barbary Wars of 1801 to 1805 and 1815, the first American wars outside of North America. The enemies were the Muslim Barbary pirates of the North African coast. Discover how American sailors were captured and turned into slaves in Morocco, Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli. Why did this happen? And why didn’t the US Navy do more to stop it? Discover the answers to these in this comprehensive guide!
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The Barbary Wars
- A Captivating Guide to the First Overseas Wars Conducted by the United States (U.S. Military History)
- Narrateur(s): Jason Saffir
- Durée: 3 h et 17 min
- Date de publication: 2024-01-12
- Langue: Anglais
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Discover the captivating history of the first American wars in Africa....
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Damned Nation
- Hell in America From the Revolution to Reconstruction
- Auteur(s): Kathryn Gin Lum
- Narrateur(s): Suzanne Toren
- Durée: 10 h et 53 min
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Among the pressing concerns of Americans in the first century of nationhood were day-to-day survival, political harmony, exploration of the continent, foreign policy, and - fixed deeply in the collective consciousness - hell and eternal damnation. The fear of fire and brimstone and the worm that never dies exerted a profound and lasting influence on Americans' ideas about themselves, their neighbors, and the rest of the world.
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Damned Nation
- Hell in America From the Revolution to Reconstruction
- Narrateur(s): Suzanne Toren
- Durée: 10 h et 53 min
- Date de publication: 2015-02-20
- Langue: Anglais
- The fear of fire and brimstone and the worm that never dies exerted a profound and lasting influence on Americans' ideas about themselves, their neighbors, and the rest of the world.....
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A History of Culver and the Culver Military Academy
- Auteur(s): Mark A. Roeder
- Narrateur(s): Toby Sheets
- Durée: 10 h et 27 min
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This audiobook presents a history of Culver, Lake Maxinkuckee, and the Culver Military Academy. Interesting facts and a wealth of other information are found in A History of Culver and the Culver Military Academy. Culver, Indiana, has a rich and varied history as a resort town and the home of the famous Culver Educational Foundation. During more than a year of research, the author read the entire run of The Culver Herald and The Culver Citizen and worked with original sources never before published. Here is Culver and Culver Military Academy in all its grandeur.
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A History of Culver and the Culver Military Academy
- Narrateur(s): Toby Sheets
- Durée: 10 h et 27 min
- Date de publication: 2019-06-18
- Langue: Anglais
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This audiobook presents a history of Culver, Lake Maxinkuckee, and the Culver Military Academy. Interesting facts and a wealth of other information are found in A History of Culver and the Culver Military Academy. Culver, Indiana, has a rich and varied history....
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Tadeusz Kościuszko
- The Life and Legacy of Poland’s Most Famous General
- Auteur(s): Charles River Editors
- Narrateur(s): Bill Hare
- Durée: 1 h et 26 min
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Today, streets, bridges, monuments, and even neighborhoods bear Tadeusz Kościuszko’s name across the country, and in Polish communities, he is often hailed as a hero equal to General Washington himself. Tadeusz Kościuszko: The Life and Legacy of Poland’s Most Famous General profiles one of the Revolutionary War’s most important figures.
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Tadeusz Kościuszko
- The Life and Legacy of Poland’s Most Famous General
- Narrateur(s): Bill Hare
- Durée: 1 h et 26 min
- Date de publication: 2018-05-16
- Langue: Anglais
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Tadeusz Kościuszko: The Life and Legacy of Poland’s Most Famous General profiles one of the Revolutionary War’s most important figures, Tadeusz Kościuszko, who is often hailed as a hero equal to General Washington himself....
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Blood Moon
- Auteur(s): John Sedgwick
- Narrateur(s): Fred Sanders
- Durée: 17 h et 17 min
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Blood Moon is the story of the century-long blood feud between two rival Cherokee chiefs from the early years of the United States through the infamous Trail of Tears and into the Civil War. While little remembered today, their mutual hatred shaped the tragic history of the tribe far more than anyone, even the reviled President Andrew Jackson, ever did.
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Blood Moon
- Narrateur(s): Fred Sanders
- Durée: 17 h et 17 min
- Date de publication: 2018-04-10
- Langue: Anglais
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Blood Moon is the story of the century-long blood feud between two rival Cherokee chiefs from the early years of the United States through the infamous Trail of Tears and into the Civil War....
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The American Military Frontiers
- The United States Army in the West, 1783-1900 (Histories of the American Frontier)
- Auteur(s): Robert Wooster
- Narrateur(s): Jack Chekijian
- Durée: 11 h et 16 min
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As the fledgling nation looked west to the land beyond the Appalachian Mountains, it turned to the Army to advance and defend its national interests. Clashing with Spain, Britain, France, Mexico, the Confederacy, and Indians in this pursuit of expansion, the army's failures and successes alternately delayed and hastened western migration.
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The American Military Frontiers
- The United States Army in the West, 1783-1900 (Histories of the American Frontier)
- Narrateur(s): Jack Chekijian
- Durée: 11 h et 16 min
- Date de publication: 2013-07-05
- Langue: Anglais
- As the fledgling nation looked west to the land beyond the Appalachian Mountains, it turned to the Army to advance and defend its national interests....
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Diplomacy at the Brink
- Eisenhower, Churchill, and Eden in the Cold War
- Auteur(s): David M. Watry
- Narrateur(s): Doug McDonald
- Durée: 6 h et 43 min
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A groundbreaking new study of Anglo-American relations during the Cold War, Diplomacy at the Brink argues for a reevaluation of Dwight D. Eisenhower's foreign policy toward allies and enemies alike. Contrary to his reputation as a level-headed moderate, the Eisenhower who emerges is a conservative ideologue, a leader whose aggressively anti-Communist and anticolonialist foreign policies represented a major shift away from the containment policy of the Truman presidency.
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Diplomacy at the Brink
- Eisenhower, Churchill, and Eden in the Cold War
- Narrateur(s): Doug McDonald
- Durée: 6 h et 43 min
- Date de publication: 2017-05-12
- Langue: Anglais
- A groundbreaking new study of Anglo-American relations during the Cold War....
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American Heritage's Great Minds of American History
- Auteur(s): American Heritage
- Narrateur(s): David McCullough, Stephen E. Ambrose
- Durée: 3 h et 47 min
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In a series of fascinating interviews, today's best and brightest historians weigh in on the crucial moments in American history. American Heritage's Great Minds of American History takes you there, imbuing the past with an immediacy that goes well beyond the scope of formal histories.
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American Heritage's Great Minds of American History
- Narrateur(s): David McCullough, Stephen E. Ambrose
- Durée: 3 h et 47 min
- Date de publication: 2010-03-05
- Langue: Anglais
- In a series of fascinating interviews, today's best and brightest historians weigh in on the crucial moments in American history....
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The Civil War: A Captivating Guide to the American Civil War and Its Impact on the History of the United States
- Auteur(s): Captivating History
- Narrateur(s): Desmond Manny
- Durée: 3 h et 3 min
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No other war in the history of the US has sparked as much debate and conflict as the American Civil War. For more than 150 years, the story of the Civil War has been a source of contention, confusion, and even contempt in American life. Explore the deadliest war in American history!
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The Civil War: A Captivating Guide to the American Civil War and Its Impact on the History of the United States
- Narrateur(s): Desmond Manny
- Durée: 3 h et 3 min
- Date de publication: 2018-10-12
- Langue: Anglais
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No other war in the history of the US has sparked as much debate and conflict as the American Civil War. For more than 150 years, the story of the Civil War has been a source of contention, confusion, and even contempt in American life. Explore the deadliest war in American history....
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America’s First Korean War
- The History and Legacy of the United States Expedition to Korea in 1871
- Auteur(s): Charles River Editors
- Narrateur(s): Steve Knupp
- Durée: 1 h et 20 min
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Though it’s widely overlooked today, the U.S. has had a military presence in Asia for more than 200 years. The East Indies Squadron was formally established by President Andrew Jackson in 1835 to protect American property and trade in Asia, but U.S. warships were protecting American interests in Asia before then. In fact, American merchant vessels reached China as early as the 1780s.
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America’s First Korean War
- The History and Legacy of the United States Expedition to Korea in 1871
- Narrateur(s): Steve Knupp
- Durée: 1 h et 20 min
- Date de publication: 2024-02-21
- Langue: Anglais
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Though it’s widely overlooked today, the U.S. has had a military presence in Asia for more than 200 years.
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To Succeed Where Others Failed
- The Untold Story of the Marshall Plantation Raid
- Auteur(s): Bruce Seaman
- Narrateur(s): Bruce Seaman
- Durée: 4 h et 43 min
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In March 1865, a 30-man team of mostly Black Union soldiers traveled from Jacksonville, Florida 100 miles behind enemy lines to conduct a ridiculously daring raid in remote Marion County. Then they had to return on foot to St. Augustine 80 miles from the raid site, knowing an accomplished Confederate cavalry unit would be hot on their trail. The Black raiders planned the operation, employed their own strategy, led by a Black Sergeant-Major—no White officer—and carried out the mission.
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To Succeed Where Others Failed
- The Untold Story of the Marshall Plantation Raid
- Narrateur(s): Bruce Seaman
- Durée: 4 h et 43 min
- Date de publication: 2024-08-05
- Langue: Anglais
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In March 1865, a 30-man team of mostly Black Union soldiers traveled from Jacksonville, Florida 100 miles behind enemy lines to conduct a ridiculously daring raid in remote Marion County.
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