* William T. Sherman: "Cump" Sherman
* Stonewall Jackson: "Stonewall" Jackson
* Robert E. Lee: "Marse Robert"
* Joseph E. Johnston: "Joe" Johnston
* P.G.T. Beauregard: "P.G.T." Beauregard
* James Longstreet: "Pete" Longstreet
* George B. McClellan: "Little Mac" McClellan
* Ambrose Burnside: "Burnside" Burnside
* John Pope: "Pop" Pope
On August 2, 1990, elite Iraqi Republican Guard troops invaded Kuwait. A lightning operation - in two days they had taken the entire country - that caught the international community by surprise. Although Iraq had been critical of the increase in Kuwaiti oil production that was keeping prices low an
I will not be the one to complain about our Post Office service, but nothing comparable to the United States Postal Service (USPS) … a century ago. In 1913, the United States Postal Service for parcel delivery was launched. Parcel shipments became popular, stimulating the rural economy, thanks to
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