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On Point Summer 2024

This summer’s On Point features in depth looks at Irvin McDowell, cavalry tactics in the Civil War, the 63d Infantry Division and more.

Fort Wool, Virginia

by Terrance McGovern Fort Wool has played an important role in America’s history, yet even the fort’s current existence has faded from America’s memory. Known as Fort Calhoun until 1862,

Brigadier General Russell W. Volckmann

When the Japanese invaded the Philippines in December 1941, Volckmann and his men fought back, and when Bataan fell, Volckmann and a handful of others refused to surrender and escaped