Historic maps from the Library's collections documenting battles and campaigns of the Civil War, and other historical events.

Historic maps from the Library's collections documenting battles and campaigns of the Civil War, and other historical events.  The site will be updated regularly with selected maps in chronological order.

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Historic maps from the Library's collections documenting battles and campaigns of the Civil War, and other historical events.  The site sill be updated regularly with a selection of new maps, accompanied by captions, in chronological order.

Click here for more information.

Historic maps from the Library's collections documenting battles and campaigns of the Civil War, and other historical events.  The site sill be updated regularly with a selection of new maps, accompanied by captions, in chronological order.

Click here for more information.

Featuring historic maps from the Library's collections, "Places in History" documents battles and campaigns of the Civil War, as well as other historical events, by examining maps and their historical context.   The site sill be updated regularly with a selection of new maps, accompanied by captions, following the course of the Civil War in chronological order.

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Having recently written about character references in HTML, I figured it would be interesting to look into JavaScript character escapes as well.

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September 24, 2015

When I compose a document—any document, in almost any application—I can choose a font size in increments. But Google has decided what sizes are appropriate for me. It's like the Starbuck's approach to fonts: Short, Tall, Grande, Venti.

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In my opinion, "small" is too small, and so is "normal." Plus the term "normal" makes me feel shame for my old eyeballs. "Large" is too big, and "Huge" is just completely ridiculous.

Why can't Google be "normal" and give us more choices?

​wtfUX ​Google!?

Keep these coming. Send them to us via Twitter or Facebook using the hastag #wtfUX or email them...read more
By Indrani Stangl