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This is an image depicting Cromwell and his army at Dunbar, serving to provide visual comprehension of the standards of Cromwell's men.

This Image depicts the slaughter of innocents during the Siege of Drogheda in 1649. Though Cromwell gave no specific orders that civilians were to be killed, he did order that anyone who bore arms be cut down, and as a result, many innocent people…

Portrait of Oliver Cromwell, the man who led the campaign in Ireland that ended the Irish confederate wars. He and his men reestablished English rule in Ireland after the English Civil War.

This gate is the last of ten that surrounded the city of Drogheda prior to Cromwell's siege of the town in 1649. The heavy artillery fire of the English army decimated the defensive structures with little effort, and the attack left the town in…

This letter, along with a brief description of the attack on Drogheda, depicts Cromwell's justification for the actions that were taken against the citizens of Drogheda. He advocates that the decisions he made during the attack were for the greater…