On April 6, 1862, following the first day of fighting, General Ulysses Grant ordered […]
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Daily Quiz for February 7, 2012
Peregrine White is remembered in American history for this reason.
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MHQ Reviews: Histories of Conflict in Afghanistan
Frank Ledwidge reviews two books on the history of war in Afghanistan
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Military History Poll – May 2013
Which of history’s generals do you consider to have the most exaggerated fame, and […]
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Book Review: Kit Carson, by David Remley
David Remley sifts the existing scholarship to provide a balanced profile of a Kit Carson that was neither hero nor villain but a complex and nuanced frontier figure.
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Book Review: Wyatt Earp in San Diego / Life After Tombstone
Garner Palenske relates the little-known story of Wyatt and Josie Earp’s post-Tombstone life in San Diego.
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Daily Quiz for February 6, 2012
The 1801 war in which Spain, supported by the French military, invaded Portugal is known by this name.
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Book Review: Ned Wynkoop and the Lonely Road from Sand Creek, by Louis Kraft
With this new biography Louis Kraft establishes himself as the authority on Indian wars figure Ned Wynkoop.
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Book Review: Legal Executions After Statehood in Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah
R. Michael Wilson releases the third volume in his Legal Executions After Statehood series.
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Book Review: Desperadoes of the Ozarks
Larry Wood relates 22 new tales of gunfights and other notorious incidents in his latest history of the Ozarks.