‘Noble Union Girls’: The thousands of Northern women who worked in Federal arsenals risked their lives for the cause.
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Mobile Gains CSS Alabama Cannon
The state of Alabama never saw the sloop CSS Alabama, which was built for […]
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Causes of the Civil War
Americans who lived through the Civil War established four great interpretive traditions regarding the […]
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Israel Richardson at Antietam
A Rising Star Struck Down in His Prime Until Antietam: The Life and Letters […]
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Slave to Soldier: Fighting for Freedom
‘We Must Make Free Men of Them’:
Confederate General Patrick Cleburne wanted to enlist slaves to fight for the Rebel cause.
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Who was the most influential Roman emperor?
Who was the most influential Roman emperor?
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Daily Quiz for April 13, 2010
Dolley Madison, wife of President James Madison, lost her first husband to this.
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What If Franco’s Spain Had Entered the War?
As late as December 1942, Franco believed that Germany might offer territorial concessions and Spain would join the war on the side of the Axis Powers.
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The Horticulturist who Disarmed Bombs After the Blitz
In 1940, the Blitz found Britain utterly unprepared to cope with the rain of unexploded German bombs that quickly began filling the streets of London and other major cities. No one had even anticipated the problem, certainly not John Hudson.
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The Scientist Who Survived the Gulag to Launch Sputnik
A victim of Stalin’s Great Purge, Sergei Korolev designed the Tu-2 bomber in prison and went on to lead the Soviet space program.