This famous figure of the Old West died of a heart attack while writing for the New York Morning Telegraph newspaper.

Operation GOODWOOD was intended to capture this World War II objective.

Captain James Lawrence uttered his immortal phrase "Don‚t give up the ship," while fighting this enemy vessel.

This medieval Russian prince gained fame as a warrior when he defeated an invading Swedish army and later defeated invading Teutonic knights at the battle of Lake Peipus. He is known today through a m

This Tammany Hall politician went through several scandals during his career including escorting a known prostitute, Fanny White, into the chambers of the New York state Assembly and taking her with h

The DUKW, an American World War II amphibious craft, received its acronym for this reason.

Historian Jeffry D. Wert said of this Civil War general, ?He had been the most unfortunate commander of the Army, a general who had been cursed by succeeding its most popular leader and a man who beli

The brother of this 19th-century American writer was named Secretary of Nevada Territory because of his energetic campaigning for Abraham Lincoln in the 1860 presidential election.