This general commanded the Army of the Potomac during the Battle of Chancellorsville:
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Tet Offensive: The Battles of Bien Hoa and Long Binh
At the beginning of the Tet Offensive, one rifle company was ordered to to clear the village of Ho Nai, a Bien Hoa suburb. No infantry school tactic fit the situation; improvisation became the order of the day.
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Daily Quiz for December 3, 2007
This Union general shot and killed a fellow general in a dispute at a hotel during the Civil War:
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Daily Quiz for December 2, 2007
This was the first American-built rigid dirigible:
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Daily Quiz for December 1, 2007
President Warren G. Harding died suddenly in San Francisco on August 2, 1923, during a return trip from here
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Letter From American History – February 2008
Jerry’s P.S.: “Now, here’s what I really think.” It’s been nearly a year since […]
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The Angola Train Wreck
Nearly 50 people died and many more injured in the 1867 train wreck known as the Angola Horror. John D. Rockefeller narrowly missed being one of them.
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Gerald Ford’s Near Miracle of 1976
Gerald Ford withstood a challenge by Ronald Reagan within his own party and nearly pulled off a miraculous comeback against Jimmy Carter in the 1976 presidential election.
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Daily Quiz for November 30, 2007
Identified on battle maps as Hill 937, it is better known as this.
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Daily Quiz for November 29, 2007
Clergyman and newspaper editor Elijah P. Lovejoy was martyred for this cause: