The cost of political greatness, it’s been said, is to be forced to campaign long after your death. That’s certainly true of George Washington, whose name, image and legacy were appropriated by the Confederacy.
Posted inFeature
Major General J.E.B. Stuart: Last Stand of the Last Knight
Major General J.E.B. Stuart posted his horsemen at Yellow Tavern—between Union attackers and Richmond—and waited for the collision. It would come with a deadliness he could never have imagined.
Posted inStories
Robert Smalls: Commander of the Planter During the American Civil War
When opportunity knocked, an imaginative Charleston slave sailed himself, his family, and some friends to freedom — and set to work for the Union cause.
Posted inUncategorized
American History: 1864 Attack on New York
Manhattan proved an irresistible target for Confederate saboteurs who wanted to set the city ablaze and settle some scores with the Union.
Posted inStories
Julius Caesar’s Invasion of Britain Was a Clash of Power and Wiles
Half a century before Christ was born, a Roman general landed on British soil for the first time — and so marked one of the great turning points in history.
Posted inUncategorized
Fateful Voyage of the Lusitania
The Cunard liner’s captain expected a safe Atlantic crossing, but a German U-boat would bring Lusitania‘s journey to a devastating end.
Posted inUncategorized
Gulf of Tonkin Incident: Reappraisal 40 Years Later
Forty years after North Vietnamese patrol boats reportedly attacked U.S. destroyers, the sequence of events surrounding the Gulf of Tonkin incident is finally coming into clearer focus.
Posted inUncategorized
The First Tet Offensive of 1789
The original Tet Offensive in 1789 was a masterpiece of surprise that became the model for the 1968 attack.
Posted inStories
Wars of Alexander the Great: Battle of the Hydaspes River
Acceding to his weary soldiers’ wishes, Alexander the Great turned homeward from India — but even the trip back would require battle and conquest.
Posted inUncategorized
Dalton Gang’s Raid on Coffeyville
The object of the Daltons’ raid on the peaceful little Kansas town was to rob two banks at once, and the job called for five raiders… or were there six?