A fanatically selfless sense of duty drove nurse Edith Cavell to harbor Allied soldiers behind German lines.
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Battle of Brawner’s Farm: Black Hat Brigade’s Baptism of Fire
John Gibbon’s mostly green Midwestern troops found themselves in quite a scrape as the sun set on August 28, 1862.
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The ‘Bonus Army’ Storm Into Washington
In 1932 World War I veterans seeking a bonus promised by Congress were attacked and driven out of Washington, D.C., by troops of the U.S. Army under the command of Douglas MacArthur, Dwight D. Eisenhower and George Patton.
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The Bonus March: Herbert Hoover’s View
Hoover presents his side of the Bonus March story in this excerpt from volume 3 of The Memoirs of Herbert Hoover: 1929-1941, The Great Depression, published in 1952 by The Macmillan Company.
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Ulysses S. Grant: America’s Second Three-Star General
Not since 1798 had Congress trusted a soldier with the full power of the lieutenant generalcy. Clearly, great things were expected from the Union’s new three-star general, Ulysses S. Grant.
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Andrew Jackson and the Indian Removal Act
Andrew Jackson had been an Indian fighter, and he continued the struggle as president. His new weapon was the Indian Removal Act, which would force Eastern tribes to relocate west of the Mississippi.
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Bonnie & Clyde’s Revenge on Eastham
Clyde Barrow knew Eastham prison farm well, and considered it to be a ‘hell hole.’ With some of his partners in crime, including Bonnie Parker, the ex-convict hatched a plan to gain a measure of revenge against the hated facility.
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Thomas E. Dewey Defeats Dutch Schultz
Thomas E. Dewey earned a reputation as a hard-hitting New York prosecutor who challenged organized crime in the 1930s. One of the men he helped bring down was a ruthless gangster who called himself Dutch Schultz — but Dewey did it only with the intervention of some very unlikely allies.
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Picture of the Day: October 1
Robert Gould Shaw, born October 1, 1837 to a prominent abolitionist family, was asked […]
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Picture of the Day: October 2
In Derek Rush’s 1997 colored-pencil drawing Doc’s Business, southern born Doc Holliday flashes a […]