A Missouri woman sacrificed much of her own life to help an aged Union veteran
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MI5’s Diabolical Ruse to Flush Out Nazi Supporters in Britain
Believing they were secretly working for Germany, members of a subversive “fifth column” were actually the targets of an extraordinary British intelligence operation.
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Cold Harbor Coda
The Second Battle of Haw’s Shop gave the Union Army a needed reprieve during the unabated slaughter of June 3, 1864
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Al Pacino to Star in Upcoming Film on American Traitor ‘Axis Sally’
Pacino is taking on the role of James Laughlin, the lawyer who defended Mildred Gillars from charges of treason
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Relics and Graves of the Civil War
You don’t have to look far to find traces of Patrick Cleburne in Tennessee
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After Years of Delay, ‘Masters of the Air’ Has Finally Started Production
Based on Donald L. Miller’s book of the same name, “Masters of the Air” is expected to follow American bomber pilots of the U.S. Eighth Air Force
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Nightmare on the Western Front
In 1918 E. Allen Pastelnick recounted some of his most harrowing experiences in World War I in a letter to his former history professor
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Guilford Courthouse: Then and Now
While the British held the field, they suffered irreplaceable casualties in this pivotal battle commemorated at Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
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To Save Others: A Sergeant Forced the Enemy to Fire on Him
As trucks swerved to avoid enemy fire, Skidgel ordered his driver to go directly into the center of the enemy ambush
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‘When You’re in the Middle of a Revolution but the Beat is Pure Fire’: The History of ‘The Spirit of ’76’ Meme
In what was once dubbed the world’s “…most inspiring patriotic painting” “The Spirit of ’76” has enthralled a new generation — this time as a meme