Some historians believe that without the successful drive of Major General William T. Sherman’s […]
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‘I Feel Out Of Place’
“The army that marched Sherman from Atlanta to the Atlantic was probably the with […]
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General Bragg’s Impossible Dream
The 1862 invasion of Kentucky had great promise, but disappointing results. It turned out […]
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Voting for Uncle Abe
Despite McClellan’s former popularity with the soldiers, they overwhelmingly backed Lincoln in the election […]
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One of McClellan’s Bodyguards
NAME: Samuel K. Wilson DATES: 1841-1865 ALLEGIANCE: Union HIGHEST RANK: Private UNIT: Sturgis Rifles […]
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The Poet of the Blitz
On a late summer night in September 1940, millions of Americans sat near their […]
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Field Notes: National Gallery of Art Acquires Rare Collection of Gardner Images
“Sketch Book of the War” considered one of the 19th century’s most important photographic works
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WWII Book Review: Endkampf
Endkampf: Soldiers, Civilians, and the Death of the Third Reich by Stephen G. Fritz; […]
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Star-Crossed Translator
Chief ship’s clerk H.L. Bryant, the yeoman of the U.S. Navy’s Translation and Dissemination […]
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Man in Black’s Death at Pea Ridge Dooms Southern Prospects in Trans-Mississippi
Flamboyant Texan Ben McCulloch was the best leader the Confederates had in Arkansas