As war clouds gathered over America, Israel Washburn, Maine’s newly elected governor, downplayed the danger to the republic in his 1861 inaugural address.
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Before The Sound of Music
The Trapp family patriarch made his name as the Austro-Hungarian Empire’s leading U-boat ace […]
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Slaughter on the Wabash
Although the 1791 disaster would be remembered as St. Clair’s Defeat, the officer behind it—described as ‘worse than a murderer’ by President Washington—was cleared by a congressional committee of all wrongdoing
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George Washington’s Tears
When General Washington wept while bidding his officers farewell, was it sadness at parting from old comrades or bitterness over having let his men down?
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Ask MHQ: What Caused Longstreet’s Delay?
Q: Did the “delayed start” of Lieutenant General James Longstreet’s attack at the Battle […]
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Germany’s Sea Eagle
In late 1916 a German naval adventurer slipped the British blockade aboard a three-masted windjammer to raid like the pirates of old
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Confederate Cavalryman in the Wilderness
Unaware of the titanic clashes around him, this Civil War soldier followed orders but […]
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Changing Conceptions of English Castles
Castles in Britain have always served as symbolic displays of power and wealth, but […]
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MacArthur’s Forgotten Field Commander
Relying on daring raids and sound battlefield judgment, General Walter Krueger reclaimed Luzon from […]
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FDR Sees the Elephant
Assistant Secretary Franklin D. Roosevelt met with kings and presidents, toured the front, fired […]