He offered the resolution to the Continental Congress declaring the United Colonies "are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States."
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How Railroads Took the ‘Wild’ out of the West
American novelist Marcia Davenport wanted to discover for herself the Wild West. The problem […]
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Letter From America’s Civil War – March 2008
Why Reenactors Are Important When Confederates in the Attic was published 10 years ago, […]
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MiG Madness: The Air War over Korea
In the Korean War’s air battles between Sabre and MiG jets, American pilots often crossed a forbidden line, the Yalu River.
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The Race to Malta
Plagued by the Luftwaffe and Regia Aeronautica, Operation Harpoon is launched to resupply Malta during World War II. This major convoy must fight its way through Axis air and sea defenses. And the Germans and Italians are ready.
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A Close Shave for the Barber of Dodge City
The killing was remarkable, less for what it said about the jealous husband and […]
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Daily Quiz for December 4, 2007
This general commanded the Army of the Potomac during the Battle of Chancellorsville:
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Gerald Ford’s Near Miracle of 1976
Gerald Ford withstood a challenge by Ronald Reagan within his own party and nearly pulled off a miraculous comeback against Jimmy Carter in the 1976 presidential election.
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The Union’s Bloody Miscue at Spotsylvania’s Muleshoe
Ulysses S. Grant’s human battering ram assaults failed to break Robert E. Lee’s position at the Muleshoe despite twenty hours of fighting at the Bloody Angle.