This general commanded the Army of the Potomac during the Battle of Chancellorsville:
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Wild West: Rescue of the Mountain Meadows Orphans
In the fall of 1857, a party of emigrants from Arkansas camped in southern […]
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William J. Palmer: Forgotten Union General of America’s Civil War
William J. Palmer raised the Anderson Troop, a mounted contingent of elite scouts, then recruited the 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry before being sent on spying missions that landed him in a Richmond prison.
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Unraveling the Myths of Burnside Bridge
It is clear that Union general Ambrose Burnside’s failures at Antietam cannot be written off to ineptness or petty insubordination, but what really did happen at “Burnside’s Bridge?”
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Antietam Eyewitness Accounts
Eyewitness accounts from soldiers who experienced the carnage of Antietam, America’s bloodiest day.
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At Washington’s Gates: Jubal Early’s Chance to Take the Capitol
In July 1864, Lt. Gen. Jubal Early led a Confederate army to the gates of Washington. What stopped him from capturing the Northern capital and its president, Abraham Lincoln?
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Daily Quiz for June 29, 2007
These leaders attended The Hampton Roads Conference.
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Frederick The Great: The First Modern Military Celebrity
The monarch who initially sought a state and an army in which charismatic leadership was superfluous ultimately became the center of the first modern cult of personality. To a degree, Frederick the Great was the creation of his soldiers and subjects.
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George Bush: World War II Navy Pilot
Former president George H. W. Bush recounts his time in World War II as a naval aviator. He served aboard the Finback and San Jacinto and flew Avengers over Chichi Jima, Saipan, Rota, Marcus Island, Guam, Manila Bay and Wake Island.