Spies, slaves, fake deserters, signal towers, and newspapers were all sources of intelligence Union and Confederate commanders used to peer into the enemy’s plans.
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Archie Donahue: WWII Ace Pilot
From Guadalcanal to Okinawa, Marine pilot Archie Donahue established his reputation as a combat ace.
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The American Volunteer Group: Claire L. Chennault and the Flying Tigers
Secretly recruited, a group of American pilots led by a former stunt pilot gained hero status in two nations during World War II and won a permanent place in the annals of aviation history.
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William Bull Halsey: Legendary World War II Admiral
A major player in the South Pacific theater of World War II, William F. Halsey was a controversial leader whose success was countered with controversy at Leyte Gulf and during “Halsey’s Typhoon” which damaged much of his fleet.
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Fighting and Dying for the Colors at Gettysburg
Nearly two months after the battle of Gettysburg 24-year-old Isaac Dunsten of the 105th […]
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John Singleton Mosby’s Revenge
A ragged line of Union soldiers stood in a field along Goose Creek in […]
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Bud Day: Vietnam War POW Hero
George “Bud” Day considered death a welcome possibility once or twice while he was a POW at the Hanoi Hilton in North Vietnam. In the end he stared it down, endured the brutality for 67 months and never betrayed his comrades or country.
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Visiting Stonewall Jackson’s Left Arm at Chancellorsville
General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson’s amputated arm got its own grave at Ellwood Cemetery in Orange County, Virginia.
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Daily Quiz for April 12, 2007
This legendary hero of the American Revolution was nearly beaten to death by a mob in Baltimore in 1812.
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A Farmer Told His Bride an Old Wound Was From a Fight With Some Indians. He Got It at Little Bighorn.
Many men had claimed to have been survivors of Custer’s command at the bloody Battle of Little Bighorn, but Frank Finkel was the real deal.