Ulysses S. Grant sent his trusted cavalry commander Phil Sheridan to flank Robert E. Lee out of Petersburg. The crossroads hamlet of Dinwiddie Court House soon became the focal point for one of the most pivotal cavalry battles of the war.
By Mark J. Crawford
The colossal battle of the Argonne, fought 75 years ago, started with a shouting […]
Back from the Third Crusade and Austrian captivity, King Richard I of England spent the rest of his reign battling his longtime rival, King Philip II Augustus.
By Simon Rees
Not until World War I would so many men die in so little time. Why didn’t Northerners hear about Grant’s botched battle of Cold Harbor?
By David E. Long
Cartoonists & commentators, politicians & publishers, Southerners & Northerners — everyone seemed to feel free to lampoon Abraham Lincoln. How the president responded revealed his greatness.
Korea had its ‘Battle of the Bulge’—two in fact. In the First Battle of the Naktong Bulge, the North Korean offensive threatened to overwhelm the U.S. and South Korean defenders.
When the British 27th Brigade entered combat on the Naktong River 50 years ago, the men arrived without transport and artillery. But they had tradition — and soon the North Koreans would find out what that meant.
By Jon Latimer
Offered as bait in the hills of Korea, already blocked by vastly superior enemy numbers, we were ordered to keep on holding.
First Person By Ansil L.Walker
The long, terrible struggle between the English and the Irish began in 1169, when Diarmuid Mac Murchada asked King Henry II for aid against his rivals–only to learn that it was easier to invite the Normans into a country than it was to convince them to leave.
By Michael D. Greaney
At Wandiwash in 1760, two small armies led by Irishmen settled the issue of colonial power in India. Would it be ruled by France or England?
By Thomas J. Mullen, Jr.
