American-born Axis Sally made propaganda broadcasts for Radio Berlin in Hitler’s Germany, and paid the price for treason after the war.
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Molly MacGuires in Pennsylvania Coal Regions
A series of violent crimes was plaguing Pennsylvania’s coal country. Mine owners placed the blame on a secret society of Irishmen–and took steps to wipe it out.
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Captain Eddie Rickenbacker: America’s World War I Ace of Aces
When America’s WWI Ace of Aces Edward Rickenbacker became president of Eastern Air Lines, he said: ‘I will always keep in mind that I am in the greatest business in the world … and I can serve humanity more completely in my line of endeavor than in any other.’
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Battle of Gettysburg: Confederate General Richard Ewell’s Failure on the Heights
For the second day in a row, Confederate General Richard Ewell inexplicably failed to take the offensive at Gettysburg. ‘The fruits of victory, Robert E. Lee lamented, had not been gathered.
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Battle of Stony Point
Relying on cold steel and the cover of darkness, General Anthony Wayne’s elite Light Corps seized British-held Stony Point, New York, in one of the most daring operations of the Revolutionary War.
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Did Lt. Gen. Richard Ewell Lose the Battle of Gettysburg
After disobeying Robert E. Lee’s orders to avoid a general engagement at Gettysburg, Lt. Gen. Richard Ewell received an order to ‘press those people.’ His failure to do so created a controversy that survives to this day.
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Pearl Harbor Attack: Lieutenant Lawrence Ruff Survived the Attack Aboard the USS Nevada
Surrounded by smoke and flame, the battleship made for the open sea in an attempt to escape the devastation at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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America’s Civil War: Struggle for St. Louis
The dark clouds of civil war gathered over the nation as two aggressive factions — the Wide-Awakes and the Minutemen — plotted to gain political control of Missouri and its most important city, St. Louis. As is often the case, political power began at the end of a gun.
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Cheyenne Chief Tall Bull
Tall Bull led the Dog Soldiers in battle, but his death at Summit Springs ended Southern Cheyenne power.
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Gem Saloon Shootout
William Rayner fashioned himself a Southern gentleman, but the citizens of El Paso usually gave him a wide berth. It took a stranger in town to cut him down to size.