U.S. Grant, bogged down outside Vicksburg, needed a diversion to ease his way. He got just that from a music teacher turned cavalryman–one who hated horses, at that.
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When the Bugle Sounded: Stampede for Oklahoma’s Unassigned Lands
Wild as a gold rush, the stampede for Oklahoma’s Unassigned Lands was a dream come true for some, a heartbreaking nightmare for others. They were the good and the bad, the tough and the weak, who raced for their 160-acre parcels on a spring day in 1889.
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The Corps of Discovery: After the Expedition
Its mission over, the Corps of Discovery disbanded and its members sought their own destinies. Some of them passed from the historical record, but others had adventures that made their experiences with Lewis and Clark seem almost tame by comparison.
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Mary Fields, A Rough and Tough Black Female Pioneer
One of the toughest women ever to work in a convent, “Black Mary” had earned the devotion of most of the residents of Cascade, Montana, and enjoyed more freedom than most white men.
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Many African Americans Were Dedicated Patriots During the American Revolutionary War
During the American Revolution some of the most ardent Patriots could be found among the colonies’ African-Americans.
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Erroll Boyd: World War I Combat Pilot and Aviation Daredevil
Captain Erroll Boyd gunned the motor of his 5-year-old Bellanca monoplane Columbia to full power on the rough strip at Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, on October 9, 1930. At first she would not budge.
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Harold Gatty: Aerial Navigation Expert
A groundbreaker in aerial navigation, Australian Harold Gatty flew with and worked for many of the great names of aviation’s golden age.
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Picture of the Day: October 16
On Sunday evening, October 16, 1859, radical abolitionist John Brown and a tiny army […]
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General Barlow and General Gordon Meet on Blocher’s Knoll
On July 1, 1863, two generals, one badly wounded, allegedly met. The veracity of that encounter, now part of Civil War lore, has long been debated.
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Billy Yank and Johnny Reb: On the Road to Atlanta
Bell Irvin Wiley — the late dean of common-soldier studies — works his storytelling magic in this 1964 profile of the extraordinary men who grappled for Georgia’s key city.