The Union’s eight-month struggle to conquer Vicksburg, Miss., culminated in a 47-day siege that […]
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Daily Quiz for December 23, 2013
Their strong opposition to this man’s joining a monastery caused his family to kidnap him and hold him captive for a year.
Battle Of Little Bighorn
Facts, information and articles about the Battle Of Little Bighorn, a famous battle of […]
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Battlefields And Beyond: Battle Of South Mountain
June Issue Extra: Lee’s first invasion of Union territory was turned back at the Battle of South Mountain
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Misrepresented ‘Monster’ Major Marcus Reno
The major is often badmouthed as the villain of the Little Bighorn, but eyewitnesses […]
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Was Secession Legal
Southerners insisted they could legally bolt from the Union. Northerners swore they could not. […]
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Daily Quiz for May 27, 2008
The Thirty Years’ War began in 1618 when Protestant nobles in Bohemia revolted against his rule.
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How Marine POWs Hung Tough
Thanks to rigid discipline and indomitable esprit de corps, Marines survived the ordeal of Japanese prison camps at twice the rate of Army GIs.
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Daily Quiz for July 31, 2007
The Thirty Years? War began in 1618 when Protestant nobles in Bohemia revolted against his rule:
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The 7th U.S. Cavalry Regiment Fought in the Battle of the Little Bighorn
Among the troopers advancing with Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer on the Little Bighorn in June 1876 were 1st Lt. Charles DeRudio and Privates John Martin and Augustus De Voto.