From atop Chimborazo Hill on the western outskirts of Richmond, Virginia, Phoebe Yates Pember, […]
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A Tragic Postscript
In a tragic postscript to the Civil War, as many as 1,700 Union soldiers, recently released from Confederate prisons, may have died while en route home aboard the steamer Sultana.
The Master of the Calculated Risk and the Strike Against Japan
Jimmy Doolittle’s raiders carried out some historic firsts when their B-25s dropped the first bombs on Tokyo.
War’s Last Cavalry Raid
Even as General Robert E. Lee was surrendering at Appomattox, a vengeful Union cavalry horde led by Maj. Gen. George Stoneman made Southern civilians pay dearly for the war. It was a last brutal lesson in the concept of total warfare.
Civil War Soldier Profile: “Captain Sally”
NAME: Sally Louisa TompkinsDATES: 1833 to 1916ALLEGIANCE: ConfederateHIGHEST RANK: CaptainUNIT: N/ASERVICE RECORD: Opened Robertson […]
Turning Points: One Sunday in December
Dawn came up golden over Pearl Harbor, just waking from tropic dreams. December 7, 1941 would be a day of deceit. A day of shock and horror. A day, for Americans, ever to be remembered.
In Search of Silver & Gold
Although known for her charity, Nellie Cashman was a dedicated and knowledgeable miner who searched the west for the “Big Bonanza.”
America’s Civil War: September 1997 From the Editor
At Antietam, George McClellan and his ‘bodyguard’ dawdled throughout a long ‘Fatal Thursday.’ This […]
The Last Raider
Following the exploits of her illustrious predecessors, the career of the German commerce raider Stier came to an embarrassing end.
AN UNGRATEFUL NATION
While working as an agricultural expert for the Bureau of Indian Affairs after WW II, the author co-wrote a report that revealed the desperate plight of the Navajo people who lived on the brink of starvation in the American Southwest.