Dr. Hunter McGuire, Stonewall Jackson’s 27-year-old medical director, chronicled the general’s last days. By […]
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Eyewitness-March ’97 America’s Civil War Feature
A letter from a young Michigan cavalryman gives a vivid– if ungrammatical–account of Gettysburg […]
This Victorian-Era Performer Learned that the Stage Life in the American West Wasn’t All Applause and Bouquets
Sue Robinson rose from an itinerant life as a touring child performer to become an acclaimed dramatic actress.
The Explosion of Mount Hood
One minute this 460-foot-long munition ship was there, then it wasn’t.
This Madam Would Stop at Nothing to Save Her Man
Notorious San Francisco bordello owner Belle Cora even challenged the 1856 Vigilance Committee.
Napoleon’s Imperial Guard Tells of His Fight For The Emperor
An infantry captain who served in Napoleon’s elite troops tells of the army’s quest for glory.
‘Boston Harbor a Teapot Tonight’: The Revolutionary Act, 250 Years On
Four descendants remember the risks taken by their ancestors in standing up to the British in 1773 and tossing tea into Boston Harbor.
This Self-Made Deputy Faced a 36-Hour Barrage of 4,000 Rifle Rounds — and Survived
Elfego Baca stood off angry cowboys in the largest and longest civilian gunfight in American history.
Did Churchill Redeem His Reputation After Gallipoli With the Invention of the Tank?
Well before taking the world stage as wartime British prime minister, First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill was an early and key proponent of tanks.
This Polish Athlete Was an Olympic Champion. The Nazis Killed Him
Janusz Kusociński joined the Polish Resistance and paid the price.