Blog Roll: The Country Boys of the Civil War
The rough-hewn 3rd Arkansas made its presence felt in the Eastern Theater
‘Old Brains’ and ‘Granny Lee’: Civil War Soldiers Often Gave Their Generals Pointed Nicknames
No general experienced a greater turnaround in nicknames than Robert E. Lee
Book Review: The Napoléonic Wars
Alexander Mikaberidze tackles not just the campaigns and battles, but the military, political, social and cultural changes the conflict wrought
Jerry Anderson: Casting Light on the West
From his studio in southern Utah the artist has long rendered award-winning sculptures
The Ultimate Price at the Battle of the Wilderness
A common farmer from Virginia and a millionaire general from new York transcended the horrors of the wilderness through simple acts of decency
Lessons from the Battle of Cedar Creek, 1864
Sheridan reversed a potential Confederate victory and permanently restored the Valley of Virginia to the Union. How did he succeed?
Haste Makes Waste
The Gardner cartridge was expedient to manufacture, but proved fragile
‘Wildest of the Wild West’ Audiobook Review
New Mexico journalist Howard Bryan authored these true tales of figures from that state's Las Vegas, available here as an audio book
April 2021 Readers’ Letters
Readers share dispatches about shotgun messengers on the Deadwood Stage, saloon swinging doors and desperado Pete Spence
‘The Second Battle of the Alamo’ Book Review
Judy Alter chronicles the efforts, sometimes competing, of two determined Texan women to preserve San Antonio's iconic Alamo
Maine’s Greatest War Hero Faces Down Another Insurrection
When political parties' fight for power turns violent, the only man capable of restoring order was the defender of Little Round Top
Nicodemus: How a Small Town in Kansas Became America’s Largest Black Colony
For more than 50 years the town of Nicodemus, Kansas, beat the odds and its harsh surroundings to provide opportunity for former slaves and their descendants
‘Shoot and be Damned’
A tense interaction between green soldiers and agitated civilians results in murder
‘White House Designer and Builder James Hoban’ Celebrates the Son of Eire Who Built America’s Most Famous House
A Kilkenny farmer's son executed America's most revered neoclassical building and rebuilt it after British invasion
‘No Place for a Woman’ Review
Chris Enss relates the contribution of Western states toward American women's right to vote
Book Review: Wellington’s Favourite Engineer
In Mark Thompson's re-evaluation John Burgoyne emerges as an important architect of Britain’s victory over Napoléonic France
