
Civil War Times
The War In Their Words: ‘Our Rifles Spoke”
An Iron Brigade soldier recounts his baptism of fire at the battles of Brawner’s Farm and Second Bull Run
An Iron Brigade soldier recounts his baptism of fire at the battles of Brawner’s Farm and Second Bull Run
A bitter feud between Generals John Gibbon and Joshua Owen, opposites in every regard, roiled the Army of the Potomac during the war. One would pay a dear price.
Union veterans had no doubt about Gettysburg’s significance as a turning point in the conflict
The antebellum army experimented in traveling with the four-legged ships of the desert
Richard Ira Bong shot down 40 Japanese aircraft and "ruled the air from New Guinea to the Philippines" on his way to becoming America's Ace of Aces.
A new look at the celebrated attack reveals a more pervasive impact than once thought
Americans on the home front had to cope with an unprecedented enemy invasion as thousands of German POWs moved in for the duration
To hold Saipan's bloody peak, the Bastard Battalion had to dig in
Three legendary war correspondents—Robert Capa, Ernie Pyle, and Ernest Hemingway—scramble to cover the Allied advance across France.