The 10th Mountain Division’s Deadly Uphill Battle in Italy
In 1945, the newly fielded U.S. 10th Mountain Division battled the enemy and the elements in Italy's Northern Apennines.
Audiobook Review – The Moralist: Woodrow Wilson and the World He Made
Patricia O’Toole compellingly explains how a moralizing outlook drove Woodrow Wilson’s presidency, from WWI to handling domestic politics.
Explore Life Along the Levee
New Orlean, the Confederacy's largest and most commercially important city, fell to the Union in May 1862
Book Review: The Women Who Flew for Hitler
British historian Clare Mulley profiles the Third Reich’s leading female pilots Hanna Reitsch and Melitta von Stauffenberg
Field Notes: Derailment Closes Parts of Harpers Ferry National Park
Two empty freight train cars fell into the Potomac River, closing sites including John Brown's Fort and The Point
A Closer Look at First Assault at Antietam’s ‘Creek of Death’
Two of the 11th Connecticut's officers died in gallant rush on Burnside Bridge
Libbie Custer’s Literary Love Affair With Her Late Husband
For nearly six decades after Little Big Horn, George Custer's widow burnished the general's reputation and wrote movingly of reconciliation with former foes
Book Review: The Polar Bear Expedition
James Carl Nelson recounts the North Russian Intervention, intended to keep WWI supplies sent to Russia from falling into the wrong hands
The War Came Knocking on Spanglers’ Barn Door
Farm at crucial Gettysburg intersection was commandeered as 11th Corps hospital
The Campaign for a Continental Confederacy
The battle for the Southwestern desert was as crucial as the fighting back east
Book Review: The Greatest of all Leathernecks
Joseph Arthur Simon relates the U.S. Marines’ transformation into an elite force and John Lejeune’s pre-eminent role in it
In the Confederacy’s Last Days, Two Texans Face Off in Futile Feud
Confederate officers' wounded pride leads to fury, insults, and senseless murder
10 Great POW Escapes
Capture is an occupational hazard for soldiers and escape is a POW’s duty—some even succeed with imagination and style.
General John Stark: A Patriot Who Rose Above Rank
Overlooking a studied insult by Congress, John Stark rallied to the Patriot cause at Bennington in 1777
Albatros D.III
Flown aggressively with tactical skill, the D.III became the terror of the Western Front
Kyle Carpenter: Worth It
The lance corporal doesn’t recall throwing himself between a buddy and a hand grenade—but investigators confirmed his valor
