Private Colonialism: The American Filibuster Who Became President
In what was a golden era for political opportunists. Filibusters seemed to thrive in the mid-19th century. The main driving aim of filibusters was imperialism,…
Stonewall Jackson’s Early Masterpiece – The Shenandoah Valley
The 1862 battle of Shenandoah Valley ranks as one of the grandest masterpieces of military history. The Shenandoah Valley situated in Virginia and bounded to…
War Eagle! – Civil War Regiment’s Eagle Mascot Charged into Battle and History
Since the times of Ancient Rome, the eagle has served as a symbol of majestic power. When Rome fell, the nations which eventually replaced it…
Civil War Cavalryman Finally Receives Headstone After 100 years
After having to wait one hundred years, Civil War veteran Union Corporal Timothy Peters has received his military grave marker. Peters died on August 2,…
Living History – Tradition Keeps the Stories Alive
Stories and Stones, held at Fort Missoula Post Cemetery, the oldest cemetery in Missoula, Montana, is a unique event that remembers the lives of some…
Best Commerce Raider in History – CSS Alabama
In 200 feet of water off the north coast of France, near the port of Cherbourg, lies a Confederate warship which never saw a Confederate…
The Real Louisiana Tigers
The Civil War was the bloodiest ever war fought on the home soil of the United States. The war pitted North against South, brother against…
Custer vs J.E.B. Stuart – The Day Two Cavalry Legends Faced Off at Gettysburg
In the muggy heat of July, 1863, two armies met in the small town of Gettysburg, PA in a battle that would decide the fate…
Tennessee Town Honors USCT Civil War Vets Long Forgotten
History has many hidden corners and blind spots, places where the official record is so swayed by ideological bias that historians of the future will…
True Cost Of War: Public Shock After Battle of Shiloh
In 1862, the American Civil War was in its second year, and many still believed it would come to a quick end. The Battle of…
Magnificent, but Not War: George B. McClellan in Crimea
The Crimean War holds a strange place in history. Remembered for a failed cavalry charge and a woman of mercy, the war paved the way…
A Bloody New Year – The Massive American Civil War Battle of Stones River
It was cold at the turning of the year in Murfreesboro, right in the middle of the state of Tennessee. The little town nestled under…