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Official Trailer Released for Upcoming Film About William Tell
October 31, 2024
We Can’t Get Over These Historical Inaccuracies in ‘Braveheart’
September 23, 2024
US Department of Defense Reviewing Medals of Honor Awarded for Wounded Knee Massacre
July 29, 2024
Over 160 Years After Being Executed By the Confederates, Two Union Soldiers Receive the Medal of Honor
July 03, 2024
Unexpected Revolutionary War-Era Discovery Made During Construction Work in Virginia
May 29, 2024
French Cavalrymen Captured the Dutch Fleet in One of the Weirdest ‘Battles’ in Military History
April 24, 2024
In Photos: Burying the Hatchet at the 1913 Gettysburg Reunion
January 06, 2024
INTERVIEW: Roxanne Panchasi Discusses Inaccuracies In Ridley Scott’s ‘Napoleon’
December 27, 2023
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November 23, 2023
Cannonballs, Sword Dating Back to American Civil War Discovered in South Carolina River
November 16, 2023
The Evolution of Guédelon Castle – A 13th-Century Castle In the Modern Era
October 19, 2023
Shipboard Cannon Found Off Swedish Coast Believed to Be Oldest In Europe
September 14, 2023
111-Year-Old Time Capsule Could Be Buried Beneath Confederate Memorial At Arlington National Cemetery
September 06, 2023
Morgan Freeman, Kevin Costner Civil War-Era Spy Series Given Green Light Amid SAG-AFTRA Strike
July 25, 2023
Majority of Lawsuit Aimed At Stopping the Melting Down of Charlottesville’s Robert E. Lee Statue Dismissed
July 20, 2023
Hoard of American Civil War-Era Coins Worth $2 Million Discovered In Kentucky Corn Field
July 14, 2023
The Real-Life History Behind the British Television Series, ‘Sharpe’
June 08, 2023
Retired Soldiers ‘Strenuously Object’ to Removal of Confederate Names from National Ranger Memorial
June 08, 2023
Sherman’s Neckties: The Ingenious Union Tactic That Immobilized the Confederates
April 26, 2023
Ridley Scott Releases Director’s Cut of ‘Napoleon’ With 48 Minutes of Additional Footage
April 04, 2023
The Second Battle of Fort Wagner Proved the 54th Infantry Regiment Had the Chops
February 10, 2023
The Subtle Philosophy Behind Staircases In Medieval Castles
December 12, 2022
The True Story Behind ‘Medieval’ and Legendary Bohemian Commander Jan Žižka
December 01, 2022
Discover the Civil War-Era Military Facility Located Beneath Alcatraz
October 14, 2022
6-Star General: Only Three Individuals Have Been Promoted to the Prestigious Rank
October 03, 2022
Judge Rules That Removal of Confederate Monument at Arlington National Cemetery Can Continue
September 15, 2022
Long-Lost Burial Site of Harald Bluetooth, Legendary Christian King of Vikings, Found in Polish Village
July 04, 2022
The Short Career of the Civil War-Era Double-Barreled Cannon
June 27, 2022
Winged Hussars: The Rise and Fall of Europe’s ‘Angels of Death’
June 27, 2022
Historic Deception and Camouflage Techniques Used By Militaries
May 27, 2022
What Happened to the ‘Lost’ Confederate Gold?
May 24, 2022
Myths About the American Civil War That Need to Be Addressed
May 20, 2022
Alexander Hamilton Jr. Skillfully Avenged His Father’s Death
May 05, 2022
Friedrich von Steuben: The Openly Gay War Hero Who Whipped the Continental Army Into Shape
April 29, 2022
Revolutionary War-Era Cannons Pulled from Savannah River Could Be from Scuttled British Ship
April 29, 2022
From the Scythians to Russia: The Use of Scorched Earth Tactics in War
April 19, 2022
The Spencer Repeating Rifle Saved ‘A Thousand Lives’ During the Battle of Hoover’s Gap
April 18, 2022
The Success of George H. Thomas’ Union Soldiers During the American Civil War
April 06, 2022
Revolutionary War-Era Muskets Found Intact in Florida Shipwreck
April 01, 2022
The Sinking of the USS Housatonic was a Turning Point in Naval Warfare
March 25, 2022
John Clem: The Youngest Noncommissioned Officer in US Army History
March 17, 2022
Mary Edwards Walker: The Only Woman to Receive the Medal of Honor
March 17, 2022
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March 14, 2022
These Female Spies of the American Civil War Have Some Incredible Stories To Share
February 23, 2022
8 Fierce Historical Military Figures Most People Haven’t Heard About
February 22, 2022
The Interesting History of Wartime Counterfeiting
February 11, 2022
Rose O’Neal: The Confederate Spy Who Drowned Because Of Her Dress And A Pile Of Gold
February 11, 2022
The Evolution of Sea Mines and Their Impact on War
January 21, 2022
The Most Iconic Last Words in Military History: General John Sedgwick
January 21, 2022
Four US Presidents Who Were Battle-Hardened Generals
January 19, 2022
Lethal Weapons: 5 of the Most Effective Man-Killing Tools in History
January 12, 2022
These Are the Salaries Paid to US Troops During Each War
January 05, 2022
Five Celebrated Military Commanders Who Might Not Live Up To Their Hype
January 04, 2022
Did Tin Buttons Cause Napoleon’s Army To Retreat From Russia?
December 30, 2021
Second Capsule Located Within Pedestal of Richmond’s Robert E. Lee Statue
December 29, 2021
Capsule Within Base of Robert E. Lee Statue Reveals Books, Silver Coin
December 23, 2021
These 4 Weapons Created For Combat Were Cheap But Ingenious Game Changers
December 16, 2021
Robert E. Lee Statue to Be Melted Down, Turned Into Art
December 08, 2021
Memorial for Black Soldiers Killed By Confederates Unveiled In Virginia
November 08, 2021
How the American Civil War helped shape the modern candy industry
November 04, 2021
Robert Smalls: The Slave Who Stole A Warship, Escaped The Confederates, And Became A U.S. Congressman
October 19, 2021
Strange Military Truces and How They Happened
October 07, 2021
Loreta Janeta Velázquez disguised herself as a man to fight alongside her husband in the Civil War
September 29, 2021
Brig. Gen. Martin Green Bragged About His Invincibility – He Was Quickly Proven Wrong
September 29, 2021
Robert E. Lee Statue Removed From Richmond, Virginia Following State Supreme Court Decision
September 08, 2021
Pentagon Requests Public Assistance In Renaming Of Military Installations
September 08, 2021
The Mistake That Led To The Confederate Loss At The Battle Of Antietam During The Civil War
September 07, 2021
Virginia Supreme Court Rules General Robert E. Lee Statue Can Be Removed
September 03, 2021
16th-Century Rocket Cats: Brilliant Warfare Tactic or Terrible Idea?
September 01, 2021
Effort To Rename Fort Benning After Decorated Lieutenant General Gains Traction
August 25, 2021
Civil War Air Balloons Existed And Had Their Own Corp
August 25, 2021
The Items Found In Abraham Lincoln’s Pockets On the Night He Was Assassinated
August 13, 2021
Military Events That Prove Just How Unlucky Friday the 13th Really Is
August 12, 2021
Comparing Historic Battlefields, Then and Now
July 23, 2021
Swiss Pikemen: The Most Fearsome Medieval Mercenaries
July 13, 2021
Statue Of Confederate General Robert E. Lee Removed From Charlottesville Park
July 12, 2021
Battle of Nassau: The Continental Marines’ First Amphibious Landing
June 29, 2021
The Curious Case of the US Camel Corps
June 21, 2021
Charlottesville City Council Votes To Remove Robert E. Lee Statue
June 11, 2021
Weird Ways To End A Siege — Some Strange Strategies
June 11, 2021
Igor I of Kiev: History’s Mysterious Viking Prince
June 10, 2021
Pauline Cushman: The Union Civil War Spy Who Was Also a Stage Actress
May 20, 2021
A Traitor Foiled a Raid By the ‘Father of the American Navy’ Against Britain During the Revolutionary War
May 07, 2021
The Morbid Origin of the Word “Deadline”
May 07, 2021
1410 Battle of Grunwald Sword Unearthed In Poland
May 04, 2021
Remains Of Napoleonic Soldiers Buried In Vyazma After 209 Years
April 21, 2021
Part Time Viking Stabs Girlfriend While Practising Battle Moves!
July 31, 2020
The Most Lethal Fighting Unit of the Civil War
July 22, 2020
Officials Plead for Consumers to NOT Recycle Live Cannonballs
June 18, 2020
Rediscovered Civil War Shipwreck Gains International Recognition
June 11, 2020
One of the Most Daring and Romantic Naval Feats of History
June 10, 2020
Prague Revamp Reveals Jewish Gravestones Used as Cobblestones
May 20, 2020
Police Swoop on a ‘Suspicious’ Medieval Swordsman…He Was Doing Daily Exercise
May 20, 2020
History Hack – Fantastic Podcasts Beating Lockdown Blues
April 19, 2020
Lightning Strikes Twice – American Hannibal of the Revolutionary War
April 17, 2020
Civil War Cannonball Exploded & Killed 140 Years After it Was Fired
April 04, 2020
The Day the South Nearly Won the Civil War
March 13, 2020
Armed Police Called to Catch Gunman Turns Out to be a TV Show Extra
March 08, 2020
The Three Battles of Waterloo: Same Conflict-Different Perspectives
May 04, 2019
Restoration of Nuclear Bunkers: Only For The Brave
May 04, 2019
Hood’s Texas Brigade: The Elite Confederate Shock Troops
May 03, 2019
A Controversial Decision About Lee & Jackson Statues in Charlottesville
May 02, 2019
The Maid of Orléans : How Joan of Arc defeated the English
April 30, 2019
The Enloe Stone: The Grave That hid Weapons & Valuables in the Civil War
April 29, 2019
The Elite Scottish Warriors who Helped Joan of Arc
April 26, 2019
Robert E. Lee. & The US Camel Corps That Never Were
April 20, 2019
The Battle of Little Big Horn: Custers Ultimate Humiliation
April 20, 2019
Propaganda Of The American Civil War – Started Years Before The Outbreak
April 18, 2019
The Successful Unionist Rebellion in the Heart of Dixie
April 17, 2019
The English Longbow: Machine Gun Of The Medieval Era
April 15, 2019
When 5,000 British Archers Defeated Over 30,000 French Knights
April 09, 2019
The Ghosts of Gettysburg: A Haunted History of a Battlefield
April 07, 2019
Born in 1842 The Oldest Veteran Of The US Civil War Who Lived Until 1953!
April 02, 2019
Was History’s Greatest Ever Military Leader an Unknown Korean Admiral?
April 01, 2019
What Was It That Made Mongol Warriors So Unstoppable?
April 01, 2019
When 500 Knights Defeated 40,000 Soldiers From the Ottoman Empire: The Siege of Malta
March 31, 2019
The Bloody Siege of Rhodes: The Ottomans & Their Unstoppable Empire
March 27, 2019
How was Jefferson Davis a Union General and The Confederate President?
March 26, 2019
The Impregnable City Walls of Constantinople Finally Fell To a 21-year-old Sultan.
March 21, 2019
The Order Of The Assassins: Medieval Masters Of Asymmetric Warfare.
March 21, 2019
The Guardians of Scotland & The English Aggressors
March 18, 2019
Genghis Khan: A Visionary Leader or a Brutal Conqueror?
March 17, 2019
Heroes of America: The Civil War Within the Confederacy
March 13, 2019
Web of Intrigue: How a Spider Helped With Scottish Independence
March 13, 2019
Angels’ Glow at The Battle Of Shiloh
March 06, 2019
The Not So Noblewoman Who Turned Pirate
March 06, 2019
A Long Horizon: From The Normandy Beaches to the Byzantine Empire
March 01, 2019
Southern Safari-The Most Ironic Last Words in Military History
February 27, 2019
From The Horses Mouth-Secret Codes in Equestrian Statues
February 26, 2019
The Auld Alliance -Scotland The Brave
February 25, 2019
A Strange Story From The Civil War: There in McLean’s parlor, Grant & Lee Hashed Out The Surrender
February 21, 2019
The Sack Of Baghdad In 1258 – One Of The Bloodiest Days In Human History
February 15, 2019
The Louisiana Native Guards – The First African-American Civil War Unit To Go Into Battle
February 13, 2019
Tiny Lithuania Was Once a Superpower of Europe
February 10, 2019
From The Atlantic to Pacific: The American Civil War on the West Coast
February 09, 2019
Tamerlane Wiped Out Perhaps 17 Million People With Just Fire & Swords
February 03, 2019
Outlaws and Outcasts Led by a Former Slave Overthrow a Dynasty
January 23, 2019
Death & Marriage in Civil War: John Marshal Gains Power in Medieval England
January 21, 2019
Aggressive warrior emperor from China’s less well known period of disunion
January 08, 2019
What Happened To Prisoners Of War In Medieval England – There Was Good Money To Be Made
January 07, 2019
A New York Man Was Arrested for Using a Civil War-Era Cannon in a Dispute With His Neighbor – Like One Does
December 30, 2018
The Mystery of Medieval Weapons & Armor – Where Did It All Go?
December 28, 2018
The Spanish Mercenaries Were Outnumbered 500-1, The Battle of Cajamarca, 1532
December 19, 2018
The Battle of the Velbazhd (1330) Signaled the Beginning of Serbian Expansion
December 19, 2018
The Battle of Pinkie Cleugh: The Last Pitched Battle Between England & Scotland
December 06, 2018
The Battle of Flodden: The Largest Battle Fought Between England and Scotland
November 27, 2018
The Battle of Bosworth Field: How Richard III Lost His Kingdom & His Life
November 22, 2018
WW2 “Sweetheart Grips” Surprisingly Few People Know About Them
November 17, 2018
1860: The First U.S. Navy Submarine: “Alligator”
November 12, 2018
Pedro de Lara: From Powerful To Penniless
November 03, 2018
Defying His King: How The Battle Of Arsuf Was Won
October 31, 2018
“Glowing” Wounds: Why Civil War Soldiers Had Injuries That Shone
October 19, 2018
Most Extraordinary Footage Captures the Famous Confederate Battle Cry – The Rebel Yell
October 14, 2018
Banastre Tarleton – The Most Feared & Hated Man in Revolutionary America
October 03, 2018
The First Gunslinger: The Lone Gunman at Orleans
September 28, 2018
Strange but True: Former Russian Officer Was One of the Union’s Great Leaders in the Civil War
September 25, 2018
Super Weapons That Ended the Reign of Knights
September 25, 2018
Civil War Sniper Jack Hinson Was Hell Bent on Revenge
September 22, 2018
Napoleon’s Three Greatest Victories
September 21, 2018
The Bloodiest Battle Ever Fought on English Soil: The Battle of Towton
September 21, 2018
Rebel to Hero – Wallace at Stirling Bridge
September 20, 2018
Snipers Created Confederate Chain-of-Command Crisis at Antietam
September 16, 2018
River Snakes – Civil War Gunboats in Action
September 15, 2018
Total Victory Lost – Why the South Lost Civil War at Chancellorsville not Gettysburg
September 13, 2018
Iron Men and Iron Ships: The Riverboats of the American Civil War
September 12, 2018
2 Hour Break At Antietam – Suddenly Both Sides Stopped Fighting
September 12, 2018
The Georgian 450 – Holding Off 12 Thousand Men at Antietam Under the Brash General Robert Toombs
September 10, 2018
Aggressive Tactics at 2nd Bull Run Led to Pope’s Defeat
September 10, 2018
1st Texas At Antietam – 80% Losses and Their Unique Flag on America’s Costliest Day
September 08, 2018
Worst General in American History
September 04, 2018
Fierce and Colorful – Zouave Regiments in the Civil War
September 02, 2018
The Stonewall Brigade: More Than the Man
September 01, 2018
Claiming Deseret: The Utah War
September 01, 2018
Confederate Secret Weapon – Mapmaker Jedediah Hotchkiss
September 01, 2018
Best Union Generals Not Named “Grant” and “Sherman” – We Picked 3
August 31, 2018
American Hero Turned Traitor – Benedict Arnold
August 30, 2018
Rock of Chickamagua – General Thomas Covered for “Old Rosy”
August 29, 2018
Ironclads and Huge Cannons: Union Attack on Fort Donelson
August 28, 2018
Ancient Map Shifted the Balance of World Power
August 27, 2018
The Hemp Bale Battle – Ingenious Idea Won the Siege of Lexington
August 27, 2018
Final Days of the Civil War: Battle of Fort Blakely, Alabama
August 26, 2018
Badgers Unearth Medieval Anglo-Saxon Warrior Burial Site
August 26, 2018
Are We Erasing History?
August 26, 2018
Attack on Mexico City Prepared Beauregard for Defense of Petersburg
August 25, 2018
Manassas Civil War Weekend Abandons “Civil War”
August 25, 2018
31 US Presidents Have Served In the Military
August 23, 2018
Butcher Cumberland & the Last Highland Charge – Battle of Culloden
August 22, 2018
More Than a Weekend Warrior – Guarding the Guard’s History
August 20, 2018
Normans in Sicily: A Surprise Find for Archaeologists near Palermo
August 20, 2018
No Games of Thrones – The Real War of the Roses
August 18, 2018
The Battle of Hastings: The Last Successful Invasion of England
August 16, 2018
The Huron Assault Onondaga: Last Offensive of Samuel de Champlain
August 15, 2018
The Rockets’ Red Glare – Congreve’s Invention, Fort McHenry, and a National Anthem
August 13, 2018
Hadrian’s Wall of Denmark – Dannevirke Defensive Complex
August 12, 2018
Mammoth Revolution You Never Heard Of – The German Peasants’ War of 1524-5
August 11, 2018
Skill, Luck, and Help From a Friend: Victory at Yorktown
August 10, 2018
A Hard Dose of Reality for North and South – 1st Battle of Bull Run
August 09, 2018
Which is Your Favorite? – Famous Charges in History
August 09, 2018
Mongol Tactics Learned from the Great Sun Tzu – Speed, Deception and Intel
August 08, 2018
Legendary One-Eyed Jan Zizka: Undefeated Leader in the Hussite Revolution
August 07, 2018
The Amazing and Forgotten Victory at Molodi
August 06, 2018
King Edward I and The English Conquest Of Wales
August 05, 2018
Russian Hussars Live Fast And Finish Young
August 05, 2018
2 Bonapartes and a Wellington: Two Forces Converge at the Battle of Salamanca
August 04, 2018
Hunley Crew was No Suicide Mission – Civil War Submarine Reveals Its Secrets
August 03, 2018
When History Closes: Civil War Veterans School Shuttered
August 01, 2018
Outsmarted and Outflanked – Washington’s Defeat at Long Island
August 01, 2018
For Serious Gamers – Hnefatafl: The Viking Board Game that Was More than Just a Game
July 31, 2018
Legendary Viking Battle – Svolda and King Olaf
July 30, 2018
Baltic Crusaders – Pagans Defeat Christian Knights at the Battle of Saule
July 30, 2018
“Flying Artillery” – New Tactics at Palo-Alto in the Mexican-American War
July 29, 2018
War in California – The Battle of San Pasqual
July 28, 2018
Sohei: The Warrior Monks of Medieval Japan
July 28, 2018
Birth of the Black Plague: The Mongol Siege on Caffa
July 28, 2018
The Last Great Viking Invasion: Battles of Fulford and Stamford Bridge
July 28, 2018
Carrying the Stars and Stripes: James Longstreet in Mexico
July 28, 2018
The Tragic Children’s Crusade of 1212 – Tens of Thousands Answered the Call
July 28, 2018
From Vikings to Armadas – Evolution of the Royal Navy
July 27, 2018
A Rising Star: The Daring and Ingenious McClellan Before the Civil War
July 27, 2018
Clash of the 3 Viking Kingdoms – The Battle of Helgea
July 27, 2018
Romans & Vikings: 3 Fantastic Books from Haynes – Review by M. Barnes
July 26, 2018
Can the U.S. Navy Learn from King George III’s Mistake?
July 26, 2018
Glendale – The Battle that Lee, Stonewall Jackson, and McClellan Would Like to Forget
July 26, 2018
Holy Roman Empress? – Maria Theresa’s Fight for Her Empire
July 25, 2018
How the “Other” Ewell Brother Helped Saved Richmond
July 25, 2018
Crusades – More Peace than War?
July 25, 2018
A Stonewall Before Bull Run: Jackson in Mexico
July 24, 2018
Battle of Atlanta – McPherson’s Meteoric Rise and Fall
July 24, 2018
Adopting New Tactics – The Battle of Carillon
July 23, 2018
Iron Age Fort in Scotland Reveals Origins
July 23, 2018
Global Warming Research Yields Shipwrecks and Ancient City
July 23, 2018
Andrew Jackson – Politician General in War of 1812
July 22, 2018
Revolutionaries or Privateers? – The Birth of the U.S. Navy
July 21, 2018
Victory in the Balance – Yorktown: Ending the Revolutionary War
July 20, 2018
Battle Of Levounion – Breathing New Life for the Byzantines
July 20, 2018
General Robert E. Lee – Learning the Ropes in Mexico
July 19, 2018
Battle of Stamford Bridge – The Victory that Lost England for the Anglo-Saxons
July 19, 2018
Gettysburg Day – Was Pickett’s Charge Necessary?
July 18, 2018
500 Year Old 2-Handed Sword Found in Norwegian Lake
July 17, 2018
The Cuban Confederate Colonel
July 17, 2018
Kansas/Missouri Border War – Lawrence Massacre and ‘Burnt District’
July 16, 2018
“Old Ironsides” Gives 21-gun Salute on Independence Day
July 14, 2018
Ethan Allen, Benedict Arnold, & the Green Mountain Boys – Capture of Fort Ticonderoga
July 11, 2018
Private Colonialism: The American Filibuster Who Became President
July 09, 2018
Stonewall Jackson’s Early Masterpiece – The Shenandoah Valley
July 08, 2018
War Eagle! – Civil War Regiment’s Eagle Mascot Charged into Battle and History
July 05, 2018
Civil War Cavalryman Finally Receives Headstone After 100 years
July 03, 2018
“Turning Point of the Revolution” – Battles of Saratoga 1777
June 29, 2018
Disaster Avoided – The Battle of Long Island
June 28, 2018
The Battle of Lepanto – Holy War or Economics?
June 26, 2018
This Month in Revolutionary War History: Heated Battles Lead to Global Conflict
June 24, 2018
Living History – Tradition Keeps the Stories Alive
June 22, 2018
Best Commerce Raider in History – CSS Alabama
June 21, 2018
The rebellion of Mary Tudor – she was joined by more than 15,000 men
June 20, 2018
The Remarkable History of the Original Assassins
June 19, 2018
The Stubborn 3 Year Siege of Smolensk
June 19, 2018
Lagartha the Shield Maiden – Legend or Reality?
June 17, 2018
How Napoleon Consolidated an Empire
June 16, 2018
The Real Louisiana Tigers
June 13, 2018
Custer vs J.E.B. Stuart – The Day Two Cavalry Legends Faced Off at Gettysburg
June 10, 2018
The Stirrup: Genghis Khan’s Deadliest Weapon
June 10, 2018
Subatai – the Dog of War & The Mongol’s Most Accomplished General
June 09, 2018
Revolutionary War Tech: The Ferguson Rifle
June 08, 2018
Finding Historical Treasure May Get New Rules on Britain’s Battlefields
June 08, 2018
Tennessee Town Honors USCT Civil War Vets Long Forgotten
June 07, 2018
The Knights Hospitaller and the Great Siege of Malta
June 07, 2018
Port Miami, Ohio – Lost in the War of 1812, Found, and Lost Again
June 06, 2018
Russia’s 1st Naval Victory – Defeating Sweden at the Battle of Gangut
June 05, 2018
True Cost Of War: Public Shock After Battle of Shiloh
June 05, 2018
Slavic Siegecraft in the South: Col. Tadeusz Kościuszko at Saratoga and Ninety-Six
June 02, 2018
Once the Greatest Army in Europe – The Black Army of Hungary
May 31, 2018
Magnificent, but Not War: George B. McClellan in Crimea
May 28, 2018
Sowing the Seeds of Secession: The Southern Theater of the Revolutionary War
May 28, 2018
Sappers And Siege Engines – Ivan The Terrible Conquers The city Of Kazan
May 21, 2018
A Bloody New Year – The Massive American Civil War Battle of Stones River
May 21, 2018
The Army Itch And 7 Other Scary Civil War Maladies Which Make Us Thankful For Modern Medicine
May 20, 2018
The Many Types Of Ships Used In The Napoleonic Wars
May 19, 2018
A Soldier’s Journal: “Boys, this is old South Carolina, lets give her hell,”
May 17, 2018
The Drafts – Building The Armies Of The American Civil War
May 15, 2018
Bedford Castle In Early England Is Now Completely Gone, But A Game-Changing Medieval Siege Took Place There In 1224
May 13, 2018
These Twelve Battles Were Defining Moments In The History Of The Crusades
May 12, 2018
The Rules Of Chivalry Were So Important In Medieval Society, But Breaking The Rules Was Almost As Important
May 12, 2018
These Descendants of Civil War Veterans Still Remember the War Stories of Their Fathers
May 11, 2018
Death In Single Combat Outside The Castle Walls – The Queen’s Consort Reaches The End His Life
May 10, 2018
Frank Baldwin Received The Medal Of Honor Twice, Once For Fighting The Confederates And Again For Fighting The Native Americans
May 10, 2018
Vlad the Impaler Once Launched a Night Attack Against the Ottoman Sultan
May 10, 2018
The Slave Who Stole A Confederate Ship, Met President Lincoln & Bought His Master’s House
May 09, 2018
The 4 Types of Men Who Fought for Napoleon
May 07, 2018
Battle of the Crater: Disastrous Battle for the Union in the American Civil War
May 07, 2018
Civil Wars That Shaped Medieval England
May 06, 2018
What Happened To Prisoners Of War In Medieval England
May 06, 2018
Invading The Land Of The Pharaohs – Napoleon Comes To Conquer
May 05, 2018
Civil War Spies: The Confederacy’s Vast Web of Intelligence and Disruption
May 04, 2018
Even in The USA, There Are Still Many Things Folks Don’t Know Too Much About The American Civil War
May 03, 2018
Wargames From Medieval Tournaments
May 03, 2018
A New Breed of Soldier: How the French Revolution Made Napoleon’s Career Possible
May 03, 2018
7 Ways English Lords Fought Against Welsh Raiders
May 03, 2018
Samurai, Ninja, Ronin, And More – Seven Different Warrior Classes Of Feudal Japan
April 30, 2018
Nine Rules of the Medieval Templar Knights
April 30, 2018
The Birth of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment in the American Civil War
April 29, 2018
Hipster Before His Time: General Burnside – The Swashbuckling Union General Who Pioneered Sideburn
April 28, 2018
The Causes Of The English Civil Wars – Some Of The Most Destructive Conflicts In British History
April 27, 2018
The United States Navy’s First Submarine – Lost at Sea
April 26, 2018
Things to Know About Spies in the American Civil War Including the Secret Line
April 26, 2018
Who Is Cooter Brown and What Does “Drunker Than Cooter Brown” Mean?
April 26, 2018
The Battle of Edgehill, October 1642 – Both Commanders Hoped to Force Battle
April 25, 2018
The Mysterious Death of the Legendary Confederate General Stonewall Jackson
April 25, 2018
The Battle Of Marignano: The Reason For Almost 500 Years Of Swiss Neutrality
April 24, 2018
An Age Of Brutal Conflicts – The Vikings and The Franks
April 24, 2018
Fighting For Favor, Fighting For Fame – Recruiting Armies In The Unforgiving World Of Medieval England
April 24, 2018
The Knights Templar – The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Crusader Order
April 23, 2018
The Mongol Invasions of Japan and the Origin of the Word “Kamikaze”
April 22, 2018
The Equipment of the Samurai – Fearsome Warriors Armed to the Teeth
April 20, 2018
Four Military Operations Which Were Fought In Abominable Weather Conditions
April 19, 2018
Jack Hinson: A Civil War Sniper Hell Bent on Revenge
April 16, 2018
Napoleon As Augustus: How He Modelled Himself On The Roman Empire
April 15, 2018
Women of The Civil War: Wives and Sisters Who Joined the Battlefield Fights Dressed As Men
April 13, 2018
Battle of Agincourt – The English Really Should Have Lost, But They Won
April 11, 2018
Warrior Frank Baldwin Received Two Medals of Honor, One for Fighting the Confederates & Another for Fighting the Indians
April 11, 2018
Seven Of The Most Famous Knights of the Middle Ages – Warriors, Scholars, Great Leaders Of Men
April 09, 2018
From The Rise Of Napoleon To The American Civil War, These Three Conflicts Paved the Way for World War I
April 07, 2018
Fighting Joe Hooker at the Battle of Fredericksburg: The Frustrated Commander
April 06, 2018
The Battle of Stoney Creek – A Minor Fight That Changed History
March 30, 2018
Undersea Stealth: The First Submarines To Ever Sink Ships – In The American Civil War
March 29, 2018
The Battle of Wavre – Ten Miles From Waterloo, Another Battle May Have Sealed Napoleon’s Fate
March 29, 2018
The Emperor Napoleon Held The Loyalty Of Many Different Kinds Of Men
March 28, 2018
Saladin: The Powerful General Who Pushed Back the Might of the Crusades
March 27, 2018
Ironclad Warships Battle it Out – The Battle of Hampton Roads In The Civil War
March 26, 2018
First African-American To Recieve The Medal Of Honor Did So With The 54th Massachusetts At Fort Wagner
March 26, 2018
Some Of The Deadliest Battles Of The American Civil War
March 26, 2018
The Worst American General Ever: “A General Who Never Won a Battle or Lost a Court-Martial”
March 26, 2018
Five Women Who Played Vital Roles in the American Civil War
March 25, 2018
The Life of Harriet Tubman – Civil War Nurse, Spy, Soldier and Activist
March 25, 2018
When A Bloody Medieval War Was Fought Because Of A Bucket Full of Treasure
March 24, 2018
The Most Effective Female Spies of the American Civil War
March 24, 2018
Medieval Crusaders – How They Might Have Thought And Felt About Their Wars
March 20, 2018
The Janissaries – An Elite Ottoman Army Unit Who Became Public Enemy No1
March 20, 2018
Harriet Tubman: Former Slave Who Led Union Troops Into Battle in 1863
March 19, 2018
Raiders and Traders: How The Vikings Conquer England
March 19, 2018
Making Magna Carta: King John’s Civil War
March 19, 2018
“The Great Army” – The Vikings at Their Peak
March 18, 2018
Four Men and One Woman – Five Mighty Leaders Whose Wars United Medieval England
March 17, 2018
Mary Edwards Walker: The Only Woman Ever To Be Awarded The Medal Of Honor
March 17, 2018
Nine Factors That Caused The First Crusade To Happen
March 13, 2018
How the Royal Navy kept order, Through Caning, Flogging, and Hanging
March 13, 2018
The Longbow: Its Rise and Dominance – It Totally Changed Medieval Warfare
March 12, 2018
Seven Types of Medieval Armor – From Quilted Cloth to Full Steel Plate
March 12, 2018
Napoleon Bonaparte Managed His Vast Armies With Communication, Delegation, And An Emphasis On Honor
March 12, 2018
Siege of Vienna: Led by a Mercenary, This Desperate Army Turned the Tide on the Ottoman Empire
March 12, 2018
When A Terrible Medieval War Was Fought Because Of A Bucket Full of Treasure
March 11, 2018
How Artillery Evolved During The Brutal And Merciless 100 Years War
March 11, 2018
Powerful Orders Of Medieval Knights And What Made Each One Distinct
March 11, 2018
How the Other Side Ate: Meals of Royal Naval Officers During The Napoleonic Wars
March 11, 2018
Arab Women Shame Their Fleeing Men Back Towards the Fight At The Battle of Yarmouk
March 11, 2018
The Pressing of American Seamen And The War of 1812
March 10, 2018
How Was an Army Supplied in the 100 Years War
March 10, 2018
The Viking Mercenaries of the Byzantine Empire – The Varangian Guard
March 09, 2018
Al-Andalus, a Melting Pot of Faiths in the Iberian Peninsula
March 08, 2018
The Many Lives Of A US Civil War Revenue Cutter Which Was Present At The Start Of The Civil War
March 07, 2018
Single Combat At The Siege of Bayonne, 1131AD
March 05, 2018
Krak des Chevaliers – The Impenetrable Castle, Captured With A Single Sheet of Paper
March 04, 2018
The Battle Of Morgarten – Against All The Odds, One Small Army Changes The Course Of Military History
March 03, 2018
The Battle of Arsuf – To Win the Day, One Man Must Defy His Own King
March 03, 2018
Andersonville, The Notorious Confederate PoW Camp In The Civil War
March 02, 2018
The Response From Overseas To The American Civil War
March 01, 2018
The Many Types Of Ships Used In The Napoleonic Wars
February 28, 2018
The First Native American General Wrote The Appomattox Surrender In The Civil War
February 26, 2018
Napoleon Inflicts The Greatest Defeat in Prussian Military History
February 26, 2018
Terrible Punishments, Desperate Men – Desertion in the American Civil War
February 25, 2018
AD 732, Battle of Tours: Charles Martel the ‘Hammer’ Holds The Line Of Battle
February 25, 2018
The Many Lives of The US Ship Harriet Lane, Which Fired the First Shot of the American Civil War
February 25, 2018
The Black Dispatches From the Civil War Spies
February 24, 2018
Five Ways Napoleon Made Himself into the New Charlemagne
February 24, 2018
The Civil War Photographer that Time Forgot: Alexander Gardner
February 24, 2018
The Battle of Pliska – A Byzantine Military Disaster
February 23, 2018
Sappers And Siege Engines – Ivan The Terrible Conquers The city Of Kazan
February 22, 2018
A Bloody New Year – The Massive American Civil War Battle of Stones River
February 22, 2018
War Wagons: One of the Strangest Military Formations Ever Seen in Europe
February 21, 2018
The Rules Of Chivalry Were So Important In Medieval Society, But Breaking The Rules Was Almost As Important
February 20, 2018
Steel, Gunpowder, And Careful Planning – The Conquistadors’ Defeat Of The Incas
February 20, 2018
How Napoleon’s Empire Empowered European Jewish Communities
February 20, 2018
Jan Žižka: The Blind and Undefeated General of the Hussite Wars
February 20, 2018
Statues, Uniforms, And The Legion Of Honor – How Napoleon Celebrated Battlefield Courage
February 19, 2018
Grand Goals – Napoleon Aimed For High Achievements In Egypt
February 18, 2018
The last battle of the Vikings On The West Coast Of Scotland
February 18, 2018
The Flaws of the Brilliant Civil War General “Stonewall” Jackson
February 18, 2018
The Beginning Of The End For The Teutonic Knights, Grunwald 1410
February 17, 2018
The Element of Surprise – Totally Effective Surprise Attacks in Military History
February 17, 2018
Seven Reasons Why Napoleon Should Have Lost in Italy
February 16, 2018
Five “A- List” Battles of the American Civil War – The Most Decisive Battles Of The War
February 16, 2018
These Four Humble Soldiers Helped Shaped Napoleon into a Great Leader
February 16, 2018
In These Battles, Fighting Spirit Overcame The Odds To Gain Victory
February 15, 2018
Warrior Frank Baldwin Received Two Medals of Honor, One for Fighting the Confederates & Another for Fighting the Indians
February 15, 2018
First casualty – Tyree Cemetery is the gravesite of first casualty of Battle of Cole Camp
February 14, 2018
Great Women Who Inspired Napoleon
February 14, 2018
When Malaria Sided With Napoleon: The Doomed British Walcheren Expedition That Cost 4,000 Lives
February 14, 2018
Toulon and the Whiff of Grapeshot: Napoleon’s First Successes
February 13, 2018
The 4 Types of Men Who Fought for Napoleon
February 12, 2018
“My Heart Refused Such Sinister Grandeurs” – The Fall Of The Last Napoleon
February 10, 2018
The 100 Days – Napoleon Returns From Exile, Rallying an Army With His Words Alone
February 08, 2018
Civil War Spies: The Confederacy’s Vast Web of Intelligence and Disruption
February 07, 2018
An Age Of Brutal Conflicts – The Vikings and The Franks
February 07, 2018
Heroes of America: The Red String Band Rebelled Against the Confederacy in the Civil War
February 07, 2018
Women of The Civil War: Wives and Sisters Who Joined the Battlefield Fights Dressed As Men
February 07, 2018
Battles That Defined the Crusades – Brutal Times
February 06, 2018
Battle of the Crater: Disastrous Battle for the Union in the American Civil War
February 06, 2018
Be Thankful For Modern Medicine – The Army Itch And Other Scary Civil War Maladies
February 06, 2018
Criminal Careers Born From a Single Battle – Is One the Real Robin Hood
February 06, 2018
7 Ways English Lords Fought Against Welsh Raiders
February 05, 2018
Hastings and Beyond: The Norman Conquest of England
February 04, 2018
The Albigensian Crusades: Christians vs Christians
February 04, 2018
Things We Didn’t Know About the American Civil War
February 02, 2018
Civil Wars That Shaped Medieval England
January 31, 2018
Seven Of The Most Famous Knights of the Middle Ages – Warriors, Scholars, Great Leaders Of Men
January 30, 2018
Napoleon’s Great Military Innovations Might Not Have Been As Original They Seemed
January 28, 2018
A New Breed of Soldier: How the French Revolution Made Napoleon’s Career Possible
January 28, 2018
“Damn the Torpedoes, Go Ahead” – The Battle of Mobile Bay
January 25, 2018
Frank Baldwin Received The Medal Of Honor Twice, Once For Fighting The Confederates And Again For Fighting The Native Americans
January 22, 2018
The Knights Templar – The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Crusader Order
January 21, 2018
Richard the Lionheart’s Secret Weapon During the Third Crusade
January 19, 2018
The Tide Turns – One Battle Ended the Seemingly Unstoppable Mongol Invasion
January 19, 2018
The United States Navy’s First Submarine – Lost at Sea
January 18, 2018
The American Civil War – The Union Told All The European Countries If They Recognized The Confederacy’s Legitimacy, It Was Equal To Declaring War Against The Union
January 17, 2018
The Night Attack – Vlad The Impaler Ambushes The Ottoman Sultan
January 17, 2018
The Battle Of Marignano: The Reason For Almost 500 Years Of Swiss Neutrality
January 16, 2018
Battle of Agincourt – The English Really Should Have Lost, But They Won
January 16, 2018
The Mysterious Death of the Legendary Confederate General Stonewall Jackson
January 16, 2018
How Muslims Responded To The Crusades
January 15, 2018
Facts We Never Knew About Medieval Warhorses
January 12, 2018
The Mongol Invasions of Japan and the Origin of the Word “Kamikaze”
January 11, 2018
Disease, Starvation, and the Brutal Russian Winter – Why Napoleon’s Invasion of Russia Failed
January 09, 2018
The Slave Who Stole A Confederate Ship, Met President Lincoln & Bought His Master’s House
January 09, 2018
The Mongol Invasions of Japan and the Origin of the Word “Kamikaze”
January 08, 2018
Jack Hinson: A Civil War Sniper Hell Bent on Revenge
January 07, 2018
Fighting Joe Hooker at the Battle of Fredericksburg: The Frustrated Commander
January 07, 2018
Where Heroes Rest – Local Cemetery Serves As Burial Site For Soldiers Of Black Infantry Regiments
January 05, 2018
Fighting Joe Hooker – One of the Weirdest Generals of the American Civil War
January 05, 2018
Napoleon – The Great Conqueror Should Have Lost in Italy
January 05, 2018
The Causes Of The English Civil Wars – Some Of The Most Destructive Conflicts In British History
January 05, 2018
The Battle of Williamsburg – A Massive Withdrawal Over Difficult Ground
January 04, 2018
American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville – Fighting Joe Hooker and Robert E. Lee
January 02, 2018
Fighting Joe Hooker Worked Hard To Become a General in the American Civil War
January 02, 2018
The Battle of Waterloo and the Final Downfall of Napoleon
January 02, 2018
The Battle of Salamanca: Wellington at his Opportunistic Best
January 02, 2018
General Ulysses S. Grant In The American Civil War
January 01, 2018
The Battle of Shiloh – Unprecedented Levels Of Bloodshed In American Civil War
January 01, 2018
How Success and the Failures of Others Ruined General George McClellan
January 01, 2018
Fighting for Both Sides: the Spanish Army in the Napoleonic Wars
January 01, 2018
How the Confederacy Almost Won the American Civil War
January 01, 2018
Napoleon’s Armies in the Iberian Peninsula
January 01, 2018
When Napoleon Invaded, These Men And Women Became Heroes of The Spanish Resistance
January 01, 2018
The Birth of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment in the American Civil War
December 31, 2017
Ulysses S. Grant – Military Genius of the Civil War
December 31, 2017
Giving Up Their Lives For The Emperor – Officers Killed in Napoleon’s Peninsular War
December 31, 2017
5 Similarities Between Two of History’s Greatest Generals
December 31, 2017
Wellington: The Great Military Leader Who Led His Armies To Victory Against Napoleon
December 31, 2017
The War of The Emperor Go-Daigo
December 31, 2017
Nine Reasons Why the South Lost the American Civil War
December 30, 2017
How the American Civil War Became a “Total War”
December 30, 2017
The Duke of Wellington, Napoleon’s Arch-Enemy
December 30, 2017
Japan’s Onin War – A Vital Moment In The History Of Japan
December 30, 2017
Samurai, Ninja, Ronin, And More – Seven Different Warrior Classes Of Feudal Japan
December 30, 2017
Punishing the Enemy, Feeding his Men: How General Ulysses S. Grant Changed the Course of the Civil War
December 30, 2017
The Equipment of the Samurai – Fearsome Warriors Armed to the Teeth
December 29, 2017
Seven Types of Medieval Armor – From Quilted Cloth to Full Steel Plate
December 29, 2017
The Mongol Invasions of Japan and the Origin of the Word “Kamikaze”
December 29, 2017
The Valley Campaign: Stonewall Jackson Defeats Four Union Armies
December 28, 2017
Stonewall Jackson – A Flawed but Brilliant Commander
December 28, 2017
Nine Factors That Brought Stonewall Jackson Victory
December 28, 2017
If You’ve Ever Thought Of Owning Your Own Medieval Manor, Now’s Your Chance
December 27, 2017
The Battle of Edgehill, October 1642 – Both Commanders Hoped to Force Battle
December 26, 2017
7 Years, 100,700 Men – Napoleon’s Peninsular War in Numbers
December 26, 2017
Napoleon’s Win At Austerlitz – His Greatest Success
December 25, 2017
Nine Rules of the Medieval Templar Knights
December 25, 2017
Napoleon made huge changes to warfare – he was one of the most influential generals in history
December 25, 2017
Napoleon Bonaparte: A military life – one of the most successful generals in military history
December 25, 2017
Napoleon’s Imperial Guard – Elite Soldiers Who Served The Emperor
December 24, 2017
The Meat Grinder Of War – Why The Napoleonic Wars Cost So Many Lives
December 24, 2017
Napoleon Changed His World, And Ours, In Many Different Ways
December 24, 2017
Napoleon: The Great General Also Used Propaganda to Boost His Popularity
December 24, 2017
Defeating The Russians At The Battle of Borodino Became Hollow Victory For Napoleon
December 24, 2017
The Driving Force Behind A Conqueror – Napoleon’s Great And Powerful Armies
December 24, 2017
Bedford Castle In Early England Is Now Completely Gone, But A Game-Changing Medieval Siege Took Place There In 1224
December 24, 2017
The Knights Templar – Spectacular Rise And Fall Of A Legendary Order
December 24, 2017
The Long, Hard Fight – It Took Seven Coalitions To Defeat Napoleon At Last
December 24, 2017
Napoleon Bonaparte, Conqueror On Land, Not So Successful At Sea
December 24, 2017
Ultimately, Napoleon Did Not Achieve His Ambitions – Here Are Eight Reasons Why He Failed
December 24, 2017
Top Four Famous Battleships Of The Napoleonic Wars
December 24, 2017
How Napoleon Came To Be Buried At His Final Resting Place, Hôtel des Invalides, Paris
December 23, 2017
The Ever-Ambitious Emperor: Napoleon’s Disastrous Invasion On Russia
December 23, 2017
What Happened To Prisoners Of War In Medieval England
December 23, 2017
3 Wars That Paved the Way for World War I
December 22, 2017
The Brutal And Merciless Peninsular War – Napoleon’s Invasion of Spain Was The Downfall Of The Emperor
December 22, 2017
Napoleon’s Blockade of Britain Was Hugely Ambitious But Undermined His Own Empire
December 22, 2017
General Burnside – The Swashbuckling Union General Who Pioneered Sideburns
December 22, 2017
The Climactic Battle of Waterloo Was A Huge Event On It’s Time, But It Still Matters Today
December 21, 2017
Eight Reasons Behind Napoleon’s Invasion Of Egypt
December 21, 2017
The “Glowing Angels” Who Saved Civil War Soldiers Turned Out To Be Luminous Parasitic Bacteria
December 21, 2017