History of Thanksgiving: The Pilgrims to “Franksgiving”

12 years ago

Explore with us the history of the thanksgiving, on it's 150th year of annual celebration, rrom the feasts of ancient…

Update to the Senate’s Filibuster

12 years ago

Today historic changes were made in the rules of filibuster in the United States Senate. Previously a silent filibuster could…

History of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address

12 years ago

Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, which he gave at the commemoration of the Gettysburg Cemetery on November 19, 1863 was only…

A Civil War Ambulance

12 years ago

Join us at the Pry Field Hospital Museum to see a reconstruction of a Civil War ambulance.

Civil War Threatened in the Election of 1800

12 years ago

The election of 1800 was one of the very tumultuous ones in American history. Due to a mistake in the…

Shooting at the North Carolina Capitol

12 years ago

Today our crew did some shooting around some sites important to the Reconstruction era in North Carolina - the old…

The Importance of Patrick Henry in American’s Founding

12 years ago

There were many men crucial to the American cause in the War for Independence, and among the foremost was Patrick…

Rise of the Confederacy Now Shipping

12 years ago

  The Rise of the Confederacy series is now shipping. You can order it now from our store. This series coves…

Dictionary Cipher for the CSS Florida

12 years ago

As the Confederate commerce raider Florida prepared for what would be a legendary cruise, Secretary of the Navy Stephen Mallory sent…

Civil War Medicine – Dr. Letterman and the Battle of Antietam

12 years ago

Dr. Jonathan Letterman, medical director of the Union Army of the Potomac, revolutionized battlefield medicine with his Letterman Plan. In…

Causes of the Mexican War

12 years ago

The Mexican-American War, lasting from 1846 – 1848, was one of America's shorter and less costly wars. The United States…

“Killed at Chickamauga”

12 years ago

  After the Battle of Chickamauga, one Union soldier, Sergeant William Miller of the 75th Indiana, wrote this in his diary:…