American

Marcus Whitman: Oregon’s Missionary

A solitary medical doctor urged his horse forward into the cold and foggy November night. Behind him lay the safety,…

9 years ago

President Grant’s Illegal Indian War

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/ulysses-grant-launched-illegal-war-plains-indians-180960787

9 years ago

The Mysterious Submarine on the Coast of Panama

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5jUHCDF3MM

9 years ago

The Rise and Fall of the Army Surplus Store

http://www.artofmanliness.com/2016/10/11/rise-fall-army-surplus-store/

9 years ago

One Soldier’s Experience of the Battle of Camden

On April day in 1851, an old man walked into the office of the justice of the peace in Talladega County,…

9 years ago

How the South Tried to Get Delaware to Seceede

http://www.thiscruelwar.com/the-failure-of-the-south-to-convince-delaware-to-secede/

9 years ago

Methods and Science of Civil War Photography

We talk with photographer Rob Gibson about the different types of Civil War photography, and the art and science behind…

9 years ago

Rediscovering the Stories of Runaway Slaves in the Great Dismal Swamp

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/deep-swamps-archaeologists-fugitive-slaves-kept-freedom-180960122/?no-ist

9 years ago

What a Revolutionary War Battle was Like

It can be difficult for anyone, especially for a civilian who has never heard a shot fired in anger, to…

9 years ago

James Thornwell: Our Danger and Our Duty

A sickly boy made his way slowly through the streets of Columbia, South Carolina. Few would have predicted any kind…

9 years ago