While the United States was fighting for its existence, the world kept turning and other countries continued acting in their own self-interest. Just because the United States military was preoccupied…
The history of the Army Rangers dates back to before the United States was an independent nation. The official history of the Rangers lists units that fought in both King…
Today, Arlington, Texas’ Six Flags Over Texas is a theme park known for Superman’s Tower of Power, Batman: the Ride, and the Pandemonium, where no two rides are ever the…
On Aug. 31, 1864, Union General William T. Sherman launched the final assault on Atlanta, Georgia. Sherman’s Atlanta campaign began in the spring of that year, facing off against Confederate…
In September 1863, the Union Army in the west was reeling from a hard-fought loss at the Battle of Chickamauga. One Union commander, Gen. William Rosecrans, led his army to…
Popular history remembers the Confederate States of America for a lot of things, but having a developed government capable of almost anything the United States could do is seldom one of those things. But it did have all the trappings of a democratic…
On July 3, 1863, Confederate General George Pickett led his infamous charge against Union lines at Gettysburg. For two days, Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s confederate army had tried to…
On July 1, 1863, the decisive Battle of Gettysburg began. Possibly the most important engagement of the Civil War, the Battle of Gettysburg marked the turn of the war against…
In June 1862, Union troops marched into Memphis, Tennessee, after Union ironclad gunboats captured the city from the Mississippi River. It would be occupied by federal troops for the duration…
On June 8, 1862, General Stonewall Jackson scored a victory for the Confederates in the Battle of Cross Keys. The fertile farmland of the Shenandoah Valley was vital to the…