Volume 5, No. 5
Cover: Cemetery Hill by Don Troiani, Historical Art Prints, www.historicalartprints.com
April 2004
Military Heritage
John William O’Sullivan watched the Duke of Cumberland’s army as it stretched out in front of him, lined up in battle order on the northeastern side of Drummossie Moor, a mile or so from Culloden House. Read more
April 2004
Military Heritage
On East Cemetery Hill at Gettysburg National Military Park, an equestrian statue of Maj. Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock stands facing west toward the Evergreen Cemetery gatehouse. Read more
April 2004
Military Heritage
Italy in the mid-11th century was in chaos. Ostensibly held together under the auspices of papal and Holy Roman Empire authority, the peninsula had become a collection of feuding city-states, each under its own local ruler or warlord. Read more
April 2004
Military Heritage
For Europe, there was great news from Malta in August 1565. The Ottoman Turks had lifted their siege and made for home. Read more
April 2004
Military Heritage
At the beginning of the battle for Imphal and Kohima, a Japanese Order of the Day instructed the troops: “You will fight to the death. Read more
April 2004
Military Heritage, Editorial
John Keegan was lecturing at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC, recently and I had the good fortune to meet him. Read more
April 2004
Military Heritage, Communique
Dear Editor:
In an excellent Military Heritage (December 2003) article about the Gatling gun, A.B. Feuer indicates that a Gatling gun was used at the Battle of the Bear Paw from September 30-October 5, 1877. Read more
April 2004
Military Heritage, Weapons
On May 25, 1917, a fleet of 21 bombers lumbered in a line at 12,000 feet over the English coast. Read more
April 2004
Military Heritage, Soldiers
Of all the celebrated generals commanding corps in the Grande Armée, none was more highly esteemed by Napoleon for his friendship, generalship, and personal bravery than Marshal Jean Lannes. Read more
April 2004
Military Heritage, Intelligence
By the winter of 1776, the struggle for American independence had reached its lowest point. In June of that year General George Washington’s Continental Army had stood at nearly 20,000 strong. Read more
April 2004
Military Heritage, Militaria
Over 100,000 visitors annually trace with pride the footsteps of infantrymen from the 1607 wilderness of Virginia to the 1991 sands of the Persian Gulf and view weapons from the French Charleville flintlock musket to the atomic Davy Crockett mortar,” says the director of the National Infantry Museum, Z. Read more
April 2004
Military Heritage, Books
On June 8, 1967, during the height of the Six-Day War between Israel and its Arab adversaries, the USS Liberty was attacked apparently without warning while in international waters in the eastern Mediterranean. Read more
April 2004
Military Heritage, Games
Although the real war ended almost 60 years ago, the virtual version of World War II goes on and on. Read more
