Everyone, it seemed, got involved in the frenzy for ever-more-fancy uniforms and accoutrements, from Napoleon on down.   More »

Alexandria, the Northern Virginia city on the outskirts of Washington, D.C. was the first, and longest held, Confederate city during the Civil War.   More »

By the beginning of 1777, it had become more apparent to His Majesty’s army that a more coordinated effort would be needed to defeat the American military.   More »

Civil War-era Information Discs are commonly thought to be one of the oldest precursors to modern dog tags. Today, dog tags and DNA testing are used together.   More »

Ethan Allen’s capture of Fort Ticonderoga in 1775 was little more than a sharp skirmish, but it had strategic consequences on Revolutionary War.   More »

John Maxwell placed a bomb aboard a cargo ship at City Point in August 1864 in a desperate bid to slow the flow of supplies to Union troops at Petersburg.   More »

In addition to the Founding Fathers, there were numerous female Revolutionary War heroes who contributed substantially to the fight for independence.   More »

Thaddeus Lowe and his Union Army Balloon Corps pioneered aerial reconnaissance over some of the first battlefields of the American Civil War.   More »

A preemptive strike by Britishe regulars to destroy Patriot supplies at Concord ended in a fighting retreat to Boston on April 19, 1775.   More »

Although it suffered a stinging defeat at Brandywine, George Washington’s Continental Army made an audacious attack the following month.   More »