By David A. Norris
Wind lifted away the fog sheltering the French lines. Atop a low ridge where the French army was deployed, a lone windmill provided a vivid range marker for 58 Prussian cannons on the neighboring hills. Shot fell like black hailstones amid the staff officers by the man-made   More »

Louisiana held an interesting political climate during the American Civil War, and suffered many political hardships in the years that followed.    More »

Confederate Lt. Gen. James Longstreet faced a daunting task trying to dislodge Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside’s Federals from Knoxville, Tennessee.   More »

Ernest Cuneo helped the Roosevelt administration with little fanfare before, during, and after World War II.   More »

Ernest Cuneo helped the Roosevelt administration with little fanfare before, during, and after World War II.   More »

In the deep woods of Chickamauga Creek, wary Union and Confederate soldiers thrashed the the under brush seeking a confrontation to the death.   More »

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

Christopher Miskimon takes on eight great new books on a diverse array of military history topics   More »

Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg are working on a third HBO series about World War II. based on Donald L. Miller’s acclaimed book, “Masters of the Air.”   More »

Eager to end the agony at Valley Forge, General George Washington broke camp in the spring of 1778 and began following the British army from Philadelphia into New Jersey. It was a near disaster for the Patriots.   More »