General Robert E. Lee led the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia during the Civil War and remains one of the conflict’s most revered figures.   More »

Strange it is that American independence owes not only to a crushing American defeat but also to an infamous American traitor.   More »

This American Revolution timeline outlines the political decisions and key events that led up to the Revolutionary War.   More »

“The Anaconda Plan” was devised by General Winfield Scott and President Lincoln to squeeze the Confederacy into submission by blockading the South’s seaports.   More »

Arguably the most celebrated campaign feat of arms of the American Civil War is that of Stonewall Jackson in the Shenandoah Valley in May and early June 1862.   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 »

Ulysses S. Grant altered the course of the war in the west for the Union Army in February 1862 with the capture of Forts Henry and Donelson.   More »

Kansas Brigadier James Henry Lane’s zealous prosecution of the Union cause made him a marked man in the western theater.   More »

A powerful typhoon wreaked havoc with the U.S. Navy’s task force 38 in December 1944. It would be followed shortly after by a second.   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 »