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 »

When Nathan Bedford Forrest’s angry horsemen surrounded Fort Pillow, the defendants refusal to surrender forced him to make costly frontal attack.   More »

William Wells had a knack for gathering intelligence that made him indispensable to the U.S. military during the early years of the Republic.   More »

Albert W. Boam, a former B-24 navigator, recalls his training, bombing the Reich, getting shot down, and surviving months in a German POW camp.   More »

From a wealthy Ohio family, William Haines Lytle was destined for fame in politics and on the battlefield. He found the latter at a tragic cost.   More »

By David A. Norris
Stepping off of two captured river steamboats, the 2nd Kentucky Cavalry and the 9th Tennessee Cavalry set foot in Indiana on July 8, 1863. On the south bank of the Ohio River awaiting transport were seven more regiments of Confederate cavalry led by Brig. Gen. John Hunt   More »

For three weeks Brig. Gen. John Hunt Morgan’s Confederate cavalry raided across Indiana and Ohio, destroying railroads, bridges and private property.   More »

Ulysses S. Grant smashed Forts Henry and Donelson in Kentucky, became the Union’s premier commander, and opened up Tennessee to a Federal invasion.   More »

Attempting to draw Kentucky into the Confederacy, the Rebels risked it all at the 1862 Battle of Richmond.   More »