At Northallerton, the descendents of the Norman knights who fought at the Battle of Hastings opted to dismount and fight on foot. Find out why inside.   More »

By 1135, there were probably five thousand medieval knights in England, but they differed little from their great-grandfathers who fought with William the Conqueror at Hastings.   More »

Awkward to reload, the distinct advantage of the muzzle-loading flintlock long rifle was its accuracy and range.
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During the highly destructive Battle of Aschaffenburg, American soldiers reported seeing civilians fighting alongside German troops.   More »

On display at the Charleston Museum’s new exhibition, “Unfurled,” are rare flags from World War I, World War II and the American Civil War.   More »

Despite numerous attempts to deescalate the situation on both sides, Fort Sumter was fired upon in April 1861, marking the start of the American Civil War.   More »

New England-born Union Army captain Nathaniel Lyon did much to disrupt the fragile peace in Missouri between Northern and Southern sympathizers. Read more here.   More »

When the Civil War began in April 1861, there was much more talk in Richmond, Virginia about Sydney Smith than about his younger brother, Robert E. Lee.   More »

Ulysses S. Grant was working as a clerk in his family’s leather business in Galena, Illinois when the first shots of the American Civil War were fired.   More »

Boers, from the Dutch/German words meaning “farmer,” were a hardy, independent-minded people known for their dislike of governmental influence.   More »