Civil War
American Tragedy: 40 Disturbing Photographs from the Battlefields of the Civil War
In today’s world of mass image collecting and “selfies,” it is hard to imagine a world in which some sort…
Plunder and Destroy: 12 of History’s Most Daring Raids
A raid is an armed mission by a relatively small group of attackers, prepared in secret with the hope of…
Lincoln’s Avenger: The Sad Life of Boston Corbett, the Man who Killed John Wilkes Booth
It is a fair comment to suggest that Lee Harvey Oswald’s assassin, Jack Ruby, is far better than known than…
When Surrender Was Worse Than Death: 8 Realities about Life at Andersonville Prison During the Civil War
In the early months of the Civil War, soldiers of both sides who were unfortunate enough to be taken prisoner…
The Civil War’s Deadliest POW Camp Claimed Thousands of American Lives
The American Civil War remains the bloodiest war the United States has ever fought. More than 600,000 Americans died in…
Death Squads: The Nightmare of El Salvador
The Salvadoran Civil War was a conflict between the military-led government of El Salvador and the Farabundo Marti National Liberation…
12 Notorious Wild West Outlaws
The United States relentlessly pushed its frontier westward during the 19th century in pursuit of Manifest Destiny, steadily populating vast…
12 of the Greatest Military Bluffs in History
Brawn is useful, but is not always sufficient on its own: sometimes a healthy dose of bull, or bluffing, is…
Breaking the Chains: 9 Pivotal Slave Rebellions From Ancient Times to the 19th Century
The institution of slavery is as old as civilization itself. Wherever and whenever people have been kept in bondage some…
The Bloody Ground: The Death and Destruction of 12 Civil Wars
Civil wars challenge cultural norms, government, and military tactics. Defined as war within the same nation, civil wars rarely occur…