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The Battle of Glendale: Robert E. Lee’s Lost Opportunity

Airship ROMA Disaster in Hampton Roads

In March 1921, Major John G. Thornell and his crew were detailed to Italy to procure a new experi...

Iredell County, North Carolina

From the rough trails carved by the Catawba and the Cherokee to the ,crossroads of the future,, I...

Forgotten Tales of Wisconsin

Drift back to an era when the speed limit in Milwaukee was an edgy four miles per hour and Madiso...

Kansas City Chronicles

From guerilla warfare and martial law to the elegant dresses of the Harzfeld Parisian Cloak Compa...

Wicked St. Louis

Watch a duel on Bloody Island from the stern of a river pirate's ship and be glad that Abraham Li...

Confrontation at Gettysburg

'A clear and concise telling' of America's most famous battle. '[Hoptak] has crafted a narrative ...

Arlington Heights, Illinois

The village of Arlington Heights--beginning with the diligence and fortitude of William Dunton--i...

Hidden History of Kentucky in the Civil War

Kentucky's motto may be "e;united we stand, divided we fall,"e; but during the civil war,...

Battle of South Mountain

'A thorough account of the fighting . . . Not only appealingly written but a worthwhile addition ...

Remembering Westbrook

In this collection of her "e;History Matters"e; columns from the American Journal, Andrea...

History of Jewish Connecticut

During the Revolutionary War, Sephardic Jews fled British-occupied New York to become the first J...