The Great American History Blog

  When warned about the formidable reputation of Confederate General Robert E. Lee during the Civil War, Ulysses S. Grant reportedly dismiss...

  In the late 1880s, the Ghost Dance emerged among Native American tribes, particularly the Lakota Sioux, as a spiritual movement promising ...

  Freedom of religion, as we understand it, did not exist in America until after the American Revolution. The Church of England was legally ...

  One of the most debated issues of the Battle of the Little Bighorn is the exact nature of George Armstrong Custer’s death.   Who killed Cu...

  If a man believes himself to be a frog should we treat him as a frog?   What if that man is a king?   The Bourbon dynasty came to power ...

  Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865, at Ford's Theatre i...

  Claude Choules, the last surviving World War I combat veteran, witnessed the historic scuttling of the German High Seas Fleet in Scapa Flo...