The Great American History Blog

     John Carlyle of Alexandria, Virginia stands out as a kind of “representative” man of the colonial period in Virginia.    Born in 1720...

Dancing was an important courting ritual among the wealthy. It was considered a good way to determine a potential marriage partner’s physi...

Washington’s relationship to slaves was that of a straightforward businessman,   Washington insisted on turning a profit from his slaves. ...

According to Nathaniel Philbrick, in his book The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the LittleBighorn , George Armstron...

On April 24, 2014, Georgia Governor Nathan Deal signed a broad expansion of gun carrying rights into law, tacitly admitting that law enfo...

Norse mythology describes the Battle of Heodenings, where two phantom armies fight for all eternity, the dead rising daily to renew the f...

Were the Indians better armed at the Battle of the Little Bighorn?  Yes and no says Richard Allan Fox Jr., author of Archaeology,History, ...

What is the interaction of history, politics, and the movies? My titles on Amazon My titles at Barnes & Noble Download F...

Success leaves clues.   So does failure.   Some of history’s best known commanders are remembered not for their brilliant victories but fo...

Custer’s Last Stand: Portraits in Time Showdown at Little Big Horn by Dee Brown (1964)      Dee Brown was a novelist and ...

Treasure Legends of Virginia The history of Virginia told through treasure tales about pirates, Indians, Revolutionary War heroes ...

Virginia Time Travel interviews Andrea Loewenwater from Historic Blenheim in Fairfax, Virginia. CIVIL WAR CIVILIAN LIFE: MANASSAS,...

Virginia Time Travel interviews Robert Alton, author of the book Stratagem 1861 which describes the war for the Potomac River in 1861. ...

Link to: The Confederate Woman: Soldier and Spy My titles on Amazon My titles at Barnes & Noble Download Free Kindle...

CIVIL WAR CIVILIAN LIFE: MANASSAS,VIRGINIA  A brief look at the impact of war on civilians living around Manassas based on fir...

How Martha Washington Lived: 18th CenturyCustoms  Neither Martha Washington nor the women of the South’s leading families ...

The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull,and the Battle of the Little Bighorn by Nathaniel Philbrick (2010)      “Before Custer became th...

Six months after the Battle of the Little Bighorn (June 25, 1876), Frederick Whittaker’s A Complete Life of General George A. C...

Interview with mystery writer Andrew Mills, author of the Archibald Mercer Colonial Detective series.  Archibald Mercer, America's ...

“Came to Brentsville (Prince William County, Virginia), examined the place, found five houses occupied, including the jail. But two men ...