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Kaiser Wilhelm II      In November 1889, Secretary of the Navy Benjamin F. Tracy called for the rapid expansion of the United St...

Sex was essential to the Puritan’s notion of a healthy marriage.   Refusal to engage in sexual relations with one’s spouse could le...

Civil War Political Cartoon Parody was a favorite form of humor among the troops of both sides. The soldiers of the Army of Nor...

CUSTER      It was during the campaign of 1868 that George Armstrong Custer distinguished himself as an Indian fighter at the Batt...

Two Confederate volunteers in the an early uniform of the Civil War THE SOUTHERN HERALD April 5, 1861 : “Thursday the ...

Called “The White House”, the Executive Mansion was rented from the City of Richmond by the Confederate government to serve as the reside...

George Armstrong Custer      In 1874, Custer published My Life on the Plains , an account of his career as an Indian fighter to ...

Courting took place at organized functions such as dances, horse races and church. Dancing was an important courting ritual among the we...

Sneak Attack! (Four Alternative HistoryStories) Sun Tzu, the Master of War, once said, “Those who are skilled in producing surpri...

Ivy Hill Cemetery The thousands of headstones at Alexandria’s Ivy Hill Cemetery are a portal to the city’s rich past.   Here lie d...

Pitcairn Island was sighted on 3 July 1767 by the crew of the British sloop HMS Swallow. The island was named after Midshipman Robert...

Grand Review of the Armies May 23-24, 1865       With the end of the Civil War, the Union army gathered for one last grand vict...