Saturday, September 15, 2018

Moonshine

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Liquor Squad after Raiding the Moonshiners (1922) After the American Revolution, the new federal government faced the pro...
Saturday, September 08, 2018

The Mysterious Disappearance of Theodosia Burr Alston

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Theodosia Burr Alston The disappearance of Theodosia Burr Alston, the daughter of disgraced U.S. Vice President Aaron Burr, is ...
Monday, September 03, 2018

Lincoln, Lord Dunmore, and the Emancipation Proclamations (1775 and 1863)

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Abraham Lincoln Americans rightfully celebrate Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, but often do not realize that this was not the...
Sunday, September 02, 2018

Jean Lafitte: Pirate and Patriot

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The Battle of New Orleans January 8, 1815 As communications and national maritime strength grew piracy withered. Still, as late...
Saturday, September 01, 2018

The Gilded Age (1870-1900) and Revolution

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The Gilded Age There was a mandate for change in the Gilded Age, but no agreement on what that change should be among the m...
Monday, August 27, 2018

The Confederate Blockade of the Potomac River

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     In the hazy light of a hot summer morning you can see the rippling shoreline of Maryland from the abandoned Confederate gun emp...
Saturday, August 25, 2018

John Brown at Harpers Ferry: Psychology and History

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John Brown The culminating event of the 1850s was John Brown’s raid on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry. To white Virginians, ...
Wednesday, August 22, 2018

A Confederate ironclad attack on Washington D.C.?

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CSS Stonewall The Confederacy almost turned the naval balance of power around when it was the first to commission an operational ...
Tuesday, August 21, 2018

Captain Kidd’s Treasures

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     Here then are the simple facts of William Kidd’s descent into piracy.   Born in 1645, the son of a Scottish minister, Kidd became a ...