The Great American History Blog

  Private William Henry Christman from Pennsylvania was the first soldier to be officially buried at Arlington.  A laborer, Christman enlist...

  Joseph “Fighting Joe” Wheeler (1836-1906) served as general in the Confederate Army in the 1860s, and later as a general in the United St...

  One of the notables buried at Arlington National Cemetery is Philip H. Sheridan (1831 - 1888) who lead the Cavalry Corps of the Army of th...

  Major General George B. McClellan, seen here with his wife, was a controversial military officer during the early part of the American Civ...

  The Confederate monument at the Fairfax City, Virginia cemetery notes residence of Fairfax County who served with Mosby’s cavalry.  A few ...

  The grave of Col. John S Mosby grave at the Warrenton Cemetery in Warrenton, Virginia.   As a child, Mosby was small, sickly and was often...

  In 1934, Charley Williams stumbled out of the Superstition Mountains with handfuls of gold nuggets and a spectacular story.   Williams cla...

  Each morning Martha Washington met with the cooks to plan the menu for dinner, the main meal of the day served between 2:00 and 4:00 .   ...

  Martha Washington Martha Washington, like other members of her set, spent considerable time directing a large staff of slaves and servants...

Col. John S. Mosby The Gray Ghost was a syndicated television show that aired thirty nine episodes from October 10, 1957 to July 3, 1958.  ...

  " From Far Dakota's Cañons " was first published as "A Death Sonnet for Custer" in the New York Tribune, 10 July ...

One of the many tributes written to honor George Armstrong Custer after the Battle of the Little Bighorn was a poem entitled. “ The Revenge ...

  President Davis Capt. David Van Buskirk of the 27th Indiana Regiment stood 6 feet 11 inches and weighed 380 pounds. He was captured in 1...

A young soldier left home to join the army. He told his girlfriend that he would write every day. After about six months, he received a lett...

  Ambrose Burnside Troops on both sides enjoyed a joke at the expense of officers.   One anecdote that made the rounds involved General Am...

  James Somersett was a slave taken to England by his master Charles Steuart of Boston, Massachusetts.   In 1771, while in England, Somerset...

  Humor had its place in even the toughest situations. During the Civil War, a Confederate veteran remembered many years later, “While on th...