The Great American History Blog

  Frederic Remington (1861–1909) was one of America’s most influential artists, illustrators, and sculptors. Though he spent relatively li...

  A Dash for the Timber (1889) by Frederic Remington. Cowboys race desperately across an open plain, pursued by Native American warriors in...

Here are ten Native American leaders widely regarded as among the most influential, in rough order of broad recognition and impact: Sittin...

  Harriet Tubman. Born into slavery, Tubman escaped in 1849 and became the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad. During the wa...

  The American Civil War (1861–1865) shattered traditional gender norms. While men fought on the battlefields, thousands of women served as ...

  Rose O'Neal Greenhow A prominent Washington, D.C., socialite and Confederate sympathizer, Greenhow ran a spy ring that gathered intel...

  General William TecumsehSherman stands as one of the most polarizing figures in American military history. Celebrated for his ruthless “M...

  Here are twelve of the most notable and frequently discussed Civil War paintings (primarily from the 1860s–1880s era). They capture battl...

  Stalingrad , fought from 1942 to 1943, was one of the deadliest battles in history and a major turning point on the Eastern Front. German ...

  The First Battle of the Marne was fought in September 1914, early in World War I . German armies had advanced rapidly toward Paris, but Fr...

  Waterloo was fought on 18 June 1815 near present-day Belgium and ended Napoleon ’s return from exile. Wellington’s Anglo-allied army held ...

  Here is a widely accepted “top ten” list of famous U.S. naval battles , focusing on historical impact and public recognition. One: Battle...

  Saratoga was actually a campaign fought in two major actions in 1777, Freeman’s Farm and Bemis Heights. British General John Burgoyne adva...

  These battles matter for different reasons, but they share a common pattern: each one changed the strategic balance far beyond the battlef...

  These battles matter for different reasons, but they share a common pattern: each one changed the strategic balance far beyond the battlef...

These battles matter for different reasons, but they share a common pattern: each one changed the strategic balance far beyond the battlefie...