Overview :No history of the West is complete without the story of Fort Smith, the fort that "refused to die." Established in 1817, Fort Smith was repe... Read More
Overview :The wide-ranging and largely misunderstood series of operations around Petersburg, Virginia, were the longest and most extensive of the enti... Read More
Overview :Few historians have ever captured the drama, excitement, and tragedy of the Civil War with the headlong elan of Edwin Bearss, who has won a ... Read More
Overview :On the morning of December 12, 1862, the Union gunboat Cairo, nosing her way up the Yazoo River north of Vicksburg, Mississippi, triggered t... Read More