Overview :At the beginning of 1864, the Civil War was far from won; terrible and bloody Union setbacks and casualties lay ahead. But as Lincoln and th... Read More
Overview :After his surrender at Appomattox, Robert E. Lee lived only another five years - the forgotten chapter of an extraordinary life. These were ... Read More
Overview :They were both prewar failures--Grant, forced to resign from the Regular Army because of his drinking, and Sherman, holding four different j... Read More
Overview :Shortly after losing all of his wealth in a terrible 1884 swindle, Ulysses S. Grant learned he had terminal throat and mouth cancer. Destitu... Read More
Overview :If the Wright brothers' 1903 flights in Kitty Hawk marked the birth of aviation, World War I can be called its violent adolescence--a brief ... Read More