Two events in the 19th century turned the minds of Americans westwards towards eventual and inevi...

When the Southern states seceded to form their own government in 1861, one of their first moves w...

Perhaps the most influential arm of either army in the prosecution of the American Civil War, the...

When the War Between the States broke out in 1861, the US Army had only four line generals - and ...

The southerner of the mid-19th century had been bred to ride horses. In addition the period south...

'The War between the States' is the term used for the American Civil War (1861-1865)throughout mu...

The American Indian Wars, the most famous of which were fought on the great Western plains betwee...

Initially British officials of the American Revolutionary War were reluctant to accept the offers...

When the War Between the States broke out in 1861, the US Army had only four line generals - and ...

The very heart of the Confederate fighting unit was its flag, which came in a variety of designs ...

The generals who led the brigades, divisions, corps and armies of the Confederacy were very large...

Because of the length of the coastline of the United States, from the beginning American ordnance...

At the time of the American Civil War (1861-1865), with two million men under arms, a US Army tha...

Typically the United States is said to have declared war on Great Britain in 1812 because of the ...

The regimental or battery set of colours was more than simply a unit designation, issued for the ...

At the time of the Second World War, the United States Army took an unusual approach, for the per...

When the American Civil War broke out in 1861 both Confederate and Union experts decided that spe...