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...

Osprey's study of the commanders of the American Civil War (1861-1865). When the War Between the ...

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

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

Osrpey's examination of the commanders of the American Civil War (1861-1865). When the War Betwee...

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

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

Osrpey's examination of the commanders of the American Civil War (1861-1865). The generals who le...

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

For General George B. McClellan, the dejected Union troops who poured into Washington fresh from ...

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...

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...

Osprey's study of the commanders of the American Civil War (1861-1865). In the Western theater of...