The National Museum of Civil War Medicine in Frederick, Maryland is, apparently, a...

Through most of civilization , people have been getting the majority of their c...  ...autiful tracks the source of caloric intake among Americans aged 20-39 from 1930 to 2026. Keep in mind this d...  ...top during the Great Depression. Then when World War II vets came home, the...

William Pool of Bolivar, Missouri passed away at t...  ...n the US Army in 1941 and served throughout World War II, including participating in the Battle of the...  ...was a member of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War , a fraternal organization that honors ancestors w...

When you think of child soldiers, you might think...  ...litias, or about the youngsters who fought in the American Civil War . But boys too young to realize what they're doing...  ...they're doing managed to become fighters in World War II as well. Most of these enlistments were due to...  ...t and not an offic...

Admiral David Dixon Porter was one of the Union's...  ...ion's most successful naval commanders during the American Civil War . After an excellent combat record, he served as S...  ...demy and, in retirement, wrote his memoirs of the war and a naval history of it.At Emerging Civil...

Among the big names of the American Civil War , Wilmer McLean is pretty far down the list. You m...  ...But his presence is found in the geography of the war . McLean was a wealthy man with a grocery store, a...  ...avaged in battle. Yet he grew richer still during wartime . A...

In 1862, John Gilleland was a 53-year old carpenter in Athens, Georgia. He was too old to serve in the Confederate Army, but he was a private in a home guard unit. Determined to find some way to counteract the Union's ma...

In 1966, when Star Trek first graced our TV screen...  ...Star Trek universe, 2026 was the year that World War III began. This 45-year war led to a loss of 30% of the human population, and...  ...0 plant and animal species. Yes, it was a nuclear war that wiped out many of earth...

In American history classes, we only learn the big things: Co...  ...sses, we only learn the big things: Columbus, the American Eevolution, the Louisiana Purchase, the Civil War , and oops, better skip ahead to World *strong class="match...

After the American Civil War , there was some attempt to help formerly-enslaved...