[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm-wB4CCZuQ](Video...  ...became famous for his captivating miniseries The Civil War . Through brilliant storytelling, he shared not on...

Neatorama presents a guest post from actor, comedi...  ...ors.Kevin Jarre, the talented screenwriter of the Civil War epic Glory, sold a script called Tombstone to Uni...

In 1862 the new Bureau of Internal Revenue began t...  ...ue began taxing whiskey as a means of funding the Civil War . The tax rose for years until the government&rsqu...  ...latest in a series of raids known as the Whiskey Wars . Illicit distilling had become so widespread, and...  ...0 in taxes—a day.Re...

[http://youtu.be/yRZZpk_9k8E] (YouTube link)Texas...  ...re finding this many who don’t know how the Civil War turned out. Honestly, the vice president changes...  ...me. But American students should know who won the Civil War , and who ruled the Colonies before U.S. independe...

For decades, the only thing staving off a worldwid...  ...lectures to the poor. Education, he hoped, would civilize them. Unfortunately, he chose the wrong man to d...  ...it seemed as if the Red Menace would sweep aside civilization . The Bolsheviks had won Russia’s civil war...

Sure, with its sprawling server farms, Google is p...  ...as 4chan has grown as a staging ground for flame wars , it’s also been a hive of positivity. The s...  ..., the Pirate Party—which stands chiefly for civil liberties, freedom of information, and copyright...

On July 3, 1863--the third and final day of the Battle of Gettysburg-- a Confederate infantry assault that came to be known as Pickett’s Charge almost broke the Army of Potomac in two.First Lieutenant Alonzo H. Cus...

Missing Link by WirdouArchaeologists digging wher...  ...culture, and video games in particular, to human civilizations . The little guy was sporting a green tunic and el...  ...ite his diminutive size he appears to have been a warrior , and scientists were quick to dub their discovery...  ...delightful designs:...

Cartoonist Charles Addams was almost as bizarre as...  ...nstead of a standard coffee table, Addams used a Civil War -era embalming table. He also kept a collection of...  ...on near his home. And when America entered World War I, Addams took to drawing pictures of German Kai...  ...ame year, Addams was draft...

Pvt. Samuel H. Decker, Company I, 4th US artillery...  ...designed prostheticsMore men died fighting in the Civil War than in any other U.S. war : an estimated 600,000 to 750,000. Many more soldi...  ...equent, estimated to account for more than 3/4 of wartime operations. Steri...