The Battle of Cold Harbor was the Confederacy’s last major Civil War victory. Does it offer any insight into the mysterious ...

Let’s hope that Elon Musk is, indeed, a latter-day Grant, doggedly pursuing the spending that strangles our country, ...

President Trump tangled with its forecasters during his first term. As he slashes government spending, many wonder what that ...

Fifty-five years of living in the Southeast during which we enjoyed lots of travel resulted in visiting most of the National ...

The general’s campaign through the South is known for its brutality against civilians. For the enslaved who followed his army ...

Their work also includes forecasting changes, and sharing said changes, about our oceans. What happens in our oceans can ...

Eliot Cohen is a respected military historian. I have most of his books in my professional library and I was one of his ...

Every year, the state of Florida observes the birth of Confederate General Robert E. Lee as an official state holiday.

Ulysses S. Grant, against whom he had fought in several battles including the Siege of Petersburg which eventually destroyed most of Lee's army. Lee resisted efforts to build monuments in his ...

1899: Prince Alfred of Edinburgh, grandson of Queen Victoria, dies aged 24 in mysterious circumstances. On the same day, the ...

Every military member, from the rawest recruit to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, swears an oath to support and ...

Once the arsenal of the Confederacy and a manufacturer of shells during both World Wars, Tredegar ceased operations for good ...