Which of these terms does not belong: Gettysburg, secession, cavalry charge, musket fire, or carrier-launched aerial reconnaissance platform? Most slot nicely into what we remember about the American ...
While enslaved aboard a Confederate warship, Robert Smalls secretly learned the skills of a naval captain. One night, as enemy officers sleep ashore, he and his crewmates seize the CSS Planter and ...
On Saturday, June 29 at 2 p.m. and again on Sunday, June 30, 2 p.m. Gene Wright, history professor at Ashford University, Clinton, Iowa will present the tragic story of the Civil War steamboat SULTANA ...