On September 17, Lee met General McClellan in the bloodiest single day of fighting in the war and in American history. Union ...

In March 1945, U.S. Army Air Forces intensified their strategic bombing campaign over Japan. Instead of flying high-altitude ...

Washington sought to impose strict military protocols and daily orders on life in camp, but was constantly frustrated by all ...

Buffalo Coat According to legend, this coat was made from the skin of a buffalo killed by Buffalo Bill, and presented by him ...

Coveting what remained of the Indian lands in the Southeast and lower South, the United States forced tribes to cede their ...

The soldiers were young and inexperienced, most in their teens or early twenties. In the North, they were farmers and factory ...

In 1949, the cold war became a nuclear arms race when the Soviets detonated an atomic bomb. United States military and ...

As the Nazi blitzkrieg, or lightning war, raced across Europe, German forces committed unnumbered atrocities against the men, ...

After the Civil War, thousands of Americans poured into the Great Plains on a collision course with western Indian tribes.

In the opening struggles for control of Europe, the United States used economic aid to support the democracies of Western ...

EXHIBITION UPDATE Last Chance to See Some Popular Objects! "Entertainment Nation”/ "Nación del espectáculo” Ray and Dagmar ...

The Medal of Honor is the only American military decoration worn around the neck rather than pinned to the uniform. Each of ...