After Grant was voted in to succeed Johnson, he appointed Longstreet as the surveyor of customs for New Orleans. Governor ...

Ever wonder what U.S. presidents did before they were president? We picture them signing laws and giving speeches, but a surprising number of them wore a different kind of uniform first. Long before ...

More than three decades after marching onto the battlefield in one of the most iconic Civil War films ever made, Stephen Lang ...

All Quiet on the Western Front is arguably the definitive anti-war movie, and it’s legacy is even more important now that it’s in the public domain.

Filming is underway in Pennsylvania on the pic which sees Avatar actor Lang return to the subject 30 years after he starred ...

In the early years of the 20th century, motion pictures were still a novelty, but the business behind them was already ...

The largest cavalry charge in history broke the 1683 Siege of Vienna, effectively ending Ottoman expansion into Western ...

Iran’s president declared his nation was in a “total war” with the US, Israel and Europe, just as Tehran looks to rebuild its nuclear capabilities and strengthen ties with Hamas. Masoud Pezeshkian ...

“We have to accept losing our children.” For France’s citizens, the statement in November by General Fabien Mandon, head of their armed forces, fell like a thunderbolt. The possibility of a conflict ...

Union Gen. David Hunter led 18,000 troops in the Army of West Virginia up the Shenandoah Valley in June 1864 with orders to destroy Confederate rail transportation hubs at Staunton and Lynchburg.

Before there was a film industry in Hollywood, there was the Star Film Ranch in San Antonio. At the dawn of cinema, a group ...

On Jan. 20, 1863, Union Gen. Ambrose Burnside’s winter offensive collapsed into the infamous Mud March as heavy rain and deep ...