In 1754, the British and French empires in North America were both competing for control of the Ohio country. This region, between the Ohio River and...
After the United States won the War of 1812, Americans wanted to develop a domestic economy. Domestic manufacturing and improved transportation would...
On June 28, 1778, a vicious battle raged several miles west of present-day Freehold, New Jersey. It included some of the longest sustained combat of...
During the Battle of Fredericksburg, Confederate General Robert E. Lee looked at Chatham and supposedly said in answer to James Horace Lacy, “[Major]...