The Transcontinental Railroad
On July 1, 1862, well into the second year of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Pacific Railroad Act of 1862. While amid a country...
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Worth to Us an Army: The Jones-Imboden Raid
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, running westward from Baltimore to the Ohio River, commanded the attention of both armies during the Civil War. A...
Duke Against Augusta
Nestled along the river plain forty-three miles above Cincinnati sits the idyllic Ohio River town of Augusta, Kentucky. On the afternoon of September...
"The Year of Jubilee Has Come" - The First South Carolina Infantry at Camp Saxton
As Prince Rivers stood on a freshly constructed platform in the shade of moss-covered live oak trees at Camp Saxton, he looked down upon the faces of...
The Aftermath of the Battle at Culp's Hill
Few places saw fighting that was as prolonged and deadly as it was at Culp’s Hill during the battle of Gettysburg. Witnessing fighting on both July 2...
Common Diseases of the 18th and 19th Century
In an age before modern medicine, getting sick from disease was a scary but normal part of life. There were several common illnesses that were found...
Warrior Legacy: Ceo Bauer
Ceo Bauer is part of a shrinking subset of the American Battlefield Trust’s membership, soldiers of the Greatest Generation who fought in World War II...
What is a Minuteman?
The marker sits upon the northeast corner of the Town Common in Lexington, Massachusetts. The granite slab denotes the approximate spot where...
The Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence is one of the founding and most fundamental documents of the United States. On July 4, 1776, during the American...
Troupe Movements
Theater has long thrived in the land we know as the United States, as the trials and tribulations presented in different works often have timeless...
Battle of the Bands
From Revolution to Civil War, music has provided an outlet for American soldiers in camp and propelled them forward in battle. Lyrics were often...
Pontiac's Rebellion
Violence once again shattered the forests west of the Appalachian Mountains in the spring of 1763. The peace brought on by the end of the French and...