The 8th Illinois Cavalry Regiment engaged in the first action of the Battle of Gettysburg, defending Union positions and ...

Confederate Lieutenant Henry S. Farley pulled the trigger of a large cannon at Fort Sumter at 4:30 a.m. on April 12, 1861. The shell flew upward through the dark sky over Charleston Harbor and burst ...

On June 14, 1775, the Continental Congress called for 10 companies of expert riflemen to be organized and sent to Boston to assist the militia facing ...

Firstly, an Abstract Secondly, the text of Memoir of an Artillery Officer in the First World War. The title page indicates a creation date of 1960. Thirdly, maps and illustrations that accompany the ...