Hugh Collum was my great-great grandfather. His son was in WWI, as I have found proof of that. I know he was in a war, but I don't know which one. It...
I have used Ancestry.com quite extensively, and have been very successful with finding war records (actual pictures). My great-grandfather has...
I was wondering if another civil war would be possible? I want to say that some laws (established by Lincoln, or others) had been written up, making...
The Vietnam war ended when I was still a baby, but I have known numerous people that were in it. My mom had a boyfriend who was really weird about...
Biological warfare isn't new. Assyria poisoned enemy wells with fungi as far back as the 6th-century. In 1789 British marines used small pox as a...
I was perusing death totals of American wars, and it was very evident that most other wars Americans have fought did not come close to the totals...
A middle-of-the-road estimate of people killed in the 20 years of the Vietnam war is about 2.5 million. A vast majority of these deaths were of...
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I guess the British just couldn't help but try to control Americans, even after being defeated 30-odd years before. Those guys were arrogant! After...
Many may not realize it, but in some instances women would follow troops around from place to place as they marched. They would give "comfort" to the...
There was always conflict in America, amongst it's own people. Loyalists argued against the Revolutionary War. People wanted to abolish slavery then,...
How would America have turned out in the Antebellum era and up to the time of the Civil War if slavery ended in the 1770's? Let's say that every...
Many of the devices created or re-devised were battle-related. Some of the best were ironclad ships, double-barrel cannon (that didn't work well),...
I saw a segment about this early submarine last night on TV. The Confederates were trying to break a blockade of supplies overseas. The submarine...
When I think of the drafts and famous people, two names spring to mind instantly. One is Elvis Presley, and the other is Clark Gable. Both men used...
As most people probably know, Muhammad Ali refused to be drafted. His famous lines included "I ain't got no quarrel with those Vietcong" and "No...
Capone would have been the right age for WWI. I read that he told people that he was a part of the Lost Battalion, of which only 194 were rescued out...
The only deaths of Americans on continental US soil occurred in Oregon on May 5, 1945 (incidentally, this was the wedding day of my grandparents). A...
The Nazis sometimes had other plans than total decimation of "substandard people". In operation Bernhard they used highly skilled engravers, acquired...
I understand that Federal money from the Civil War, like all US currency, can be spent at face value. I realize that since the Confederacy was never...
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