Late in the afternoon of May 6th, 1864, Confederate General Jubal Early successfully attacked troops under the command of General John Sedgwick. During that night, General Grant was receiving reports about the “disaster” that had befallen Sedgwick, one of the Union generals expressed grave concerns that Lee would follow up on the Confederate success and [...]
There are few stories about the War in Iraq that affected me emotionally as reading about Lt. Colonel Michael Strobl’s story of escorting home the body of PFC Chance Phelps in a series called Taking Chance — now we’re told that HBO is releasing a made for tv movie with the same title on February [...]
Jules Crittenden writes As we speak, mild-looking old men are limping through airports all over the United States. Each wears a black Stetson cavalry hat, and each is making his way to, of all places, Boise, Idaho. If their fellow travelers ever knew… Ed “Too-Tall” Freeman, winner of the Congressional Medal of Honor for his [...]