Even before the siege of Vicksburg commenced, food was a problem in the city. Confederate soldiers engaged in “the customary pilfering—fruits, vegetables, chickens, and livestock disappeared; troops drained the city of supplies, created shortages, and sent … Read the article
When the U. S. Navy sends their elite, they send the SEALs. When the SEALs send their elite, they send SEAL Team Six, the navy’s equivalent to the army’s Delta Force—tasked with counterterrorism … Read the article
Following the war’s close in 1918, there had developed a widespread feeling that a bonus of some nature should be granted to the ex-servicemen. By the time the matter reached the front burners in Congress in … Read the article
You see them in long-range photos on the evening news and old black-and white pictures in books about Vietnam. They are iconic; the woman in a black dress, her heels sinking into the dirt that always seems … Read the article
April 9, 1865, General Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to General Ulysses S. Grant, at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia. This followed the Union’s shattering of the Confederate forces during the April 6, 1865 Battle … Read the article
By Stephen R. Brown
The bull Inter Caetera and several other bulls from the same era form the basis of the 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas between Spain and Portugal. The treaty was, among other things, a catalyst in the development … Read the article
WWII-era Okinawa Videos (Credit: PublicResource.org)
CALLIE OETTINGER was Command Posts’ first managing editor. Her interest in military history, policy and fiction took root when she was a kid, traveling and living the life … Read the article
Libya’s Revolution in Perspective
1969–2000
The September 1, 1969 coup in Libya that brought Libya’s young military officers to power put an end to the Sanusi kingdom—at the time universally considered as anachronistic. But while the general expectation … Read the article
March 9, 1862 saw the battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac (CSS Virginia)—one of the most well-known battles of the Civil War and the “first battle between ironclad war ships.”
From John R. Eggleston, … Read the article
President Lincoln’s Hand-Written March 4, 1861 Inaugural Address (click on image below to view, credit: Library of Congress)
President Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address (click on image below to view, credit: Library of Congress)
President Lincoln’s Hand-Written March … Read the article
