Explore how South Carolina moved from a "plantation culture" in 1670 to a "growing research center and banking state" today. South Carolina played a major role in the Revolutionary War and the Civil War.

An extensive look at the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo in April, 1942. Read about the mission, how it was developed, the people involved, and its outcome. Included are several photographs and a list of resources.

First-hand account of a pilot who flew on the mission to bomb Tokyo in 1942 as part of the Doolittle Raid.

This article introduces the characters, conventions, and historical context of Restoration comedy, and explores what the genre has to say about gender, courtship, and class.

This resource provides information about the surrender by General Pemberton at Vicksburg.

A brief biography of General Morgan, the Robin Hood of the South, who led his raiders on a wild ride through Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio.

Brief biographical history of President Ronald Reagan.

Read how Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter moved his fleet past the Vicksburg batteries and lost only one transport.

Samuel Ryan Curtis (February 3, 1805 - December 26, 1866) was an American military officer, most famous for his role in the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War.

This easy-to-navigate site has Abraham Lincoln's biography, significant events in his life, an image gallery, and several video clips.

George Henry Thomas (July 31, 1816 - March 28, 1870) was a career United States Army officer and a Union General during the American Civil War, one of the principal commanders in the Western Theater. Thomas served in the Mexican-American...

One of two surviving South Dakota-class battleships, Alabama was commissioned in 1942 and spent forty months in active service in World War II's Pacific theater, earning nine battle stars over twenty-six engagements with the Japanese.

Felix Kirk Zollicoffer (May 19, 1812 - January 19, 1862) was a newspaperman, three-term United States Congressman from Tennessee, officer in the United States Army, and a Confederate brigadier general during the American Civil War. He...