Video: In4 Minutes
The In4 video series features historians discussing foundational topics about the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, and Civil War. Videos are generally no more than four minutes long, and subjects range from a description of notable generals, to an explanation of artillery, to a description of the significance of the Western Theater, or Southern Campaign.
The Continental Congress
The members of the Continental Congress pledged their lives and fortunes to the ideals of American Independence and the creation of The United States...
Women and The Civil War
Sarah Kay Bierle of the American Battlefield Trust details the many women on both the Union and Confederate side that made a name for themselves...
British Parliament and The American Revolution
The political study of the American Revolution tends to focus on the Continental Congress versus King George III, but the legislative body of Great...
Battle of New Market
In May 1864, as part of a major Union offensive, General Ulysses S. Grant ordered General Sigel to move up the Shenandoah Valley cutting the rail...
George Washington
Leader of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War and sequentially becoming the First President of the United States, George Washington is...
Kings Mountain
The fierce firefight at Kings Mountain pitted Loyalist militia elements under the command of British major Patrick Ferguson against 900 patriots. The...