Angel Glow in the Civil War

In one of the first great battles of the Civil War, Grant’s Union Army was pitted against Johnston’s and Buell’s Confederate forces at Shiloh, in Tennessee. A now bucolic place in Tennessee, Shiloh is near the southern Tennessee border with Mississippi and Alabama, on...

Surprising Medical Advances During Wartime

Today is Memorial Day, the day we set aside to honor Americans who died in active military service. War is always horrible, but historians tell us that the attempt to save many lives during wars has always led to innovative technologies and new skills that have helped...