The Peninsula campaign was an intricate military operation planned by the then General-in-Chief of the Union army George McClellan, but the campaign didn’t go according to plan. Why was that? […]
Why was the relationship between Abraham Lincoln and the then General-in-Chief of the Union Army George McClellan strained? Was this strain also indicative of larger disparities in terms what different people thought about the war itself? […]
George B. McClellan had a disproportionately major impact on the American civil war, in the Eastern Theater. How did he rise in the ranks to hold the power to have such an impact? […]
An episode in American history that you probably won’t read about in any textbook is the so-called Business Plot of 1934. […]
There was a turnaround of events when Grant, the Unionist commander, marched to recapture all that which was lost to the Confederates. What resulted was unexpected in spite of well-planned Confederate concentration. […]
Attack by the Confederates caught the Federals off-guard to drive back most of their army towards the Tennessee River. But what was it that kept general Grant composed during the crisis? […]
The Union’s triumph at various places against the Confederates resulted in further planning for the next battle of Shiloh. Why was Shiloh considered an important battle? […]
Freemasonry in America had spread in colonies during the 1730s. Despite the talk about equality, why was the membership pricey and thus filled with people of influence. […]
From Boston Tea Party to crowds outside Paris’ Bastille, a beginning to a transformed world. Was there an influence of secret societies on those upheavals? […]
The American continent was in the Waldseemüller map now gaining popularity for the name, America. This also resulted in travel and physical contacts between Old and the New World under a term known as ‘Columbian Exchange’. Why was it considered, an environmental turning point? Read more to find it out! […]
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