United States History Books

At over two-dozen national parks, the American Revolution awaits discovery. The essays in this handbook are a tool in the process of rediscovering ...

Most of us are familiar with iconic national monuments such as Gettysburg National Military Park, the Washington Monument, the Statue of Liberty, a...

The Battle of Antietam is known for not only being the bloodiest single day battle in the American history but also for being the turning point in ...

Learn about the first president of the US from author Peter Hannaford. In The Essential George Washington, he collects observations on the nation's...

The Fall of Fort Henry discusses the battle at the fort that led to a very important Union vitory during the Civil War. The fall of the fort gave t...

Fortress. Redoubt. Stronghold. Tower. Castle. Bastion. No matter the word for them, forts across the United States have stood the test of time and ...

Why was a fort constructed along the Mississippi named Massachusetts? Why build a fortification on a barrier island far from the mainland shore? Wh...

In 1903 and 1904, the Hensleys, and their relatives the Gibbons, moved to Brush Mountain. While there, they carved out new farms on the remote moun...

An estimated two hundred photographers rushed to Johnstown to record what was clearly the greatest natural disaster of the 19th century. Carrying p...

The battles of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775, mark the start of the American Revolutionary War. On this day, tensions finally boiled ove...

"My race needs no special defense, for the past history of them in this country proves them to be equal of any people anywhere. All they need is an...

Dawn was just emerging from a cold February night when Loyalist forces marching alongside Scottish Highlanders, attempted to cross the dismantled M...

Established in 1978, New River Gorge National Park & Preserve encompasses over 70,000 acres of land along 53 miles of the New River from Bluest...

Reconstruction is one of the most complicated, poorly understood, and most significant periods in American history. After the Civil War, the U.S. g...

Through personal letters and academic scholarship, To Live and Die Amongst the Monongahela Hills introduces readers to the historic life of Albert ...

Fortress. Redoubt. Stronghold. Tower. Castle. Bastion. No matter the word for them, forts across the United States have stood the test of time and ...

The city of Vicksburg, Mississippi, was highly desired by both the Union and the Confederacy during the Civil War because it was situated on a bluf...

The life of William HowardTaft displays a beautiful consistency and coherence, the sort which few lives have, because it was infused with one anima...

Few great inventors have left behind them so complete and enthralling a record of their work and thoughts than did Orville and Wilbur Wright—the su...

The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. --19th A...

In its time it was called the Great War, the War to End All Wars, but today the events surrounding World War I are dimly recalled, reduced to a han...