The Historian's Books

09/15/2026

https://allthingsliberty.com/2026/09/an-irruption-into-canada-the-planned-winter-campaign-of-1778/

Just a few months after the Revolutionary War began, Congress authorized the invasion of Canada. After some initial success, the invading forces were defeated at the Battle of Quebec in December 1775 and were forced out of Canada entirely the following June. Despite this failure, many still expected...

09/15/2026

Soldiers from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps have been killed in rare, hours-long street clashes with armed militants

🔗 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/09/14/irgc-soldiers-gunned-down-in-street-clashes-in-iran/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_fb_photo_in-street-clashes-in-iran/

09/13/2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EH-DrPev1Ak

Just after WW1 ended a young Walt Disney served in France with the ...

09/13/2026

Today in 1779, Gálvez’s army reached Baton Rouge.

What they saw was intimidating: Fort New Richmond was protected by a stockade, a wide ditch, artillery and hundreds of British, German and militia defenders.

The march had taken a severe toll. Illness, heat and exhaustion had left many of Gálvez’s original troops unable to fight.

A direct assault across open ground could become a disaster.

The young governor had reached Baton Rouge. Now he had to outthink it.

Visit the Cabildo on Jackson Square to explore Gálvez and Louisiana in the American Revolution, or discover the full story of Gálvez on the Move at LouisianaStateMuseum.org/Galvez-on-the-Move/

Digital Painting by Mitchel Nolte. Courtesy of THGC Publishing.

This project was made possible in part by grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities (LEH). Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this exhibition do not necessarily represent those of the NEH or LEH.

09/13/2026

~ In Pulaski's first military engagement the British broke through American lines and started bearing down on Washington himself, so Pulaski unhesitatingly led the 30-man bodyguard unit straight into combat, charging the rapidly closing enemy while still wearing the military dress uniform of the Polish hussars. Pulaski is credited with saving the life of the commander-in-chief of Continental Forces and the future First President of the United States.
Washington rewarded him by inducting the Count into the Freemasons and appointing him the first overall commander of all American cavalry forces.
General Pulaski responded to this honor by writing the book on American cavalry. Literally. As in, he wrote the manual for American cavalry tactics, strategy, training, and organization, basing it largely on time-honored Polish cavalry customs dating back to the days of the Winged Hussars. Some of the fundamentals set up by Pulaski are still employed in current U.S. cavalry operations, a detail that usually gets Pulaski referred to as "The Father of American Cavalry".

Pic: Pulaski at the Battle of Brandywine-by Pamela Patrick White

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, Pulaski is -in-chief of and the future First

Chronology of Casimir Pulaski's Life 1745-1779 https://web.archive.org/web/20190713071142/http://www.poles.org/PulaskiBio.html

09/13/2026

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The South Africa 1877-79 Medal awarded to Private H. Perkins, 2nd Battalion, 24th (The 2nd Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot, who was killed in action at the disastrous Battle of Isandhlwana on 22 January 1879South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1877-8-9 (1134. Pte. H. Perkins. 2/24th Foot.), toned, edge bru...

09/12/2026

https://nhm.org/stories/excavating-20-years-triassic-discovery-ghost-ranch-new-mexico

Dig into the 20th year of excavations at the famed site and discover how the project continues to fuel fossil researchers

09/12/2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUSqo35hJQc

Discover the real Macbeth behind Shakespeare's legend - a king whos...

09/12/2026