He was a madcap adventurer and one of only two men to play for both the British Lions and the Wallabies – before dying on the ...

He became a soldier. Dutiful, taciturn and driven, Haig fought in senior roles in two full-scale wars—the Sudan campaign of 1898 and the Boer War of ... he noted in his diary after meeting ...

These words, believe it or not, were an entry in the diary of Theodor ... Since the war began, Israel has killed more than 1,000 members of medical, defence and aid teams in Gaza. Recently Israeli ...

Charles H. Walker settled in Columbia County after the war, and his descendants are committed to preserving and sharing his ...

White was in California on another book project when he happened across the diaries of George Buswell ... of Minnesota that lists all soldiers who fought in the war, so footnotes add another ...

Charles H. Walker's family is committed to preserving and sharing his diary, which has entries from September 1861 through ...

Article continues below Private John Hope kept diaries ... War One. “Suddenly I found I was writing a book as I found I had to put my grandpa in context. People will just think of him as a ...

The Militia Act, passed by Congress in 1862, allowed free Black men and formerly enslaved men to fight for the U.S. during the Civil War. These soldiers, part of the U.S. Colored Troops ...

When five pals from Sanquhar headed off to fight in World War One, it was meant to be a big adventure. But sadly it ended in tragedy, with just one of them returning home. Private John Hope kept ...

Amid the war with Russia, tens of thousands of Jews ... to distribute Passover kits to over 50,000 households, including soldiers at the front. A special innovation this year was the distribution ...