My grandfather Sidney Lipsyte, the son of immigrants who became a New York City public-school teacher and administrator, ...

When the Confederacy captured the Ironclad uss Indianola during the American Civil War, the Union's Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter thought up a ruse to make sure it wouldn't be salvaged and used ...

The epic, but unanticipated battle of Kesselsdorf cemented Prussia's position during peace negotiations. It was the final ...