They say that when Sesostris died, his son Pheros inherited the kingdom. He performed no military feats, but was blinded in the following...

Another Egyptian custom resembles one practiced by the Spartans alone among the Hellenes. Young people make way and stand aside for their...

At drinking parties of wealthy Egyptians, they always follow the end of their dinner by having a man carry around a corpse made of wood...

I was so much dissatisfied with Warren’s dilatory movements in the battle of White Oak Road and in his failure to reach Sheridan in time,...

The organization for supplying the army was very complete. Each brigade furnished a company to gather supplies of forage and provisions...

I had been at West Point with Hays for three years, and had served with him through the Mexican War, a portion of the time in the same...

The worst excuse a soldier can make for declining service is that he once ranked the commander he is ordered to report to. Grant, Ulysses...

Bragg was a remarkably and intelligent and well-informed man, professionally and otherwise. He was also thoroughly upright. But he was...

In time of war the President, being by the Constitution Commander-in-chief of the Army and Navy, is responsible for the selection of...

Southerners were rejoicing and gloating after a Yankee defeat: The news of the capture of Holly Springs and the destruction of our...

Then, in my particular case, I had been at West Point at about the right time to meet most of the graduates who were of a suitable age at...

General Franklin Pierce had joined the army in Mexico, at Puebla, a short time before the advance upon the capital commenced. He had...

On the evening of the first day out from Goliad we heard the most unearthly howling of wolves, directly in our front. The prairie grass...

The line between the Rebel and Union element in Georgetown was so marked that it led to divisions even in the churches. There were...

"The next day Mr. Payne, of Georgetown, and I started on our return. We got along very well for a few miles, when we encountered a...

The appointment seemed to support Grant’s own assertion that “it is men who wait to be selected, and not those who seek, from whom we may...

The President had exerted his most fervent efforts to persuade Litvinov, the Soviet Ambassador, newly restored to favour by the turn of...

I will say that he must indeed have a blind soul who cannot see that some great purpose and design is being worked out here below, of...

It is one thing to see the forward path and another to be able to take it. But it is better to have an ambitious plan than none at all....

We often hear military experts inculcate the doctrine of giving priority to the decisive theatre. There is a lot in this. But in war this...

Rule of conduct of Admiral Lord Fisher: ‘Moderation in war is folly. If you strike, strike hard and wherever you can.’ Churchill, Winston...

If we lose our Money, it gives us some Concern. If we are cheated or robb’d of it, we are angry: But Money lost may be found; what we are...

On the 25th of this month, anno 1642, was born the great Sir Isacc Newton, prince of the modern astronomers and philosophers. But what is...

Doing an Injury puts you below your Enemy; Revenging one makes you but even with him; Forgiving it sets you above him. Franklin,...