As June wore on, Grant pressed the siege with vigor. Johnston tried to help Pemberton, but could not.…
The Gunpowder Plot of 1605, or the Powder Treason, as it was known at the time, was a failed assassination…
The torpedoes used by the Confederates were various in form and construction. The most efficient ones…
The steam-vessels were protected by torpedo-nets formed of ropes weighted with iron or lead, and furnished…