My Name is Gaius Julius Caesar: Born of Noble Blood I was born into a noble Roman family, the Julii, descendants—so we claimed—of Venus...

My Name is Gaius Marius, Citizen Soldier (157 - 86 BC) I was not born in marble halls or within Rome’s mighty walls. My story began in...

The Rise and Fall of Tiberius Gracchus The streets of Rome bustled with life as merchants called out their wares, soldiers marched...

Hannibal Barca: The Man Who Defied Rome I am Lucius Junius Brutus, the founder of the Roman Republic. I have watched Rome rise, seen her...

The Legend of Romulus and Remus The sky burned with the light of dawn as the Tiber River flowed steadily through the land that would one...

The End of the War and the Burden of Peace - Told by President Abraham Lincoln I remember the moment the news arrived. General Lee had...

“Preparation”: My Strategy Before the Siege of Petersburg – Told by Grant The Need for a Decisive Move By the spring of 1864, I had seen...

“Down the Torpedoes!”: Union Navy in the Civil War – Told by Admiral Farragut When the war between North and South broke out in 1861, I...

The War Before the Election of 1864 Told by Abraham Lincoln As the summer of 1864 settled over the land, I felt the full burden of a...

My Name is General William Tecumseh Sherman A Boy Named After a Shawnee Chief I was born on a brisk winter day—February 8, 1820, in...

My Strategy in the Overland Campaign - Told by General Ulysses S. Grant When President Lincoln entrusted me with command of all Union...

My Name is Allan Pinkerton I was born on August 25, 1819, in the Gorbals area of Glasgow, Scotland, a place of smoke and struggle, where...

My Name is Clara Barton A Shy Girl with a Fierce Heart (1821–1839) I was born on Christmas Day in 1821, in North Oxford, Massachusetts....

My Name is George Gordon Meade I was born on December 31, 1815, in the port city of Cádiz, Spain—a fact that surprises most who know me...

Africans And African Americans Before the War: A Story By Harriet Tubman I reckon most folks don’t know where we truly come from. Before...

I, Benito Juárez: From Humble Beginnings, to President, to Rebel for Mexico I was born on March 21, 1806, in the small Zapotec village of...

Fredrick Douglass: Bondage to Freedom for All I was born in February 1818, though I was never told the exact day. My birthplace was a...

A Life Built on Rails: The Story of Herman Haupt I was born in 1817 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a city buzzing with possibility. From...

The Life of “Stonewall” Jackson: A Man of Faith, War, and Contradictions Thomas Jonathan Jackson was born on January 21, 1824, in...

A Southern Son of the Union (1805–1825) Robert Anderson was born on June 14, 1805, in Louisville, Kentucky, a border state torn between...