At the end of the 18th/early 19th century, Russia tried to join the expansion race to compete with European nations. In 1799, Emperor Paul I…
Want to see an actual Confederate ironclad riverboat? You may remember hearing about the “Merrimack” and the “Monitor”, two of the most famous ironclad warships…
On July 17, 1790, the US Congress announced that a swampy, muddy, mosquito-infested plot of land on the Potomac River would be the permanent US…