Articles written by Harlan Whatley

An accomplished lawyer and soldier who had his Congressional Medal of Honor revoked, Gardiner coined the phrase "Reform be damned" when pundits criticized Tammany Hall.

May 18, 2008 - Harlan Whatley

Mansfield Lovell was a West Point educated engineer whose career as a Confederate general was tarnished by losing the port city of New Orleans to Admiral David Farragut.

Apr 16, 2008 - Harlan Whatley

Archibald Gracie, Jr. was from a prominent New York City family that owned cotton interests in Mobile, AL. He attended West Point when Robert E. Lee was commandant.

Apr 12, 2008 - Harlan Whatley

Part II of the history of the Veteran Corps of Artillery of the State of New York and the Military Society of the War of 1812.

Mar 13, 2008 - Harlan Whatley

Led by Colonel John Glover and his regiment from Marblehead, Massachusetts, a small group of Continental soldiers managed to fight off the British at Pelham, New York.

Mar 5, 2008 - Harlan Whatley

African-American men from all over America became part of the "Tuskegee Experiment," an Army Air Corps program that created "The Tuskegee Airmen" fighter squadron.

Mar 2, 2008 - Harlan Whatley

Part I of the history of the Veteran Corps of Artillery of the State of New York and the Military Society of the War of 1812.

Feb 19, 2008 - Harlan Whatley

The only kilted regiment to represent the Union Army in the American Civil War was comprised mostly of Scots and Scottish-Americans.

Feb 13, 2008 - Harlan Whatley

Hindenburg was Weimar Germany's second president, after Freidrich Ebert, and he lead the nation through tough financial times. He appointed Adolf Hitler as Chancellor.

Feb 7, 2008 - Harlan Whatley

During the summer of 1941, a group of American aviators known as the Flying Tigers prepared to face the Japanese Air Force in combat.

Jan 7, 2008 - Harlan Whatley

Over 200,000 carrier or homing pigeons were used by the Allied forces during World War I and II in order to conduct surveillance and relay messages to the front.

Jan 7, 2008 - Harlan Whatley

Before the United States' entry into WWII, many American pilots volunteered for service in the RAF and RCAF.

Dec 16, 2007 - Harlan Whatley

A brief history of the heroic unit of American pilots who flew for France before America joined World War One.

Dec 10, 2007 - Harlan Whatley