History buffs are no doubt familiar with the story of Shadrack Byfield, a rank-and-file British redcoat who fought during the ...

Archival discoveries including a 19th-century autobiography transform our understanding of Shadrach Byfield, an English ...

A recurrent character in TV documentaries, books and museum exhibits in the USA and Canada, Byfield has been celebrated as an ...

A musket ball shattered Byfield ’s left forearm in 1814, nine days after the bloody nighttime fight at Lundy’s Lane, a ...

Archival discoveries including a 19th-century autobiography transform our understanding of Shadrack Byfield, an English veteran of the War of 1812 who ...

Supreme Court considers controversial Louisiana coastal erosion lawsuit against energy companies in case dating back to World ...

The harsh realities of life as a disabled war veteran in Victorian Britain is revealed in a redcoat’s lost memoir. A ...

Gracie Mansion, the official residence of New York City mayors, is now home to Mayor Zohran Mamdani. The “Little White House” ...

One of the most prominent grievances that led the United States to declare war on Great Britain in 1812 was the impressment ...

The trajectory of a life, and a distinguished military career, sometimes hinges on the smallest of chances, or in the case of ...

The blast consumed everyone near the bow. No witnesses survived to explain what triggered the detonation. A fireball erupted ...