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President Abraham Lincoln with General George B. McClellan in McClellan's tent after the Battle of Antietam from the American Civil War, photograph by Alexander Gardner, 3 October 1862. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

General George B. McClellan and his wife, Ellen Mary Marcy, photograph, c. 1860-1865. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Odysseus, the legendary king of Ithaca, belongs to the Greek Heroic Age, traditionally associated with the Trojan War near the end of the Late Bronze Age (conventionally c. 13th–12th centuries BCE). His story moves through three connected...

The Kingdom of Jerusalem (1099–1291) emerged in the aftermath of the First Crusade (1096–1099) and became the most prestigious of the Crusader states established in the Levant. Although created through conquest, its rulers faced the continual...

A photograph showing a house in Oku, Tokyo destroyed by a US B-25 Mitchell bomber of the Doolittle Raid which attacked Japan on 18 April 1942 during the Second World War (1939-45).

A photograph of Lt-Colonel James H. Doolittle (1896-1993) – second from the left –and his flight crew about to set off in their B-25 Mitchell bomber on the Doolittle Raid which attacked Japan on 18 April 1942 during the Second World War...

A photograph showing a B-25 Mitchell bomber taking off from the US aircraft carrier Hornet on its way to participating in the Doolittle Raid which attacked Japan on 18 April 1942 during the Second World War (1939-45). US National Archives...

A photograph showing the US aircraft carrier Hornet and a B-25 Mitchell bomber taking off on the Doolittle Raid which attacked Japan on 18 April 1942 during the Second World War (1939-45). Imperial War Museums

The rise and reign of Tsar Samuil of Bulgaria (effective rule c. 976–997; tsar 997–1014) marked the final sustained effort of the First Bulgarian Empire (681–1018) to preserve its independence against Eastern Roman expansion. Following the...

Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, photograph by Judson McCranie, 11 October 2009. Shown here is Fort Sumter, a notable location in US history that marked the beginning of the American Civil War. It is now a national monument...