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Viking Raid on Paris: Ragnar Lodbrok's Siege (+ 13 more historical events on this day!)

A Daily Dose of History (29 Mar 2026) Today's historical events: Paris is sacked by Viking raiders, probably under Ragnar Lodbrok, who collects a huge ransom in exchange for leaving. The Ottoman Empire under Murad II captures Thessalonica from the Republic of Venice. Battle of Towton: Edward …

Episode 56 — Tales of the Rangers, Part VI — The Road to Mexico City

In 1847, General Winfield Scott landed an American Army at the port of Veracruz and pushed west to take Mexico City. The Texas Rangers under Col. John Coffee Hays were tasked with counter-guerrilla operations to keep the vital supply line between Veracruz and Mexico City open. Sources: Mixed Bles…

The Mexican War: An Adventure in Imperialism, Part 4

In this episode, I cover the capture of Dragoons by Mexican forces which kicks off the War itself. I then go into detail about the first two battles of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma before covering the arrival of the volunteers, the horrid conditions in camp, the politics in Washington DC, and t…

Fall Asleep to the ENTIRE Story of the Trail of Tears _ A Journey Across America

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Close your eyes and travel back to the spring of 1838, when the last Cherokee families were dragged from their homes by bayonet point and herded into crowded stockades like cattle. A story of forced marches, shattered lives, and a nation's survival against all odds. General Winfield Scott's 7,000 s…

Fall Asleep to the ENTIRE Story of the Trail of Tears _ A Journey Across America

· bản chuyển biên
Close your eyes and journey back to the spring of 1838, when the last Cherokee families were dragged from their homes by bayonet point and herded into crowded stockades like cattle. A story of forced marches, shattered lives, and a nation's survival against all odds.General Winfield Scott's 7,000 s…

"The Best Soldier": Robert E. Lee's Mexican War Heroics

After watching him perform so valiantly as an officer in the Mexican-American War, General Winfield Scott would publicly declare Robert E. Lee to be "the very best soldier that I ever saw in the field." This is the story of what Lee accomplished as a middle-aged scout and engineer in the Mexican ca…

Virginia Warrior: Robert E. Lee's Agonizing Road to War

After his Mexican-American War triumph and success at Fort Carroll, Robert E Lee faced a decade of frustration that culminated in his being the man who stopped John Brown at Harper's Ferry, and soon faced the impossible choice between leading the armies of his nation or his native state when tensio…

Episode # 3: Winfield Scott & The Mexican American War

The Briefing Room https://sites.google.com/view/briefingroom-homework/home Primary Sources & Official Records 1.      General Headquarters of the Army, General Order No. 20 (1847) Issued by Winfield Scott at Tampico, Mexico (February 19,1847). o    Details:Establishes martial law, military commiss…

The War of 1812 - Part III

Part III is here. The Americans started the war on the worst foot possible, but were changing the tide. The battles heat up, the scope of the war expands. Winfield Scott to Andrew Jackson, Alabama to the Northwest Atlantic, all that and more. Rate the show, comment, and connect with us on Instagra…

Militias and Generals: Kevin Schmiesing on Erasmus Darwin Keyes and the Militia Immaculata

From a Civil War major general with an evocative name to a world-spanning Marian movement born in Rome, what key milestones mark this week in Catholic history? On The Son Rise Morning Show, host Matt Swaim welcomes back Kevin Schmiesing—historian with the Freedom and Virtue Institute, co-host of th…