One of the Millions of Hurricane Katrina Stories
One of the Millions of Hurricane Katrina Stories I survived Hurricane Katrina, but it transformed me. I am a different person. I feel more loved than I did a week ago, and I very much […]
Death in 2011
On March 11, 2011, a massive earthquake and tidal wave hit Japan. Hawaii was on tsunami alert. We anxiously waited for the unknown. Every thing changes and every thing ages. One moment is superseded by […]
DOD Press Releases
Department of Defense Press Releases 1994 DOD Press Release – 1994 October 1995 DOD Press Release – 1995 January DOD Press Release – 1995 April DOD Press Release – 1995 October DOD Press Release […]
Voyage of the Beagle
CHAPTER I ST. JAGO — CAPE DE VERD ISLANDSPorto Praya — Ribeira Grande — Atmospheric Dust withInfusoria — Habits of a Sea-slug and Cuttle-fish — St.Paul’s Rocks, non-volcanic — Singular Incrustations —Insects the first Colonists […]
The Origin of Species by Natural Selection
INTRODUCTION. When on board H.M.S. Beagle, as naturalist, I was much struck with certain facts in the distribution of the organic beings inhabiting South America, and in the geological relations of the present to the […]
The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex
It has often and confidently been asserted, that man's origin can never be known: but ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, […]
Hunting Buffalo in the Luangwa Valley
The Luangwa Valley is a land of unspoiled beauty and plentiful wildlife. During my two year contract working in the Valley, I was overwhelmed with its wildlife and remoteness. Whilst guiding clients on photographic safaris […]
Captain Patrick Collins – timeline
Captain Patrick Collins Born 17 March, 1833 in Tipperary, Ireland 1855 Enlisted in the Army 14 May 1861 Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the Regular Army 14th Infantry 24 Oct 1861 Promoted to Full 1st […]
Battle at Bull Run
Camp First Battalion, Fourteenth Infantry, On Hall's Hill, near Washington, September 4, 1862. Sir: I have the honor, in compliance with the orders received on the 3d, to report the part taken by the First […]
Battle of Antietam
No. 100. Report of Capt. W. Harvey Brown, Fourteenth U. S. Infantry, of the battle of Antietam. Hdqrs. First Battalion Fourteenth Infantry, Camp near Sharpsburg, Md., September 24, 1862. Sir: In compliance with instructions this […]