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 ...
A self-taught musician, he wore flashing goggles while playing the violin. But his real skill was as a painter, and his ...
The harsh realities of life as a disabled war veteran in Victorian Britain is revealed in a redcoat’s lost memoir. A ...
Nathan Tate was a D.C. police officer defending the U.S. Capitol on January 6. Now he’s trying to find the lesson in it.
Actor Chris McKay playing Shadrack Byfield (centre) in the 2011 PBS documentary 'The War of 1812'. This battle scene ...
*Asquiedenchol* (1803 to 1822 – San Buenaventura and Janos, Chihuahua/ Bavispe, Sonora) This is a sound-based rendering. It concerns the direct equivalent Apache phonology, and it occurs somewhat ...
There are so many World War II documentaries out there, but other wars have been covered by other documentaries like Restrepo ...
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What caused the War of 1812?

The War of 1812 was a major conflict between the United States and Great Britain for control of the Northern Frontier. Often ...