The Parthians, a warrior tribe from what is now modern-day Iran, were expert archers. Riding at full gallop on light horses, they pretended to retreat from an enemy, but turned in the saddle and fired arrows with deadly precision.… Read More
During the Revolutionary War, as many as half of the enslaved African adult males in Virginia, South Carolina, and Georgia fled their masters to fight on the side of the British, believing they had a better chance at freedom than with the American side.