Women war heroes prove that bravery and endurance are not reserved for male military personnel. Many women have served on the front lines, in the resistance, ...
When the Civil War broke out in 1861, Grant joined the Union Army and rapidly rose in rank to general. Grant was persistent in his pursuit of the Confederate enemy, winning major battles and gaining Union control of the Mississippi River. In March 1864, President Lincoln promoted Grant to ...
After the Civil War, the final push to move all Indian tribes onto reservations began again in 1867. The Comanche continued to fight until they were finally moved onto Indian Territory in 1874. Even after the Native Americans were forced into Oklahoma Indian Territory, much of the land promised...
Joseph survived the war, but died in Henry County on August 31, 1865 either from rheumatism (according to the Virginia Death Register) or “measles contracted while in military service of this state” (according to Eliza’s widow’s pension application from 1888). Eliza died October 26, 1910...
While doing some “F.A.N. Club” research (Friends, Associates, Neighbors — see this post for an explanation), I was looking at the family that my great-great grandfather Fred L. Moore was boarding with in 1920 in Berrien County, Michigan. In January 1920, Fred, having separated from...
Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American statesman and lawyer who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. Lincoln led the nation through the American Civil War, its bloodiest war and its greatest moral,...
In this role, he fought organized crime and was instrumental in advocating for civil rights legislation. After the tragic assassination of his brother, John F. Kennedy, in 1963, Robert Kennedy's political path led him to the U.S. Senate, representing New York. His tenure as a senator was...
He is also the first American of African ancestry to be a mechanical and electrical engineer after the Civil War. Self-taught, he concentrated most of his work on trains and streetcars. One of his notable inventions was the Multiplex Telegraph, a device that sent messages between train ...
He later accepted an offer to work with Alec Guinness in a John Gielgud production of Hamlet. He first appeared on television in 1938 as Seigneur de Miolans in the BBC broadcast of The Marvellous History of St Bernard. During the Second World War Le Mesurier was posted to British India, ...
His foreign policy was based on patience, peace, and no alliances; it kept Britain free from European wars and improved relations with the United States after the strain during the American Civil War. Age: Dec. at 75 (1815-1891) Birthplace: London, England Michael Dummett Philosopher Sir ...