Who founded the Virginia colony? What did King James I give to the Virginia Company to start the colony of Virginia? Who was the proprietor of the colony of Maryland? Who led Confederate forces in Virginia? Who did Virginia rely on for most of its labor in its initial years as a colony...
Who won the Battle of Gettysburg? Battles of the U.S. Civil War The Battle of Gettysburg occurred from July 1, 1863, through July 3, 1863, between the Union and Confederate armies fighting in the U.S. Civil War. It's considered to be the bloodiest battle of the Civil War, with arou...
was soundly beaten by Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia, due in part to Pope’s misapprehension of the battlefield, confused orders and the reluctance of other Union commanders to come to his aid. Confederate lieutenant
the rebels rallied and were able to break the Union right flank, sending the Federals into a chaotic retreat towards Washington. The Confederate victory gave the South a surge of confidence and shocked many in the North, who realized the war would not be won as easily as they had hoped. ...
The Battle of Gettysburg: The Battle of Gettysburg was a major turning point in the American Civil War. The Confederate States' loss to the Union Army stopped their northward progression. It was a bloody battle but an important victory for the U.S. ...
But it would be another century before a submarine finally succeeded in sinking an enemy vessel in combat. On the evening of February 17, 1864, the Confederate submarineCSS H.L. Hunleyattacked the Union sloop-of-warUSS Housatonic,one of dozens of ships blockading the harbour at Charleston, ...
Orville Elias Babcock (December 25, 1835 – June 2, 1884) was an American engineer and general in the Union Army during the Civil War. An aide to General Ulysses S. Grant during and after the war, he was President Grant's private secretary at the White House, Superintendent of Buildings...
Confederate veteran and an American pharmacist, and is best known for being the inventor of Coca-Cola. In April 1865, Colonel John Pemberton of the Confederate Army was wounded in the Battle of Columbus, Georgia. He was slashed across his chest and like many wounded veterans became addicted ...
WASHINGTON - A Maryland man who used a lacrosse stick attached to a Confederate battle flag to shove a police officer during the U.S. Capitol riot was sentenced on Wednesday to five months in prison, according to a Justice Department spokesman. U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper also...
aKNOW YOUR HISTORY: Memorial Day was started by former slaves on May, 1, 1865 in Charleston, SC to honor 257 dead union Soldiers who had been buried in a mass grave in a Confederate prison camp. They dug up the bodies and worked for 2 weeks to give them a proper burial as gratitude...