• Years 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 or return to the main page. (wikipedia.org)
  • The American Civil War was fought in the United States from 1861 until 1865 between the United States - forces coming mostly from the 23 northern states of the Union - and the newly-formed Confederate States of America , which consisted of 11 southern states that had declared their secession . (fact-archive.com)
  • Following the turbulent years of the American Civil War, the United States underwent the Reconstruction Era between 1865 and 1877. (schoolhistory.co.uk)
  • When the Civil War ended in 1865, the poet was fifty-eight. (poets.org)
  • Later projects include consulting on the Hoosac Tunnel in 1862, the construction of a dam on the Deerfield River in 1863, and founding the Tremont Petroleum Co. in 1865 to speculate on petroleum in Western Pennsylvania. (masshist.org)
  • 1864 - American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea - Union General William Tecumseh Sherman begins burning Atlanta, Georgia to the ground in preparation for his march south. (military-quotes.com)
  • Abraham Lincoln's election led to secession and secession to war. (loc.gov)
  • After Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, which was effective on January 1, 1863, black soldiers were officially allowed to participate in the war. (loc.gov)
  • The civil war began a month after Lincoln's inaguration. (timetoast.com)
  • The eyewitness accounts, spanning from June 15, 1863, through Lincoln's address in November of that year to the throngs gathered to open the national cemetery on the battlefield, are compelling tales told by those literally trapped inside the lines of the two great, warring armies. (schifferbooks.com)
  • However, a clause in Abraham Lincoln's 1863 Emancipation Proclamation allowed for the raising of Black regiments. (geocaching.com)
  • But this racial equilibrium would come to a sharp and brutal end when President Lincoln's need to institute the first Federal Draft to support the Union Army would incite the deadly NY Draft Riots of July 1863. (broadway.com)
  • Widespread malaria delayed the Union victory during the American Civil War, contributing to Abraham Lincoln's decision to focus on the elimination of slavery. (cdc.gov)
  • Published in Harper's Weekly , January 31, 1863. (loc.gov)
  • On July 4, 1863, the popular magazine Harper's Weekly published a special "Independence Day" issue featuring a wood engraving of The Scourged Back , at the same time that the Battle of Gettysburg roiled in Pennsylvania. (bigthink.com)
  • On November 19, 1863 Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address. (timetoast.com)
  • In this book, the civilians who lived through the battle of Gettysburg recount this pivotal event in the American Civil War in their own words. (schifferbooks.com)
  • President Abraham Lincoln passed through Hanover Junction in November 1863 on his way to Gettysburg for the opening of the national cemetery. (unl.edu)
  • The Met specifically timed this exhibition to coincide with the anniversary of Gettysburg as a sign of that battle's central position in the influence of Civil War photography. (bigthink.com)
  • President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipatation Proclamation into law on Jan 1, 1863. (timetoast.com)
  • The Emancipation Proclamation " by President Abraham Lincoln, January 1, 1863. (thomhartmann.com)
  • These Deep South States, where slavery and cotton plantation agriculture were most dominant, formed the Confederate States of America February 4 , 1861 , with Jefferson Davis as President, and with a Constitution closely modeled on the U.S. Constitution (see also Confederate States Constitution ). (fact-archive.com)
  • Learn all about key moments through history including the origins of African History, Slavery & the American Civil War, the 21st century Black Lives Matter movement + much more. (schoolhistory.co.uk)
  • Decades before the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, post-colonial America faced tension over the issues of slavery intertwined with territorial expansion and state's rights. (schoolhistory.co.uk)
  • Historians argue that the institution of slavery was the main reason behind one of the bloodiest wars in American history. (schoolhistory.co.uk)
  • Over the six lessons in the course, you'll learn about the origins of African History in America, slavery and the American Civil War, African-Americans during the Reconstruction Era, the era of the Civil Rights Movement, influential African-Americans & Black Lives Matter Movement. (schoolhistory.co.uk)
  • In this lesson, we'll define key terms, understand the concepts of slavery, westward expansion and state's rights, analyse some of the key events between 1808 and 1863 & assess the flight of enslaved Africans in the United States after the abolition of the slave trade and before the end of the Civil War. (schoolhistory.co.uk)
  • Take this quiz to make sure you understand the slavery and the American Civil War, 1808-1863. (schoolhistory.co.uk)
  • There were 300,000 copies sold in the United States the first year.The significance of this book is that it changed the way that Americans saw slavery. (timetoast.com)
  • In the town of Milledgeville, Georgia--the state capital during the Civil War the actions of local soldiers and citizens alike tell a story that is unique to that locale. (americancivilwar.com)
  • When the Union soldiers entered the South, thousands of African Americans fled from their owners to Union camps. (loc.gov)
  • The Library of Congress holds histories and pictures of most of the regiments of the United States Colored Troops as well as manuscript and published accounts by African American soldiers and their white officers, documenting their participation in the successful Union effort. (loc.gov)
  • The precious seed scattered among our soldiers during the early part of the war, by the self sacrificing labor of a few devoted men, nurtured by the earnest prayers of all christians, and the grace of God has sprung up, and is already yielding abundant fruit. (civilwarbaptists.com)
  • A Great Civil War: Battles That Defined a Nation, 1863 focuses on the human aspect of the civil war by telling the story of the soldiers who fought and died in a critical year of the Civil War. (aaslh.org)
  • A Great Civil War honors the soldiers of 1863 by exhibiting their historical materials and words. (aaslh.org)
  • Visitors are also able to take away a printed brochure that chronicles the lives of the soldiers featured in the exhibit, providing an opportunity for continued study of these soldiers and theaters of war in which they fought. (aaslh.org)
  • By making the experiences of the war a personal experience for the visitor, A Great Civil War hopes to inspire and educate military personnel, veterans, and the nation about the soldiers and battles of a pivotal year in American history. (aaslh.org)
  • Through their heroic, yet tragic, assault on Fort Wagner, South Carolina on July 18 1863, in which Shaw and many of his men died, the 54th helped erode Northern public opposition to the use of Black soldiers and inspired the enlistment of more than 180,000 Black men into the United States forces. (geocaching.com)
  • It was 150 years ago last week that the first shots of the Civil War were fired at Fort Sumter, igniting a conflict that tore the nation apart and left some 620,000 soldiers dead. (edweek.org)
  • On July 18, 1863, the soldiers of Carney's regiment led the charge on Fort Wagner. (alamedasun.com)
  • In this lesson, we'll define key terms, trace the origins of Africans in the United States, understand the nature of the Transatlantic Slave Trade and analyse the growth of African American population in the United States before 1860. (schoolhistory.co.uk)
  • Johnson maps from the Family Atlas are notable for their unique borders, of which there are four different designs, the 'strapwork border' from 1860 to 1863, the 'fretwork border' from 1863 to 1869 and the 'spirograph border' in 1870 - 1882, and a more elaborate version of the same from 1880 - 1887. (geographicus.com)
  • In 1860, he established his own firm, which grew to become one of the largest producers of American colored lithographs during the 19th century. (si.edu)
  • The History of Jericho, Vermont mentions his service in the Civil War and that he died of Typhoid fever at Fairfax, Virginia. (findagrave.com)
  • Residents of the northwestern counties of Virginia organized a secession from Virginia and entered the Union (with a plan for gradual emancipation) in 1863 as West Virginia . (fact-archive.com)
  • Local historians shared stories about Loudoun County, Virginia, during the Civil War. (americanwriters.org)
  • This month we are marking the 160th anniversary of one of the most dramatic moments in New York City history - the Civil War Draft Riots which stormed through the city from July 13 to July 16, 1863. (boweryboyshistory.com)
  • Why are there no permanent memorials or remembrances of any significant kind in New York City to the Civil War Draft Riots ? (boweryboyshistory.com)
  • In particular, given the number of African-Americans who were murdered in the streets during these riots, and the numbers of Black families who fled New York in terror, we think this is a very significant oversight. (boweryboyshistory.com)
  • Photographed by Timothy H. O'Sullivan, this is an image of African Americans seeking to gain freedom behind Union lines. (loc.gov)
  • Black history is a part of American history, which takes a look at the journey of African-Americans in the United States. (schoolhistory.co.uk)
  • In the 1950s, African-Americans formed the civil rights movement to fight for their equal rights under the US Constitution. (schoolhistory.co.uk)
  • This month honours the struggles and achievements of African-Americans throughout US history. (schoolhistory.co.uk)
  • Take this quiz to make sure you understand the history of African Americans during the Reconstruction Era. (schoolhistory.co.uk)
  • Although African Americans served in both the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, Northern racist sentiments kept African Americans from taking up arms for the United States in the early years of the Civil War. (geocaching.com)
  • African Americans in the History of Mass Communication offers a variety of stories focusing on how African Americans use the media to educate, advocate, empower, and serve others. (peterlang.com)
  • Again, these stories may not have been examined if not for these authors' commitment to deepening what is known about African Americans' contributions to media and history. (peterlang.com)
  • In the immediate aftermath of the Civil War, African Americans seized the opportunity to work and to travel. (unl.edu)
  • This image of refugees and African Americans, sitting on rail cars with their possessions, indicates the massive displacement that came with the war. (unl.edu)
  • Even before he had gained renown as the victim of "Bleeding Sumner," the Senator had been a strong proponent of abolition and civil rights for African Americans. (si.edu)
  • The often forgotten events and people that have shaped our larger understanding of the Civil War, from a womens riot to a confederate cavalry rescue. (americancivilwar.com)
  • Pivotal events include slave rebellions, emancipation, the Great Migration, and the civil rights movement. (schoolhistory.co.uk)
  • Without malaria, a rapid Confederate defeat might not have led to the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863. (cdc.gov)
  • Credit Line: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, William A. Gladstone Afro-American Military Collection. (loc.gov)
  • By the People transcription campaign title : Brothers in arms : the Gladstone Afro-American military collection This dataset is an export of transcriptions for 3,097 images from the William A. Gladstone Afro-American Military Collection created by volunteers participating in the Library of Congress crowdsourcing program By the People. (loc.gov)
  • Another development has been the rapid increase in primary sources about the Civil War accessible online-from the vast collections of the Library of Congress and the National Archives to those of state historical societies-and the creation of websites such as teachinghistory.org . (edweek.org)
  • Covering American History C-SPAN style: with event coverage, eyewitness accounts, and discussions with authors, historians and teachers. (americanwriters.org)
  • Doing so may be especially important with the Civil War, educators and historians say, since public debates about its meaning are alive and well, and young people may be exposed to a lot of misinformation that original sources can dispel in compelling ways. (edweek.org)
  • Through the exploration of hundreds of personal accounts, memoirs, postwar newspaper articles, diaries, and other primary sources discover what the Texas troops experienced during the second-largest battle of the Civil War. (acwm.org)
  • End of the War - Confederate army surrenders to Federal troops. (mbltd.info)
  • During the Civil War, the river also served as a vital artery for moving troops and supplies. (americancivilwar.com)
  • Although some Union officers sent them back to their masters, others allowed them to remain with their troops, using them as a work force and dubbing them "contraband of war. (loc.gov)
  • Capital of Mississippi and an important assembly-point for Confederate troops, it was in 1862 and 1863 a key position for both the Union and Confederate armies in the struggle to control Vicksburg to the west. (answers.com)
  • A short history of the Fort Hood three, a group of GIs who were the first high profile examples of American troops refusing to fight in the Vietnam War. (libcom.org)
  • The 54th Massachusetts Regiment Co. I, Civil War, Charleston, SC is a group dedicated to preserving the history of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment and the United States Colored Troops Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War. (alamedasun.com)
  • This was repeated in 1422 during the Hussite wars in Bohemia at the seige of Karlstejn (now in the Czech Republic) when invading forces hurled plague-striken corpses, dead cows, and 2000 cartloads of excrement at enemy troops. (medscape.com)
  • In 1863, a Confederate surgeon (Dr. Luke Blackburn, who later became governor of Kentucky) was arrested and charged with attempting to import smallpox and yellow fever-infected clothes into the northern United States during the Civil War, to be sold to Union troops. (medscape.com)
  • It was the most grave, the most tumultuous event in New York City history between the Revolutionary War and September 11, 2001. (boweryboyshistory.com)
  • His mother, Zilpah Wadsworth, was the daughter of a Revolutionary War hero. (poets.org)
  • After the Revolutionary War, the developing U.S. economy was significantly affected by westward expansion. (123helpme.com)
  • It is the third and final installment of the United States Army Heritage and Education Center's exhibit that highlights the sesquicentennial of the American Civil War. (aaslh.org)
  • The sesquicentennial of the Civil War is a prime teachable moment being seized on not just by educators, but also by local, state, and national groups and institutions. (edweek.org)
  • But when we think of the American Civil War , especially in this sesquicentennial year, we quite vividly picture the war thanks to the army of photographers that captured that conflict through the still-young medium and brought it back to the home front. (bigthink.com)
  • The increase in civil rights activities during the post-World War era led to the gradual removal of Jim Crow Laws. (schoolhistory.co.uk)
  • Thousands of people took to the streets of Manhattan in violent protest, fueled initially by anger over conscription to the Union Army which sent New Yorkers to the front lines of the Civil War. (boweryboyshistory.com)
  • Under orders, in late January 1863, Confederate Major General Joseph Wheeler, commanding two brigades of cavalry, had taken position on the Cumberland River at Palmyra to disrupt Union shipping. (americancivilwar.com)
  • Written and first published in 1866 soon after the author's discharge from the Union army, A.F. Sperry's History of the 33rd Iowa Infantry is one of the classic regimental histories of the American Civil War. (americancivilwar.com)
  • They influenced the course of the first half of the war in that region by shaping Union military efforts while significantly contributing to Confederate defeat. (americancivilwar.com)
  • Missouri and Kentucky remained in the Union, but in both, factions organized "secessions", which were recognized by the Confederate States of America. (fact-archive.com)
  • During this period, the American federal government sought to reintegrate former Confederate states to the Union. (schoolhistory.co.uk)
  • Fortunately for the time, the Academy was vital to the development of the war in favor of the Union through its establishment of much needed scientific advancements and insight tantamount to those of the academies in Great Britain and the rest of Europe despite the involvement of science's most primary men. (nationalacademies.org)
  • The Battle of Vicksburg began at the end of March, 1863, as Union forces defeated Confederate General Pemberton in several encounters, forcing his to begin a withdrawal to the relative safety of the fortress city of Vicksburg. (answers.com)
  • In the early years of the Civil War the Confederate leaders considered Georgia and Alabama, which were well isolated from Union armies, relatively safe from attack. (geographicus.com)
  • They were the second all-Black Union regiment to fight in the war, after the 1st Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry Regiment. (alamedasun.com)
  • The company's first lithographic prints were Civil war battle scenes, maps, and portraits of military and political leaders. (si.edu)
  • Louis Prang & Co. remained in operation until 1898, producing greeting cards, facsimiles of American and European paintings, and natural history prints. (si.edu)
  • The Met plans to complement this photography exhibition with The Civil War and American Art (May 28 to September 2, 2013) and a show of American prints by Winslow Homer , Thomas Nast , and others related to the Civil War (May 20 to August 25, 2013). (bigthink.com)
  • A gripping narrative of the events surrounding Prairie Grove, Arkansas, one of the great unsung battles of the Civil War that effectively ended Confederate offensive operations west of the Mississippi River. (americancivilwar.com)
  • Like many other clashes this year of no direct significance to the outcome of the war, the impact of these two battles is localized, albeit reflecting important dynamics of the war. (civilwarbaptists.com)
  • Both battles underscore the importance of railroads in this third year of the war. (civilwarbaptists.com)
  • Most Americans can name famous generals and notable battles from the Civil War. (google.it)
  • The 400 AZ entries focus on specific people, organizations, issues, and battles, and a dozen contextual essays provide detailed information about the social, political, and family issues that shaped women's lives during the Civil War era. (google.it)
  • On August 16, 1863, Major General William S. Rosecrans, commander of the Army of the Cumberland, launched a campaign to take Chattanooga. (americancivilwar.com)
  • The resolution is lengthy, offering commentary on the United States, Confederate States and the war, but especially dwelling upon the revivals within the Confederate Army. (civilwarbaptists.com)
  • 1972 - Vietnam War: Vietnamization - The United States Army turns over the massive Long Binh military base to South Vietnam. (military-quotes.com)
  • According to the U.S. Army website, army.mil, of the 3,498 service members who have received the Medal of Honor throughout U.S. history, only 88 have been African American. (alamedasun.com)
  • The first African American to receive the award was Army Sgt. (alamedasun.com)
  • He has written 19 Civil War and Underground Railroad books. (acwm.org)
  • A short account of the Combahee River raid during the American Civil War, which was led by former slave and underground railroad activist Harriet Tubman, and freed nearly 800 slaves. (libcom.org)
  • African American workers stand atop the old Georgia Railroad flatcar. (unl.edu)
  • From the first attacks on September 18, 1863, to the final fight on Snodgrass Hill on September 20, Texans played a vital role in the battle of Chickamauga. (acwm.org)
  • Fought in south central Tennessee, north of Corinth, Mississippi, the battle showed the nation that the Civil War would be long and difficult. (americancivilwar.com)
  • In 1863 the battle to wrest control of the valley was, in effect, a battle for the state itself. (americancivilwar.com)
  • It was taken in the main eastern theater of the war during the second battle of Bull Run in 1862. (loc.gov)
  • The Battle of Vicksburg was a battle in the American Civil War that took place on May 18 - July 4, 1863 in Mississippi. (answers.com)
  • 1940 - World War II: Battle of Taranto - The Royal Navy launches the first aircraft carrier strike in history, on the Italian fleet at Taranto. (military-quotes.com)
  • An etching titled The Fall of Reynolds soon appeared to appeal to the traditional taste for heroic, romantic war, but photographs such as O'Sullivan's fed the growing appetite for greater realism and honesty in depicting the stark reality of battle. (bigthink.com)
  • One attempt to capture Vicksburg in March of 1863, Grant blew the levee on the Mississippi River just below Memphis and sent iron-clad gunboats and troop ships down the Tallahatchie River which would connect to the Yazoo River and attack the city from the east. (answers.com)
  • Lee surrendered to Grant and the Civil War ended. (timetoast.com)
  • Then an attack on Fort Sumter in April of 1861 would start the Civil War. (timetoast.com)
  • The traditional treatment focuses on the men who directed and fought the war. (google.it)
  • O'Sullivan's photograph of Reynolds fall found its way into Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of War , a two-volume collection compiled by Alexander Gardner featuring the photography of 11 artists, including Gardner himself. (bigthink.com)
  • The following engagements took place in the year 1863 during the American Civil War. (wikipedia.org)
  • This number was largely supplemented during each successive year of the war by those who attained their eighteenth year of age, at which time they became liable to military duty. (tufts.edu)
  • The immediacy and connectivity of photography from the Civil War period, despite the 150-year gap, plug right into the visual culture of today in a way that paintings, sculptures, and etchings cannot. (bigthink.com)
  • It is believed that the first war-related photographs were taken in 1847 by an anonymous photographer during the Mexican-American War , of which we " Remember the Alamo " and little else. (bigthink.com)
  • This concerns the Vicksburg campaign in the American Civil War. (answers.com)
  • This campaign occurred later in the War Between the States and was designed to capture the city of Vicksburg, Mississippi. (answers.com)
  • William T. Sherman's Atlanta Campaign of 1863 finally brought the war to Georgia. (geographicus.com)
  • Its pages discuss the election of Abraham Lincoln, South Carolina's deliberations about secession, and the emerging war fervor. (loc.gov)
  • Visitors and veterans alike can connect to the unique stories and artifacts of individuals to the experience of war in 1863 and to the post-war years beyond. (aaslh.org)
  • It took Calhoun and his fellow traitors about 25 years to convince enough people in the South to go to war against America and try to replace our democracy with a fascist, race-based oligarchy. (thomhartmann.com)
  • The Lincoln government spent more money than had been spent in all the years in the United States combined up to that time, and they came out of the war remarkably in stronger financial condition than they had entered it. (wyso.org)
  • The riots place New York City not outside the significance of the Civil War battlefield, but squarely within it. (boweryboyshistory.com)
  • These "shadows," these photographic echoes of people and events long past, still "support the substance" of what took place on a human scale at that time and continues to take place in our age of seemingly endless wars. (bigthink.com)
  • Correspondence among Charles Storer Storrow, his wife Lydia Cabot Jackson Storrow, and their sons Samuel and Charles was primarily written while the sons studied at Harvard, traveled abroad, and served with the 44th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. (masshist.org)
  • This portrait of Sumner was produced sometime during the Civil War, between 1861 and 1863. (si.edu)
  • Soldier on both sides rushing off to war stopped just long enough to pose for a photographic portrait for those left behind. (bigthink.com)
  • 1967 - Vietnam War: In a propaganda ceremony in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, three American prisoners of war are released by the Viet Cong and turned over to 'new left' antiwar activist Tom Hayden. (military-quotes.com)
  • 1968 - Vietnam War: Operation Commando Hunt initiated. (military-quotes.com)
  • The number of regiments which served continously during the war indicate more. (tufts.edu)
  • This memorial commemorates one of the first African American regiments of the Civil War. (geocaching.com)
  • With the country moving toward civil war, he wrote " Paul Revere's Ride ," a call for courage in the coming conflict. (poets.org)
  • westward expansion was a tumultuous period in American History that included periods of conflict with the Native Americans and Hispanics and increased in sectionalism that created the backdrop for the Civil War. (123helpme.com)
  • westward expansion created periods of conflict with native americans and other nations. (123helpme.com)
  • Under the presidency of Andrew Johnson, Reconstruction Amendments were passed to recognise African-American communities and rights. (schoolhistory.co.uk)
  • Despite the existence of Reconstruction Amendments, Black communities continued to endure racial segregation and discrimination in America, especially in Southern states. (schoolhistory.co.uk)
  • A look at the people and events that shaped the Civil War and Reconstruction. (americanwriters.org)
  • Some sought to return the slaves to their owners, but others kept the blacks within their lines and dubbed them "contraband of war. (loc.gov)
  • Both blacks and whites were outspoken about questions of race, civil rights, and full equality for the newly-freed population during the Civil War era. (loc.gov)
  • The Confederate States , however, could send to the war a far greater proportion of their military population than the Northern States , as they possessed a large agricultural population of blacks who were exempt from military service. (tufts.edu)
  • 1863. Manuscript/Mixed Material. (loc.gov)
  • The election of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States in 2008 took African-American history to the next level. (schoolhistory.co.uk)
  • Today, African-American or Black history is celebrated in the United States every February. (schoolhistory.co.uk)
  • A History of the First Half-Century of the National Academy of Sciences: 1863-1913 (1913) illustrates the Academy's history from its creation to the appointment of Woodrow Wilson as president. (nationalacademies.org)
  • Except for those named HarrietTubman and Beecher Stowe, to be precise, women are invisible in Civil War history. (google.it)
  • In this book, certain myths are exploded and one of the most monumental moments in American history comes to life before the reader's eyes. (schifferbooks.com)
  • L'Merchie Frazier, of the Museum of African American History (MAAH), says the monument should remain where it is. (geocaching.com)
  • American History TV (AHTV) features programming geared toward history lovers with 48 hours every weekend of people and events that document the American story. (americanwriters.org)
  • At the time of the launch of American History TV, C-SPAN co-president Susan Swain said: "We're hoping American History TV does for history enthusiasts what Book TV has done for non-fiction book lovers. (americanwriters.org)
  • They have conflicting notions of what it means to be an American while living through one of the most tumultuous eras in our country's history. (broadway.com)
  • Today, a growing number of teachers are moving beyond the textbook in teaching about the war, and U.S. history more broadly. (edweek.org)
  • One factor helping fuel this kind of learning is the roughly $1 billion supplied over the past decade through the U.S. Department of Education's Teaching American History program, which focuses on professional development to improve instruction in the subject. (edweek.org)
  • Encyclopedia of American history: Expansion and reform, 1813-1855, 4, Retrieved August 14, 2008, from Facts on File: American History Online database. (123helpme.com)
  • Retrieved August 14, 2008, from Facts on File: American History Online database. (123helpme.com)
  • Encyclopedia of American history: Expansion and reform, 1813-1855, 4. (123helpme.com)
  • James E Reed - Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University Medal of Honor recipient William Harvey Carney will be memorialized in the Black History Month exhibit at the USS Hornet Museum for his bravery during the Civil War. (alamedasun.com)
  • The Walking Ghosts of Black History is a historical and educational organization, exploring the history of African American men and women's engagement in the United States Military. (alamedasun.com)
  • They promote educational programs and community outreach focused on the preservation of African American military history and culture. (alamedasun.com)
  • Tales of a Wayside Inn, largely written before his wife's death, was published in 1863. (poets.org)
  • Analyzes the impact of western expansion on domestic policy, including the dealing with the native americans. (123helpme.com)
  • In the 18th century AD, during the French and Indian War, British forces in North America gave blankets from smallpox patients to the Native Americans to transmit the disease to the immunologically naïve tribes. (medscape.com)
  • For this act of bravery, he became the first African American recipient of the Medal of Honor. (geocaching.com)
  • The U.S. Congress created the Freedmen's Bureau to deal with huge losses from the war. (timetoast.com)
  • See also the Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War . (fact-archive.com)
  • The students, from Stonewall Middle School in Manassas, are making a series of short videos inspired by real events and personal stories of the war. (edweek.org)
  • 1770: George Grenville, the English politician whose policy of taxing the American colonies started the train of events leading to the American Revolution, died in London. (military-quotes.com)
  • In this diary he foresees with amazing accuracy some of the problems the nation would face in the upcoming Civil War. (loc.gov)
  • Lincoln was worried that the nation was tired of the war. (timetoast.com)
  • Nation of nations: A concise narrative of the American republic (3rd ed. (123helpme.com)
  • Responses to the attack in the North and the South further polarized the people of the nation, leading it further down the path to war. (si.edu)
  • Attacks from "General Anopheles ," which delivered malaria to the Persians as they navigated swampy terrain, ultimately led to a victory by the Greeks during the Greco-Persian Wars. (cdc.gov)
  • Paid for by private donations and unveiled on May 31, 1897, this monument depicts the 54th Regiment as they marched down Beacon Street off for war in 1863. (geocaching.com)
  • Alvin Jewett Johnson (September 23, 1827 - April 22, 1884) was a prolific American map publisher active from 1856 to the mid-1880s. (geographicus.com)
  • 1916: During World War I, the costly four-month Allied offensive against German positions along the Somme River ended. (military-quotes.com)