Sumner in 1850 Charles Sumner was a member of the Whig Party, which was one of the two main political
Sumner One of the most important figures in the United States Senate before the Civil War was Charles Sumner. He
This month is the 150th anniversary of Sherman’s infamous March across Georgia to the Sea. After years of war, Union
One of the most infamous campaigns of the Civil War was William Tecumseh Sherman’s march through Georgia to the Sea.
A time capsule placed in the cornerstone of the Massachusetts State House as been uncovered. It was placed as part
Charge of the 1st Minnesota on the 2nd Day of the Battle of Gettysburg. (Painting by Don Troiani for the
The most turbulent contested election in American history may have been that of 1860. Splits in the parties produced four
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A Fulling Mill On March 6, 1776, this poem was published in the Pennsylvania Gazette, as an advertisement to catch a young
The Florida The most famous of the Confederate commerce raiders was the CSS Alabama, but it was far from the
In the Battle of Chaffin’s Farm/New Market Heights, Union troops spearheaded by the USCT attacked Confederate entrenchments held by the