On September 17, Lee met General McClellan in the bloodiest single day of fighting in the war and in American history. Union ...

The Revenue Act of 1862 was an expansion of the first U.S ... Internal Revenue Service. “Historical Highlights of the IRS.” U.S. Congress (via Library of Congress). “Public Acts of the ...

18, 1862. There has been no engagement to-day ... Chase, Co. A, 2d U.S. Sharpshooters -- wounded; Sergeant-Major Shoot, 2d U.S. Sharpshooters -- wounded. In Caldwell's Brigade the loss was ...

Celebrated annually on May 5, Cinco de Mayo recognizes Mexico's victory over the Second French Empire led by Napoleon III at ...

ON THE CHICKAHOMINY, Thursday, June 5, 1862. On the afternoon of the 21st ... now become absolutely famous and historic as the line between two hostile armies, each seeking the overthrow of ...

We must become critical consumers of history again. Our present-day society demands it. We as black historians and consumers have a new black power. We finally have a platform to give our studied ...

Strategically, the Eastern Theater was arguably the most important battleground of the ... Lee assumed command on June 1, 1862, in a battle to defend the city of Richmond from Union forces.

The historical events that led to Haiti's independence -- and to the document ... the planned slave rebellions of Denmark Vesey. But it was not until 1862, as its own Civil War upended so many issues ...

In the first few decades, New Ulm faced several major setbacks including blackbird and locust storms in the late 1850s. The U ...

Ride into Washington, D.C.’s past while on a piece of history! For more than 50 years, the National Capital Trolley Museum ...

Civil War historian Gary Gallagher talked about the importance of the victory at the 1862 Battle of Second Manassas for the Confederate cause. This talk was part of a conference hosted by the ...

and thus were in a position to influence local events. Doctors in Wilmington's Black community have been especially influential, as you'll see in this list of famous and otherwise important ...