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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

From the Harry Potter studios to the 'Abba Voyage' show or Buckingham Palace, the magic of this ever-changing city is endless ...

The Washington County Historical Society is excited to announce a talk about basketball and youth sports in Minnesota by ...

"In September 1862, in Red Wing, as war raged nearby, pastor Eric Norelius welcomed the inaugural class of a new college founded by Swedish Lutheran immigrants that would come to be called ...

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

Physicians, especially in the city's early years, were some of Wilmington's leading residents, and thus were in a position to influence local events.