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Civil War Richmond Virginia during the Civil War Richmond, Virginia, was the capital of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War...	Rev War The Battle for Stony Point Night raids always presented unforeseen dangers. Lunar and weather conditions usually determined...	Rev War Siege of Boston While histories of the American Revolution tend to focus on just how bad the Americans had it:...	War of 1812 The Burning of Washington, D.C. The burning of Washington, D.C., in 1814 was one of America’s darkest hours. The new republic that...
The First American President: Setting the Precedent One of the many things to come out of George Washington ’s extraordinary life is the many firsts he...	Civil War Washington, D.C. during the Civil War Washington, D.C., was the Union capital during the Civil War . It was home to the United States...	President George Washington When George Washington stepped out onto the pavilion at Federal Hall in New York City on April 30,...	Rev War Cincinnatus: The Legend Comes to America In his own time, George Washington was famous. The American Revolution would catapult the general...
Civil War Mitchelville: One Town's Blueprint for Reconstruction In November, 1861, Union ships sailed toward Port Royal Sound in South Carolina. Flag Officer...	Civil War Nineteenth-Century Geolocation: The Elliott Map of Antietam Learn about S.G. Elliott’s Map of the Battle of Antietam, a burial map and an essential resource in...	10 Facts: Juneteenth Juneteenth is the oldest nationally-celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United...	10 Facts: Harriet Tubman Explore ten crucial facts about Harriet Tubman, an abolitionist, spy, nurse, suffragette, and...
Civil War Peninsula Campaign and Seven Days' Battles: The Significance and Overlap The Peninsula Campaign and the Seven Days’ Battles of 1862 are characterized as two separate...	Civil War The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in the Civil War The Baltimore and Ohio (B&O) Railroad was the first railroad chartered in the United States and...	Civil War S.G. Elliott: A California Railroad Swindler Turned Civil War Cartographer T he gruesome task of exhuming and reinterring thousands of bodies on the Gettysburg Battlefield...	The Rise and Fall of the Powdered Wig While it’s true that wigs were a major status symbol early in the second half of the 18th century,...