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at the White House in February 1862. Later that year, after another humiliating defeat, this time at the Second Battle of Bull Run, Lincoln told his cabinet he felt almost ready to hang himself ...

But the tide turned in September 1861 when the rebels had to withdraw in the face of a federal force led by John Fremont, and Price evacuated Missouri in February 1862. Meanwhile, Frank remained ...

The cave itself had no specific military value, but as surrounding land was seized by the Confederate army and then, in February 1862, by the Union, controlling the natural wonder became a “sign of ...

Lincoln received the casualty lists and toured military hospitals. In February 1862, his son Willie died of typhoid fever. In September 1862, one of the darkest moments of the conflict ...

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 ...

Multiple members of the Rees family are buried on this plot — including Florence, who died on Feb. 7, 1862, at 2 years, 7 ...

Several Medal of Honor recipients performed their deeds of heroism before they ever settled in Arkansas. This includes two ...

ENDNOTES: 2. See Matthew Spalding, We Still Hold These Truths 42–44 (2009). 3. Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Roger Weightman, June 24, 1826. 4. Cong. Globe, 35th Cong ...

The Revenue Act of 1862 was an expansion of the first U.S. income tax established under the previous Revenue Act of 1861. It was passed to raise additional federal revenue to fund the war against ...

Abraham Lincoln of Illinois was elected President of the United States of America on November 6, 1860, for a four-year term. One year later, on November 6, 1861, Jefferson Davis of Mississippi was ...

In the last four years, Peabody Housing has had over 200 complaints and three prevention of future death orders. | ITV News ...