Author Archives: Rebecca Beatrice Brooks

The Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest Civil War battles. This three-day-long battle is considered by many to be a major turning point in the Civil War. The… Read more »

Robert E. Lee was a distinguished Confederate general in the Confederate Army who bravely led his troops against the Union army until his defeat at the Appomattox courthouse in April… Read more »

Robert Newton Ford was an outlaw from Missouri born on January 31, 1862. Like many young Missouri men of his time, he grew up admiring the Civil War record and… Read more »

Jesse James, one of the most violent outlaws of the wild west, got his first taste for violence as a Civil War guerrilla fighting for the Confederates. Although he came… Read more »

Mark Twain is an iconic American writer best known for his classic novels such as The Adventures of Huckleberry Fin and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Although a writer by… Read more »

Ulysses S. Grant was a Union general who gained fame and popularity after he led the Union army to victory and served as the 18th President of the United States…. Read more »