Conjoined Twin Eng Bunker Drafted During the Civil War
In 1865, conjoined twins Chang and Eng Bunker had retired from the sideshow life and were running a plantation in North Carolina when Eng was suddenly drafted to serve as… Read more »
In 1865, conjoined twins Chang and Eng Bunker had retired from the sideshow life and were running a plantation in North Carolina when Eng was suddenly drafted to serve as… Read more »
Stonewall Jackson was a professor at the Virginia Military Institute in December of 1859 when he was ordered, along with his cadets, to provide security at John Brown‘s execution in… Read more »
General Thomas Jonathan Stonewall Jackson is an iconic Confederate general and is considered by many to be one of the best generals in the Civil War. According to various sources,… Read more »
After a meeting Prince Napoleon at the White House on August 3, 1861, Abraham Lincoln invited the prince back to the White House later that evening for a dinner party…. Read more »
In July of 1861, Prince Napoleon, nephew of the infamous Napoleon I, embarked on a two-month private tour of the United States during which he met Abraham Lincoln and also… Read more »
During an interview for The Chautauquan magazine in 1896, with a writer named Rosa Belle Holt, Harriet Tubman stated that she did not like Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War… Read more »
When Harriet Tubman was working as a nurse during the Civil War, she was assaulted one day in October of 1865 by a train conductor on the Camden & South… Read more »
When Abraham Lincoln delivered the historic Gettysburg Address in November of 1863, little did the public know he was ill with a deadly form of smallpox. Lincoln’s symptoms first began… Read more »
In early 1865, John Wilkes Booth allegedly became involved in a romantic rivalry with Robert Todd Lincoln, the son of Abraham Lincoln, when they competed for the affection of a… Read more »
The Confederate Civil War submarine, the H.L. Hunley was completely unveiled for the first time earlier this month after a decade of repairs and restoration work on the vessel. First… Read more »