John Brown: Abolitionist and Martyr
John Brown was an abolitionist most known for his failed raid on Harper’s Ferry in Virginia. Brown was born in May, 1800 in Torrington, Connecticut, into a family with strong… Read more »
Did a Gypsy Predict John Wilkes Booth’s Fate?
John Wilkes Booth was a handsome, successful stage actor in 1865 when he assassinated Abraham Lincoln. A staunch confederate and supporter of slavery, Booth felt Lincoln’s actions during the Civil… Read more »
John Wilkes Booth: The Assassin
John Wilkes Booth was born May 10, 1838 near Bel Air, Maryland, into a distinguished family of actors. He was the 9th child of actor Junius Brutus Booth and his… Read more »
The Gettysburg Address
The Gettysburg address is considered one of Abraham Lincoln‘s greatest speeches. The speech was given at a dedication ceremony for a cemetery of Union soldiers, known as the Soldier’s National… Read more »
The Life of Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman was an escaped slave, an abolitionist and one of the most famous conductors of the Underground Railroad. Tubman made a total of 19 trips between the north and… Read more »
The Life of Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States and the first president to be assassinated. Although he was born to a poor farmer in Kentucky, Lincoln grew up… Read more »
Civil War Photography
The Civil War was one of the first wars to be documented by photography. The invention of photography in the 1820s allowed the horrors and glory of war to be… Read more »
The Underground Railroad
The underground railroad was a system of safe houses that stretched from the south all the way to Canada. The purpose of the safe houses was to hide and protect… Read more »
Who Were the Buffalo Soldiers?
Buffalo soldiers are often confused with the African-American soldiers who fought during the Civil War. Although over 180,000 black soldiers fought in black regiments during the war, the term “Buffalo… Read more »
The Causes of the Civil War
There were many catalysts in the build up to the Civil War, and although slavery was at the heart of the war, many other factors played a part as well…. Read more »
