Plans for the bridge and overtures to the railroad company started in the 1850s but were put on hold until after the Civil War. Leavenworth and Kansas City were both advocating fo ...
In 1929, it completed two more spans over Pryor Street and Central Avenue. The mayor’s executive secretary, Henson Tatum, ...
During the Franco-Prussian War and the ensuing civil war, many artists fled to other French cities or London. However, ...
Preparing for the SC250, an archeological dig looks for evidence of a British encampment near the childhood home of South ...
1 of 7 | A bust of Civil War Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman can be seen between the vaults at Grant's Tomb in New York City.
The vice presidency seems like a springboard to the presidency, but the majority who ascended owe their promotion to the Grim ...
According to a letter Daniel wrote to the War Department, he suffered a disabling leg injury while in the service and had ...
In the last months of his life, serious doubts were raised about the alleged soldier's age and the claim that he fought in ...
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The celebrated Underground Railroad conductor received posthumous recognition for her service as a spy, scout, nurse and cook ...
Abolitionist Harriet Tubman was officially made a one-star brigadier general in the Maryland National Guard on Veterans Day ...
Did you know that just decades after the Civil War, a multi-racial political alliance won control of North Carolina? In the ...