Join me today as we delve into the tumultuous presidency of James Buchanan, the fifteenth President of the United States. Discover how his support for the controversial Dred Scott decision and the...
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Franklin Pierce: The Tragic President
Franklin Pierce’s story is essential to understanding the complexities and challenges of pre-Civil War America. It highlights the nation’s divisions, ambitions, and enduring quest for unity.
Columbia, South Carolina: The State Capitals
Columbia is the capital city of South Carolina. It is an old city, and one with much history attached to it. From early European exploration and settlement, to the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, and...
The Birth of Prosthetics
Let’s journey through history as we uncover the extraordinary tale of the Battle of Philippi in West Virginia. Amidst the turmoil of the Civil War's first land battle, a remarkable figure emerged...
The Shot Heard in Philippi
Let's delve into how a single mother's gunshot catalyzed the first major land battle of the American Civil War. Discover the sequence of events that led thousands of Union and Confederate troops to...
Shadowed Valor: The Georgetown Raid of July 1863
Step back in time to 1863 and explore the captivating tale of Georgetown's historic raid. Discover how Confederate raiders, led by the Morgan brothers, descended upon the town in a quest for...
Matilda: The Queens of England
Matilda of England was meant to be Queen, but never quite got there. The only surviving legitimate child of King Henry I, she was supposed to take the crown after him, but her cousin Stephen had the...
The Sparks that Started Holmes County’s Battle of Fort Fizzle
The Battle of Fort Fizzle is an almost forgotten part of American history—but it’s a Civil War event that had far-reaching impact. Learn more about it here!
A Closer Look at Military Records #2
The Civil War presents a unique case in military records for the United States. This is because only Union records were kept by the federal government for decades. It was the early twentieth century...
Mary Todd Lincoln: America’s First Ladies #16
Mary Todd Lincoln is one of the most famous of the First Ladies. Hers is an interesting tale, sometimes thrilling, sometimes tragic, but always adventurous and captivating. Here is her true tale, the...
The Sixteenth Amendment: The Constitutional Amendments
The Sixteenth Amendment to the US Constitution establishes a federal income tax. There had only been one tax of this type before, to pay for the Civil War, and it was canceled not long after the end...
President Johnson Pardons the Confederate Troops: Famous Christmases in History #4
On Christmas Day in 1868, US President Andrew Johnson issued a general pardon to anyone who had fought for or supported the Confederacy in the Civil War, which had ended three years previously. This...
Lewis Morris: The Signers of the Declaration of Independence
Lewis Morris was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, as well as a career politician with a variety of offices he occupied during his career. Lewis also came from a political family with...
The Fourteenth Amendment: The Constitutional Amendments
The Fourteenth Amendment is the second of the three so-called Civil War (or Reconstruction) amendments. It is also one of the amendments most frequently cited in US case law. It was adamantly opposed...
The Thirteenth Amendment: The Constitutional Amendments
The Thirteenth Amendment to the US Constitution is the first of three so-called Civil War amendments, added to the Constitution right after the end of the war, to ensure the former slaves maintained...