When Americans disagreed on the power of individual states to control their respective governments and institutions, they fought a war, between themselves, during 1861 to 1865. Other countries have also fought "civil wars." These stories focus on those people, places and events.
Six weeks into his second term, Lincoln becomes the first President assassinated when John Wilkes Booth shoots him at Ford's Theater.
Chapter 40, of "Little Women," is one of the saddest chapters in the story. Louisa May Alcott based this chapter on events which happened to her siste...
Families live in poverty in holes dug in the Irish bog.
Margaret Mitchell created Scarlett O'Hara, a flirting Southern belle with lots of suitors. In real life, Mitchell was also a flirt with many suitors.
Through one of her sons, Mary meets the actor John Wilkes Booth at her boardinghouse In Washington.
While John Wilkes Booth remains infamous, 86 pages of his diary remain missing.
General Burnside's mistakes at Fredericksburg include waiting too long to cross a river, allowing Robert E. Lee time to bring in more soldiers.
On September 22, 1943, the Italian soldiers on Cephalonia believe the war is over; the Germans organize and bomb the Italians.
8-3.2 The role of SC in the Constitutional Convention including the Three-Fifths Compromise and Commerce Compromise
Realizing he is powerless to stop the unrest happening in his country, Nicholas abdicates the throne for both himself and his ill son.
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