General Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox came the day before the first night of Passover 1865. A Chicago rabbi, Liebmann Adler, welcomed the conclusion of the Civil War and the end to slavery, ...
Larry Allen McCluney, Jr. and Curt Fields are two living historians set to meet at the General’s Breakfast on April 5.
currently in the midst of a civil war. Armed patrols, barbed wire and surveillance cameras line the perimeter of this vast network, which looks like a fortified city. According to Judah Tana ...
At the time of the Civil War, as a result of lax laws ... In the winter of 1846, general anesthesia using ether was developed, soon followed by the discovery of chloroform in 1847.
One of the major accomplishments during the Civil War was ... system through World War II. It consisted of specific trained personnel in outfitted mobile, field, brigade, general, specialty ...