Sam Watkins and the Footrace of Murfreesboro Sam Watkins was a Confederate soldier with the First Tennessee regiment. He’s one of many that left colorful accounts of his time during the war. Sometime near the Battle of Shelbysville, June 27, … Continued
“I walked up to the guard who had let the white students in. He didn’t move. When I tried to squeeze past him, he raised his bayonet and then the other guards moved in and they raised their bayonets. They glared at me with a mean look and I was very frightened and didn’t know what to do. I turned around and the crowd came toward me. They moved closer and closer. Somebody started yelling, “Drag her over this tree! Let’s take care of that nigger!”
Civil War Day – How did nurses saving lives view the opposition? Kate Cumming, Confederate nurse writes: May 30, 1864 —We have had a great deal of excitement lately. Word was brought in by someone that five thousand Federal cavalry … Continued
Signers of the Declaration of Independence Jefferson is so well known and recognized, it is difficult to tell anything of him that is unusual. Of the many signers, he and Benjamin Franklin probably wrote the most and left the most … Continued
Sometimes credit in history is manipulated for image. Taking nothing away from Rosa Parks, but she was far from the first to stand (or sit ) for her rights. In fact, several months before Rosa’s now famous refusal to give … Continued
One of the ways to best see the Civil War, as through a pinhole, is through the eyewitness accounts of the individuals who lived through it. Much in the history texts is devoted to the great doings of generals, and … Continued
He wrought there industriously during four years, never seeking his own ends, but only the public’s.
Eli Lilly( (July 8, 1838 – June 6, 1898) was a businessman, and if you were to mention his name to anyone in business, they would immediately think of the giant pharmaceutical company still in existence that bears his name. But … Continued
“Why then, sir,” (said Richard Lee, in conclusion,) “why do we longer delay? Why still deliberate? Let this happy day give birth to an American republic. Let her arise, not to devastate and to conquer, but to reestablish the reign of peace and of law. The eyes of Europe are fixed upon us.
What did Francis Lewis do? Continuing series on the Signers of the Declaration of Independence Francis Lewis was born in Wales, child of Reverend Francis and Amy Lewis. Both parents died by the time he reached age four, and his … Continued