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George Wallace JONES, Congress, WI (1804-1896)
Senate Years of Service: 1848-1859 Party: Democrat JONES George Wallace , a Delegate from the Territory of Michigan and the Territory of Wisconsin and a Senator from Iowa; born in Vincennes, Ind.,…The Civil War
Apart from the matter of slavery, the Civil War arose out of both the economic and political rivalry between an agrarian South and an industrial North and the issue of the right of states to…The Sinking of the <em>Sultana</em>
April 27: Anniversary of America's worst maritime disaster by Borgna Brunner Related Links Ship FeverShipwrecks since 1833Mysterious Disappearances of ShipsFamous Ship CanalsThe…Richmond, cities, United States
(Encyclopedia) Richmond. 1 City (1990 pop. 87,425), Contra Costa co., W Calif., on San Pablo Bay, an inlet of San Francisco Bay; inc. 1905. It is a deepwater commercial port and an industrial center…Confederate Flags of the Old South
A history of the different manifestations of the Confederate flag by Borgna Brunner Introduction to the Confederate Flag Controversy. Related Links Confederate Flag…U.S. History Timeline: 1850–1899
Top of Page Source: Getty ImagesThe Civil War and the Reconstruction period that followed are among the signal events of American History. The roots of the conflict run deep, and its effects are…Biographies of Notable Civil War Figures
A-H | I-M | N-S | T-Z Abraham Lincoln Related Links Gettysburg Primer Battle of Gettysburg Fact Sheet The Deadliest Battles in the…Hearing of the Womens Suffrage Association (1892) - Lucy Stone
Address of Mrs. Elizabeth Cad... Address of Mrs. Isabella Beec... Address of Mrs. Lucy Stone. Mrs. Lucy Stone, of Boston, next addressed the committee. She said: Mr. Chairman and…Greeley, Horace
(Encyclopedia) Greeley, Horace, 1811–72, American newspaper editor, founder of the New York Tribune, b. Amherst, N.H. Greeley supported Ulysses S. Grant during the first years of his administration…Appeal to Congress for Impartial Suffrage
by Frederick Douglass A very limited statement of the argument for impartial suffrage, and for including the negro in the body politic, would require more space than can be reasonably…Trending
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