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Absalom Willis ROBERTSON, Congress, VA (1887-1971)
Senate Years of Service: 1946-1966 Party: Democrat ROBERTSON Absalom Willis , a Representative and a Senator from Virginia; born in Martinsburg, Berkeley County, W.Va., May 27, 1887; moved to…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…Howard, Oliver Otis
(Encyclopedia) Howard, Oliver Otis, 1830–1909, Union general in the Civil War, founder of Howard Univ., b. Leeds, Maine, grad. Bowdoin College, 1850, and West Point, 1854. Made a brigadier general of…Lyndon Baines JOHNSON, Congress, TX (1908-1973)
Senate Years of Service: 1949-1961 Party: Democrat JOHNSON Lyndon Baines , a Representative and a Senator from Texas and a Vice President and 36th President of the United States; born on a farm…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…Brewer's: Jackson
(See Stonewall.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Jacksonian ProfessorJacket A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z…Antietam campaign
(Encyclopedia) Antietam campaignAntietam campaignăntēˈtəm [key], Sept., 1862, of the Civil War. After the second battle of Bull Run, Gen. Robert E. Lee crossed the Potomac to invade Maryland and…Seven Days battles
(Encyclopedia) Seven Days battles, in the American Civil War, the week-long Confederate counter-offensive (June 26–July 2, 1862) near Richmond, Va., that ended the Peninsular campaign. After the…The American Gay Rights Movement: A Timeline
This timeline provides information about the gay rights movement in the United States from 1924 to the present: including the Stonewall riots; the contributions of Harvey Milk; the "Don't Ask, Don't…Winchester, cities, United States
(Encyclopedia) WinchesterWinchesterwĭnˈchĕˌstər, wĭnˈchĭstər [key]. 1 Town (1990 pop. 11,524), Litchfield co., NW Conn., in the Litchfield Hills; settled 1732, inc. 1771. It includes Winsted (1990…Trending
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