This Day in History: Rose O’Neal Greenhow, Confederate Spy
On this day in 1861, Confederate spy Rose O’Neal Greenhow is placed under house arrest. When the Civil War began, Greenhow was a widow...
This Day in History: Rose O’Neal Greenhow, Confederate Spy
This Day in History: Congress defines limited goals for the Civil War
This Day in History: West Virginia becomes a state
This Day in History: John Wilkes Booth is killed
This Day in History: The assassination of Abraham Lincoln
This Day in History: The Civil War
This Day in History: Fort Sumter
This Day in History: Plot against Lincoln
This Day in History: Edwin Stanton avenges Lincoln’s death
This Day in History: The Controversial Daniel Sickles
This Day in History: The Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation
This Day in History: The origins of Memorial Day, shrouded in mystery
This Day in History: Arlington National Cemetery
This Day in History: The Civil War begins
This Day in History: A Confederate sub sinks USS Housatonic
This Day in History: Sherman’s March to the Sea
This Day in History: The Gettysburg Address
This Day in History: The three-day Battle of Gettysburg
This Day in History: The origins of Juneteenth
This Day in History: Lincoln nominated