wired - 19th Century 5

Discusses some of the legends and controversies surrounding Crockett and Bowie, including their deaths at the Alamo.Includes passages from Crockett's autobiography about some of his frontier exploit……続きを見る

Winfield Scott Hancock (February 14, 1824 February 9, 1886) was one of the most colorful men in the Union Army during the Civil War, but he was also one of the most capable soldiers. He served with……続きを見る

Without question, the most famous battle of the Civil War took place outside of the small town of Gettysburg from July 1-3, 1863. Over those three days, nearly 8,000 would die, over 30,000 would be ……続きを見る

In early 1862, the Union advances achieved by Maj. Gen. Grant and Adm. Foote at Forts Henry and Donelson caused significant concern in the Confederate government. The Union army, known as the Army o……続きを見る

William James (January 11, 1842 - August 26, 1910) was a pioneering American psychologist and philosopher trained as a medical doctor. He wrote influential books on the young science of psychology, ……続きを見る

Abraham Lincoln (18091865) is one of the most famous Americans in history and one of the countrys most revered presidents. Schoolchildren can recite the life story of Lincoln, the Westerner who educ……続きを見る

The bloodiest day in the history of the United States took place on the 75th anniversary of the signing of the Constitution. On September 17, 1862, Robert E. Lees Army of Northern Virginia fought Ge……続きを見る

Albert Sidney Johnston (1803- 1862) , a native of Kentucky, was a general who commanded soldiers for the Texas Army, the American Army, and the Confederate States Army. One of the finest commanders……続きを見る

*Includes pictures of Hancock and important people, places, and events in his life.*Includes battle maps of Gettysburg, Antietam, Chancellorsville, Fredericksburg, and more.*Includes a Bibliography ……続きを見る

Robert Lewis Dabney (March 5, 1820 January 3, 1898) was an American Christian theologian, a Southern Presbyterian pastor, and Confederate Army chaplain best known for being chief of staff to General……続きを見る

Slavery existed long before the United States of America was founded, but so did opposition to slavery. Both flourished after the founding of the country, and the anti-slavery movement was known as ……続きを見る

William Lloyd Garrison (1805-1879) , born in Massachusetts, was an abolitionist and founder of The Liberator in 1831, an abolitionist newspaper. He also co-founded the American Anti-Slavery Society……続きを見る

*Weaves together each general's life and career into one chronological and entertaining narrative. *Includes pictures of the generals and important people, places, and events in their lives.*Include……続きを見る

*Weaves the lives of the 4 generals into one entertaining and educational narrative.*Includes maps and accounts of the fighting at Shiloh by several important generals.*Includes an original introduc……続きを見る

With the exception of George Washington, perhaps the most famous and celebrated general in American history is Robert E. Lee (January 19, 1807 October 12, 1870), despite the fact he led the Confede……続きを見る

The battle of Chickamauga in September 1863 was one of the biggest battles in the Western theater. In that campaign, Braxton Braggs Confederate army routed the Union Army of the Cumberland led by Wi……続きを見る

Until April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth was one of the most famous actors of his time. And while it would be a performance at a theater that would make him notorious afterward, he wasnt acting. That……続きを見る

Winfield Scott Hancock (February 14, 1824 February 9, 1886) was one of the most colorful men in the Union Army during the Civil War, but he was also one of the most capable soldiers. He served with……続きを見る

As thoroughly examined as the Civil War and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth have been, virtually no attention has been paid to the life of the Union cavalryman who killed B……続きを見る

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No American denomination identified itself more closely with the nation's democratic ideal than the Baptists. Most antebellum southern Baptist churches allowed women and slaves to vote on membership……続きを見る

In 2005 Margaret Jones Bolsterli learned that her great-great-grandfather was a free mulatto named Jordan Chavis, who owned an antebellum plantation near Vicksburg, Mississippi. The news was a shock……続きを見る

Some very deliberate and extraordinary movements were made by a handsome and extremely well-dressed young man in the city of Washington last Friday. At about half-past eleven o'clock A. M., this per……続きを見る

The common view of the nineteenth-century pastoral relationship--found in both contemporary popular accounts and 20th-century scholarship--was that women and clergymen formed a natural alliance and ……続きを見る

Ancient beginnings only hinted at the great things to come in the story of Meredith. The earliest residents hunted mammoth and caribou and created the first birch-bark canoe to traverse Lake Winnipe……続きを見る

In the world of the late-Victorian and Edwardian country house the mistress and her daughters had many social duties and responsibilities to carry out both in their home community and in London, whe……続きを見る

The Rough Riders was the name bestowed on the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry. Roosevelt had resigned as Assistant Secretary of the Navy to fight in the war, and his forceful personality and not……続きを見る

Ellen Craft and William Craft were slaves from Macon, Georgia who escaped to the North in December 1848 by traveling openly by train and steamboat, arriving in Philadelphia on Christmas Day. She pos……続きを見る

For decades the Cheyennes endured abuses from the white settlers without spilling a single drop of white blood in well-merited reprisal. Finally goaded beyond human endurance, they turned on their t……続きを見る

Each age has its own crisisーour modern experience of science-religion conflict is not so very different from that experienced by our forebears, Keith Thomson proposes in this thoughtful book. He co……続きを見る