Civil War Cannon

American Civil War

USS Monitor: The Crew Took Great Pride in Serving on the Famous Ship

The crew of Swedish Inventor John Ericsson's Monitor took great pride in serving on the renowned 'cheese box on a raft.'

Today in History: Born on January 28

1693

Anna "Ivanovna", Tsarina of Russia.

1706

John Baskerville, inventor of the "hot-pressing" method of printing.

1853

Jose Marti, Cuban poet and journalist, known as the "Apostle of the Cuban Revolution."

1912

Jackson Pollock, influential abstract expressionist painter.

America's Civil War

‘Humanity Forbade Them to Starve’: Grant at Vicksburg

As Grant focused on taking Vicksburg, he found compassion to combat a contraband crisis

American Civil War

Excerpt from ‘A Shot in the Moonlight’ by Ben Montgomery

"A Shot in the Moonlight" by Ben Montgomery is the true story of George Dinning, a freed slave, who in 1899 joined forces with a Confederate war hero in search of justice in the Jim Crow South.

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Now See Here

A gallery of devices designed to aid the naked eye.