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The American Civil War, George Armstrong Custer (1839 - 1876)Edited by: Robert Guisepi2002 Thank you to Shotgun's Home of the American Civil War for this fine work.Although better known for his Indian fighting, George Custer compiled a creditable record as a cavalry leader in the latter part of the ...

A History of Ancient Greece Athens The site of Athens has been inhabited since before 3000 BC. The earliest buildings date from the late Bronze Age, about 1200 BC, when part of the town spread to the south of the citadel on the Acropolis. During this period a wall was built along the edge of the ro...

John B. Gordon, In his own words b. Feb. 6, 1832, Upson county, Ga., U.S.d. Jan. 9, 1904, Miami, Fla. Confederate military leader and post-American Civil War politician who symbolized the shift from agrarian to commercial ideals in the Reconstruction South. Gordon accomplished little of note during ...

HADRIAN (76-138). Publius Aelius Hadrianus, called Hadrian, was Roman emperor from AD 117 until 138. He regarded his 20-year reign as a golden age of peace and prosperity, comparable to that of his great predecessor Augustus more than 100 years earlier (see Augustus). Monuments to Hadrian's reign ar...

THOMAS JEFFERSON Written by, Dr. Joseph John Ellis Here was Buried THOMAS JEFFERSON Author of the Declaration of American Independence of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom and Father of the University of Virginia The third president of the United States was Thomas Jefferson. He had bee...

The Venerable Bede The Venerable Bede Historian and Doctor of the Church, born 672 or 673; died 735. In the last chapter of his great work on the "Ecclesiastical History of the English People" Bede has told us something of his own life, and it is, practically speaking, all that we know. His words, w...

The Battle of the Alamo Stephen L. Hardin The siege and the final assault on the Alamo in 1836 constitute the most celebrated military engagement in Texas history. The battle was conspicuous for the large number of illustrious personalities among its combatants. These included Tennessee congressman ...

Ancient Rome Burning Of Rome Under Nero Gary Edward Forsythe: Assistant Professor of Classical Languages and Literatures, University of Chicago. Author of The Historian L. Calpurnius Piso Frugi and the Roman Annalistic Tradition. Robert A. Guisepi: Author of Ancient Voices (Re-printed by permission)...

June 6, 1944 , D-Day By 1943, the Germans had overrun most of Europe, imposing their hateful philosophy on much of humanity. The armies of the democracies were either crushed or barely hanging on to survival. The Russians were fighting valiantly against Hitler’s troops but were seriously out-matched...

The American Civil War, Frederick Douglass Edited by: Robert Guisepi 2002One of the most influential Americans of the 19th century, Frederick Douglass worked tirelessly for the freedom of all Americans. He was amongst the first to speak out in favor of Woman's rights. Yet, few people today are aware...

Galileo Overthrows Ancient Philosophy Author: Lodge, Sir Oliver Galileo Overthrows Ancient Philosophy The Telescope And Its Discoveries, A.D. 1610 When the Copernican system of astronomy was published to the world (1543) it had to encounter, as all capital theories and discoveries in science have do...

Mesopotamian/Sumerian Calendar In Mesopotamia the solar year was divided into two seasons, the "summer," which included the barley harvests in the second half of May or in the beginning of June, and the "winter," which roughly corresponded to today's fall-winter. Three seasons (Assyria) and four sea...