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The American Civil War, Belle Boyd (1843 - 1900) Edited by: Robert Guisepi 2002 One of the most famous of Confederate spies, Belle Boyd served the Confederate forces in the Shenandoah Valley. Born in Martinsburg-now part of West Virginia-she operated her spying operations from her fathers hotel in F...

Joshua ChamberlainLying in a hollow, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain writes home to his wife Fanny, describingthe Battle of Sharpsburg... "At about mid night I rode softly along examining our pickets, & whenever the horsestumbled -- whiz-- would come a bullet in the dark. All this morning, & at ...

Although the above graph shows that German losses during this month were very high, they appear even worse when we take the total German strength and convert the above figures into percentages. The single engined Bf109 figures represent 24% of the total fighter strength while the bombers represent a...

First Partition Of Poland Author: Fletcher, James 1772Of the three partitions which Poland underwent in the last quarter of the eighteenth century, the first was due to the jealousies of European powers. It was an event of great significance for the Polish kingdom, ominous of future spoliations, wh...

Civilization: Drawbacks And Limits The Rise Of Civilization In The Middle East And Africa Because civilizations are by definition well organized compared to the societies that preceded them, it is not surprising that almost all history is about what has happened to civilized societies. We know most...

World War One, Flanders Field In Flanders fields the poppies blowBetween the crosses, row on row,That mark our place; and in the skyThe larks still bravely singing, flyScarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days agoWe lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,Loved and were loved, and now ...

The American Civil War, Daniel Butterfield (1831 - 1901)Edited by: Robert Guisepi2002 Thoroughly hated by his fellow officers, Daniel Butterfield was wounded at Gettysburg and "fortunately for him and to the joy of all has gone home." A New York businessman with the American Express company, he had ...

Women's RightsAuthor: Wallbank;Taylor;Bailkey;Jewsbury;Lewis;HackettDate: 1992Document: Women's RightsThis statement on women's rights was issued July 7, 1969, by Redstockings, afeminist organization.I. After centuries of individual and preliminary politicalstruggle, women are uniting to achieve the...

The Hittites A history of the Hittites including their cities, kings, art and contributions to civilization The rise and fall of the Hittites The Hittite occupation of Anatolia: The first suggestion of the Hittites' presence in central Anatolia during the Middle Bronze Age is the occurrence in the K...

World War One, Passchendaele The third major battle of Ypres, also known as the Battle of Passchendaele, took place between July and November, 1917. General Sir Douglas Haig, the British Commander in Chief in France, was encouraged by the gains made at the offensive at Messines in June 1917. Haig wa...

Saracen Conquest Of SyriaAuthor: Ockley, SimonPart I.636Abu-Bekr was chosen caliph, or khalif (signifying successor) to Mahomet,but died after a reign of two years. His successor, Caliph Omar, continuedwith unabated ardor the efforts for the spread of Islam which Abu-Bekr hadinitiated by sending an ...

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Author: William Kehen, PhD. Columbia University 1996 ELECTORAL COLLEGE In the United States presidential election of 1876, the Democratic candidate, Samuel J. Tilden, received 4,284,020 votes; the Republican Rutherford B. Hayes received 4,036,572 votes; but Hayes became pres...