A Day in the Life of the Civil War

Albert Hazlett, one of John Brown’s raiders was executed March 16 th 1860, even though he wasn’t with Brown during the Harper’s Ferry ra...

John Yates Beall was hung in New York City February 24 th 1865 as a Confederate spy. John Yates Beall was born January 1 st 1835 on h...

A part of what is known as “Bleeding Kansas” the Battle of Osawatomie was fought August 30 th 1856 between pro-slavery men and Free State...

On the night of May 24 th and early morning hours of May 25 th 1856, John Brown led what is known as the Pottawatomie Massacre. Fol...

Abolitionist Aaron Dwight Stevens was executed March 16 th 1860 for his part in John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry. Aaron Dwight Steve...

United States Colonel Robert E Lee led a detachment of Marines against John Brown on October 18 th 1859, bringing an end to the Raid on  ...

Abolitionist John Brown with followers on June 2nd 1856 attacked an encampment, causing the Battle of Black Jack. A posse of 750 pro-sla...

Killed on June 1st 1861, John Quincy Marr was the first Confederate officer killed in the Civil War. John Quincy Marr was born May 27t...

The ardent slave holder, supporter of the Confederacy and the man who fired the first shot of the Civil War, Edmund Ruffin was born January ...

The killing of “Free Stater” Charles Dow on November 21st 1855 led to what was called the Wakarusa War. Charles Dow a “Free Stater” livi...

Presbyterian Ministers John Jay Shipherd and Philo P Stewart founded on September 2nd 1833 Oberlin College a private liberal arts college ...

Following his raid and capture at Harper’s Ferry, John Brown was on December 2nd 1859 hung. John Brown was born May 9th 1800 in Torrington C...

The Virginia Military Institute was founded on November 11th 1839 on the site of Virginia state arsenal. The Virginia Military Institute...

John Henry Kagi one of John Brown’s Raiders, was born March 15th 1835 in Bristolville, Ohio. John Henry Kagi the son of a respected blacks...

On October 16th 1859 perhaps the first shot of the Civil War was fired by twenty-two men, five of whom were black. The abolitionist Jo...