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1861 - Union General Benjamin Butler takes control of Federal Hill and threatens to fire on downtown Baltimore, Maryland if Southern sympathizers protest.
1863 - Battle of Raymond, Mississippi. A Confederate brigade under General John Gregg attacks...
1862 - Confederate soldiers scuttle the C.S.S. Virginia near Norfolk, Virginia
1864 - Battle of Yellow Tavern, Virginia. Confederate General J. E. B. Stuart is mortally wounded in losing to Phillip Sheridan
1865 - Confederate Vice President...
1861 - Union General Nathaniel Lyons takes control of St. Louis to end rioting, seizing Camp Jackson (Confederate militia) and 1200 1855 Springfield Rifles
1862 - Federal mortar boats, shelling Fort Pillow, are attacked by a makeshift Confederate...
1861 - Union General Nathaniel Lyons takes control of St. Louis to end rioting, seizing Camp Jackson (Confederate militia) and 1200 1855 Springfield Rifles
1862 - Federal mortar boats, shelling Fort Pillow, are attacked by a makeshift Confederate...
GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER – Agricultural Chemist
Born in 1860 - Died in 1943
Romans 1:19-20 (KJV), “Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them. 20 For the invisible things of him from the creation...
FRANCIS SCOTT KEY
Sunday School Leader
Proverbs 22:6 (KJV), “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”
Nearly everyone knows that Francis Scott Key (August 1, 1779 – January 11, 1843) wrote America '...
CONVERSION OF MAJOR DANIEL W. WHITTLE:
An American Civil War Veteran
Psalm 34:22 (KJV), “The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.”
Psalm 37:3-6 (KJV), “Trust in the LORD, and do good; so...
A LIFE THAT HONORED GOD - Eric Liddell
John 15:15-16 (KJV), “Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you...
DYING TESTIMONY - THE YOUNG MARTYR
PATRICK HAMILTON
Psalm 107:8-9 (KJV), “Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! 9 For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with...
STONEWALL JACKSON - Fear, and the Sovereignty of God
Psalm 56:9-13 (KJV), “When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me. 10 In God will I praise his word: in the LORD will I praise his word. 11 In God...