This series has three easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Grant Receives a Message From Lee.IntroductionWhen the main
Why the North Lost the First Battle of Bull Run
Today's installment concludes The First Battle of Bull Run,our selection from The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United
Confederate Victory at First Battle of Bull Run
Between the panic-stricken fugitives and the victors were undefeated units capable of disputing a southern advance. Between the panic-stricken
Northern Army Pushes Southern Army Back
This at length had been effected; and Schenck’s brigade and Ayres’s battery, of Tyler’s division, were on the point of crossing the Run to aid in
The First Battle of Bull Run
This series has four easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Union Army Moves South.IntroductionThis battle was the first large
John Smith and Pocahontas
Today's installment concludes English Settle Virginia,our selection from A History of Virginia by Robert Reid Howison published in 1846.If you
Jamestown Starves
They had little whereupon to feast, except a miserable compound of wheat and barley boiled with water, and even to the larger portion of this the
Jamestown Founded
On either side the distant land presented a scene of tranquil verdure, upon which the eye might rejoice to repose.Continuing English Settle
Preparations for the First Voyage
The London Company eagerly prepared for their proposed scheme of settlement.Continuing English Settle Virginia,our selection from A History of