On April 14, 1865 our sixteenth president was assassinated. President Abraham Lincoln was attending a comedy entitled "Our American Cousin" at Ford's Theatre in Washington D.C. when "A shadowy figure stepped into the box, stretched out his arm, aimed a small derringer pistol at the back of Lincoln'...
The impeachment process of President Clinton was similar to the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson as both ended in acquittal. And like President Clinton, Johnson was a Democratic president who faced a Republican controlled Congress. While many were hostile to Johnson for his political ag...
When the Civil War ended the country had a lot of work to do. Being the victors of the war the North had to deal with most of the problems. The South was left in chaos, all of the former slaveholders were now poor and without workers, and all of the former slaves had no homes, or work. The South was...
Charles Sumner was born in Boston, Massachusetts on January 6, 1811 to the proud parents of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pinckney Sumner. Sumner was very silent about his life growing up and genealogy. Mrs. Sumner's grandfather was an extensive landholder and a surveyor of Hanover. In Plymouth County, ...
Parker-Lincoln's personal body guard on night of assassination-had poor record as an officer-left Ford's Theatre to get drinks leaving everything easier for Booth Thomas Raybold-ticket seller at Ford's Theatre-was the one who broke the locks on the Presidential Box Ulysses S. ...
