President Abraham Lincoln’s funeral train left Washington, D.C. and began its journey to Springfield, Illinois, where he was buried. The procession allowed the nation to
The funeral procession for President Abraham Lincoln began in Washington D.C. with his remains were moved from the White House to the U.S. Capitol where
Mary Edwards Walker became the first and only woman to receive the Medal of Honor for her dedication as a surgeon during the Civil War.
Rudyard Kipling (Writer)
Warren Harding (Politician, former U.S. President)
W.B. Yeats (Irish poet)
Several veterans of the Confederate Army formed a private social club in Pulaski, Tennessee, called the Ku Klux Klan.
The 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, abolishing slavery, was declared in effect.
The 13th amendment to the U.S. Constitution, abolishing slavery, was ratified as Georgia became the 27th state to endorse it.
Mississippi became the first Southern state to enact laws which became known as “Black Codes,” aimed at limiting the rights of newly freed blacks; other
