On November 15, 1864, Union forces led by Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman burned nearly all of the captured city of Atlanta, Georgia. The ‘Beauty Theory’ ignores the fact that Sherman’s troops burned Atlanta and some (but not all) plantation homes that they encountered. Then, after Savannah’s capture, these same Union…
The complete list of leap years in the first half of the 21st century is therefore 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020, 2024, 2028, 2032, 2036, 2040, 2044, and 2048. The year 2000, like the years 1996 and 2004, is a leap year – with 29 days in February; but…
Out of 141 traveling Quaker ministers from America to England between 1685 and 1835, 34% were women. While some radical Puritan sects allowed women to preach, the conception of gender equality in Quakerism was unparalleled by other groups at the time. Especially in the early years, a large number –…
He said he and his brother are the most direct descendants of Alexander Stephens, who did not have children of his own. Stephens never married; the emotional linchpin of his adult life was his relationship with Linton. Linton Stephens, although prominent within Georgia politics for 25 years, was not as…
This Day in Legal History—Alabama Statehood and a New Era of Slavery Compromises. On December 14, 1819, Alabama was admitted to the Union as the twenty-second state. The admission itself was not especially remarkable. As of statehood in 1819, slaves accounted for more than 30 percent of Alabama’s approximately 128,000…
After a telegram exchange, he crated the puppy and shipped it by rail to the Nixons, and six-year-old Tricia Nixon named the dog “Checkers”. Richard Nixon owned a Cocker Spaniel named Checkers, a Yorkshire Terrier named Pasha, a Poodle named Vicky, and, an Irish Setter named King Timahoe. Richard Milhous…
The first recorded use of the technique was by Leonardo da Vinci in 1490 who used a tube inserted into the water to detect vessels by ear. It was developed during World War I to counter the growing threat of submarine warfare, with an operational passive sonar system in use…
Queen Elizabeth I of England and Mary, Queen of Scots were two of the greatest, most legendary rivals in recorded history—although they never even met. In early 1562, arrangements had been made for the two queens to meet in Nottingham that autumn, but the meeting was cancelled after the Massacre…
Elizabeth avoided outright war with Philip for many years. Philip, a cautious man, saw France as a greater danger until 1585, but then began to consider how to address the persistent threats facing his empire from the defiant English upstart. Elizabeth made at least 25 progresses during her reign. However,…
Chuck Bartowski. As part of her cover, Sarah poses as Chuck’s girlfriend. One of the complications, and a focus for the development of her character through the series, is that, although initially she insists the relationship is only her cover, she grew steadily closer to Chuck, and ultimately fell in…