A battle took place on 1st November, 82 BC in Rome. This marked the end of the civil war that had been raging for a while between the supporters of the Roman general, Lucius Cornelius Sulla, and a union of Marians. The
Following the end of the war, over a 1.5million unions, as well as confederate veterans, became involved in various active post-war societies to help drive the nation’s purpose to the desired goal. After the civil war, different veteran associations were established, they were
The American Civil War was fought from April 12, 1861, up till May 26, 1865. The Americans engaged themselves in a civil war. The warring factions were the United States “The Union”, otherwise known as “the North” and the Confederacy which was
For a very long time, warships were built with heavy wood and propelled by human efforts and wind. However, the discovery of gunpowder engineered the first opportunity for machine-made materials as well as chemical energy. This led to the development of ironclads
The picture above shows eight years old Isaac and six years old Rosa with arms linked and looking into the camera. These two former slave children from Louisiana somehow found themselves in a Broadway photographer’s studio in 1863. Before the children had
After the civil war ended in 1865, more lives had been lost than in any other conflict in US history. Formerly enslaved African Americans and some African American freemen, on May 1, 1865, in Charleston, SC, gathered to pay their respects to
This is the third week of our biweekly series that focuses on black men who changed the world with their inventions. Percy lavon Julian The pioneer of the chemical synthesis of medicinal drugs from plants set a foundation for the steroid drug