Today Edmond Kelley, formally a slave and now a mulatto Baptist clergyman, writes U.S. Vice President, and former Tennessee governor, Andrew Johnson. Kelley is the author of the 1851 book, A Family Redeemed from Bondage; Being Rev. Edmond Kelley, (the Author,) His Wife, and Four Children. Originally from Tennessee, Kelley currently lives in the North…
On the site of what will one day be the Kansas City, Missouri zoo, the Battle of Westport takes place. The battle proves to be a culmination of major activity in the state, as a Union win effectively overcomes the little remaining resistance to Union rule in Missouri. Not only is the battle significant in…
Today in the United States elections are held for several governorships as well as the U.S. House and one-third of the Senate. Southern politicians in Richmond hope that peace candidates will make gains, but their hopes are to no avail as Republicans increase their strength in statehouses and in Washington. U.S. President Abraham Lincoln‘s chances…