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Carnegie spent a large portion of his wealth setting up more than 2,500 public libraries and supporting universities and colleges, his main philanthropic priorities. By the time of his death in 1919, the handloom weaver's son had given away $350 million.
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James Eads married Eunice Hagerman Eads on May 2, 1854, a year and a half after his first wife Martha Dillon Eads died of Cholera in 1852.
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Engineer James Eads was born on May 23, 1820, in Lawrenceburg, Indiana.
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Read about the relationship between Ulysses Grant, Civil War general and U.S. president, and James Eads.
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Glory on the battlefeild and establishing his reputation as a military leader drove Humphreys throughout his career.
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Find out more about caisson disease, the 1874 opening of the St. Louis Bridge, the St. Louis Fire of 1849, and steamboat disasters.
Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided |
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The marriage of Abraham and Mary Lincoln was long and turbulent and knew many trials.
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The Whig Party formed out of the National Republican Party, the leaders of which were John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay.
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The Emancipation Proclamation, issued on January 1, 1863, specifically called upon freed slaves to enlist in the Union cause.
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Just 22 years after the birth of photography, enterprising photographers rushed to Civil War battlefields and produced America's first documentary images of war
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Historian Margaret Washington discusses topics of the antebellum period.
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Historian Ira Berlin discusses the state of the nation on the eve of the Civil War.
