Secrets of a Master Builder |
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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.
Secrets of a Master Builder |
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Engineer James Eads was born on May 23, 1820, in Lawrenceburg, Indiana.
Secrets of a Master Builder |
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Read about the relationship between Ulysses Grant, Civil War general and U.S. president, and James Eads.
Secrets of a Master Builder |
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Glory on the battlefeild and establishing his reputation as a military leader drove Humphreys throughout his career.
Secrets of a Master Builder |
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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.
Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided |
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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.
Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided |
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The Emancipation Proclamation, issued on January 1, 1863, specifically called upon freed slaves to enlist in the Union cause.
Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided |
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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
Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided |
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Historian Margaret Washington discusses topics of the antebellum period.
Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided |
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Historian Ira Berlin discusses the state of the nation on the eve of the Civil War.
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Historian Joseph Glatthaar discusses African American regiments in the Civil War.
