

The Heroes and Villians Series - Civil War: The Election of 1864
The War Before the Election of 1864 Told by Abraham Lincoln As the summer of 1864 settled over the land, I felt the full burden of a...


The Heroes and Villians Series - Civil War: Sherman’s March and Those Left Behind
My Name is General William Tecumseh Sherman A Boy Named After a Shawnee Chief I was born on a brisk winter day—February 8, 1820, in...


The Heroes and Villians Series - Civil War: Overland Campaign: The Battles Between Grant and Lee
My Strategy in the Overland Campaign - Told by General Ulysses S. Grant When President Lincoln entrusted me with command of all Union...


The Heroes and Villians Series - Civil War: The Shady World of Spies and Espionage in the Civil War
My Name is Allan Pinkerton I was born on August 25, 1819, in the Gorbals area of Glasgow, Scotland, a place of smoke and struggle, where...


The Heroes and Villians Series - Civil War: Women's Roles in the Civil War
My Name is Clara Barton A Shy Girl with a Fierce Heart (1821–1839) I was born on Christmas Day in 1821, in North Oxford, Massachusetts....


The Heroes and Villians Series - Civil War: The Battles of Gettysburg and Vicksburg
My Name is George Gordon Meade I was born on December 31, 1815, in the port city of Cádiz, Spain—a fact that surprises most who know me...
Historical Conquest Team
Mar 31
The Heroes and Villians Series - Civil War: African Americans in the Civil War
Africans And African Americans Before the War: A Story By Harriet Tubman I reckon most folks don’t know where we truly come from. Before...
Historical Conquest Team
Mar 29


The Heroes and Villians Series - Civil War: Cinco de Mayo Saves the Union
I, Benito Juárez: From Humble Beginnings, to President, to Rebel for Mexico I was born on March 21, 1806, in the small Zapotec village of...
Historical Conquest Team
Mar 26


The Heroes and Villians Series - Civil War: The Emancipation Proclamation
Fredrick Douglass: Bondage to Freedom for All I was born in February 1818, though I was never told the exact day. My birthplace was a...
Historical Conquest Team
Mar 25


The Heroes and Villians Series - Civil War: The Railroad to the Civil War
A Life Built on Rails: The Story of Herman Haupt I was born in 1817 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a city buzzing with possibility. From...
Historical Conquest Team
Mar 24
























