1860 In South Carolina, secession was the topic of the day. Newspapers fired the emotions of the state's citizens with editorials and letters to the editor....
"It's the most precious thing...to know absolutely where you belong. There's a whole emotional wrapping-around-of-you here. You see the same rock, tree,...
November 22, 1864 Hood enters Tennessee Confederate General John Bell Hood invades Tennessee in a desperate attempt to draw General William T. Sherman out of...
November 21, 1861 Judah Benjamin becomes Confederate secretary of war Confederate President Jefferson Davis names Judah Benjamin the secretary of war. A...
"In the absence of the sacred, nothing is sacred, everything is for sale." --Oren Lyons, ONONDAGA The Elders often say that when something is sacred it has...
1860 From Springfield, Illinois, Abraham Lincoln took the train to Chicago to meet his Vice President, Hannibal Hamlin. Although Hamlin had been a Senator...
"Money cannot buy affection." --Mangas Coloradas, APACHE In these modern times we put too much emphasis on material things and on money. We believe that money...
November 20, 1864 Sherman on the move Nearly a week into the famous March to the Sea, the army of Union General William T. Sherman moves toward central...
1860 In Washington, President James Buchanan received a reply from Attorney General Jeremiah Black. A few days before, the President had posed a number of...
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/1119.html#article Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, upon this continent, a new...
November 19, 1863 Lincoln's Gettysburg Address President Abraham Lincoln delivers one of the most famous speeches in American history at the dedication of the...
Where there is vision, the people live. They are made rich in the things of the spirit; and then, as the logical next step, they are rich in human life. ...
1860 When the Georgia State Legislature met in Milledgeville earlier in November, Governor Joseph Brown had asked the legislators to take the state out of the...
"Power is not manifested in the human being. True power is in the Creator." --Oren Lyons, ONONDAGA The Old Ones say the only true power is spiritual power....
November 18, 1863 Lincoln travels to Gettysburg President Lincoln boards a train for Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, to deliver a short speech at the dedication for...
November 17, 1863 Siege of Knoxville, Tennessee, begins Confederate General James Longstreet places the city of Knoxville, Tennessee, under siege. After two...
1862 In Richmond, Jefferson Davis appointed Gustavus Smith as interim Secretary of War replacing George Randolph. Four days later, James Seddon assumed the...
"Humbleness means peace and honesty -- both mean Hopi. True, honest, perfect words -- that's what we call Hopi words. In all languages, not just in Hopi. We...
"We do not want riches, but we want to train our children right. Riches would do us no good. We could not take them with us to the other world. We do not...
November 16, 1863 Battle of Campbell Station, Tennessee Confederates under General James Longstreet fail to defeat a Union force under General Ambrose Burnside...
1860 From Springfield, Illinois, Abraham Lincoln wrote to Nathaniel Paschall, the pro-secessionist editor of the St. Louis Missouri Republican. Paschall had...
1860 From Washington, Major Robert Anderson was assigned to command the Federal forts in Charleston Harbor --- Moultrie, Johnson, Castle Pinckney and Sumter....
"Our Spiritual belief is that we were created as part of the land - so our identity, our names, and our songs are all tied to the land." --Chief Roderick...
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