The National Park Service offers a wealth of information on Antietam, the battle, casualties, flags, and weapons. A very worthwhile site.

Newspaper clippings covering many aspects of Love Canal including much information about the litigation and claims filed by those so affected by the pollution that seeped into the town.

Find chronologies from three different sources of Love Canal and its chemical contamination. Read about how the investigation of this environmental disaster progressed over the years.

A brief description of the Chancellorsville Campaign of April and May, 1863. From "Epic Battles of the Civil War" by Curtis M. Jingle, Michael R. Brasher, and Warren Von Worley.

Find a timeline of the Chattanooga Campaign as well as battle descriptions, maps, and the official records of both the Union and Confederate commanders. Information comes from a variety of sources.

A look at how a group of residents who were affected by the leak of chemicals at Love Canal, banded together to force the New York government, and ultimately the federal governmnent, to take their complaints seriously.

Dissension in Massachusetts Bay Colony resulted in the formation of other New England colonies. Read about their formations, and the impact on the Native Americans in the area.

Use this comprehensive site to learn more about English Renaissance Literature. This site is a gold mine of information. It has several essays that illuminate this genre. Find out more about this period in literature through this...

Read Theory provides a free reading comprehension assessment that is designed for students in the high school grades. Nine multiple choice questions and three extended response questions are included on the nonfiction reading assessment.

Read a battle summary of Pickett's Mill, where Union forces fought in attempt to reach Atlanta.

Biographical profiles of famous singers in major musical genres. Includes photo and links to snippets of their songs.

Read an account of the battle of Antietam and the tactical mistakes of the tentative General George McClellan. The bloodiest battle of the Civil War brought about many changes.

This site, which is provided for by the National Park Service, gives a brief overview of the events at the Civil War Battle of Antietam.

This site from the University Of California Santa Barbara provides a brief description of Charles Lyell's ideas concerning the geology of the Earth and several links to famous people related to this topic.

Article contains interesting facts and information about the Battle of Chancellorsville, one of the major battles that were fought during the Civil War on May 1-4, 1863.

General Meade, born in Cadiz, Spain, December 31st, 1815, died in Philadelphia, Pa., November 6th, 1872, was graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1835, and began active service in the Seminole War in the same year, as...

"Missionary Ridge and Lookout Mountain. These two sanguinary conflicts of the civil war were fought Nov. 23-25, 1863, between Gen. Bragg, Confederate, and Gens. Hooker and Rosecrans, Federal. The latter were completely victorious, and...

A map of the vicinity of Richmond during the Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War. "Richmond, the cap. of Va., on the left bank of the James River, at the head of tidewater, 150 m. from its mouth. R. was founded in 1742...In...

One of the finest American houses that combines the architectural traditions of England and America; one of the few surviving works of Philip Hooker.

General Sharpe, born in Kingston, N. Y., February 26th, 1828, was graduated at Rutgers in 1847; studied law at Yale College; was admitted to the bar in 1854, and practiced until he entered the army in 1861 as captain in the Twentieth New...

General Buford, born in Kentucky in 1825, died in Washington, D. C., December 16th, 1863, was graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1848; was appointed brevet second lieutenant in the First Dragoons, and served on the plains...

General Howard, born in Leeds, Me., November 8th, 1830, was graduated at Bowdin in 1850, and at the United States Military Academy in 1854; became first lieutenant and instructor in mathematics in 1854, and resigned in 1861 to take...

General Stonewall Jackson, born in Clarkesburg, W. Va., January 21st, 1824, died at Chancellorsville, Va., May 10th, 1863, was graduated from the United States Military Academy, in 1846. He was ordered to Mexico, became a lieutenant in...

Colonel Ulric Dahlgren, born in Bucks County, Pa., in 1842, died near King and Queen's Courthouse, Va., March 4th 1864. At the beginning of the Civil War he was sent by his father to plan and take charge of a naval battery on Maryland...