DescriptionThe United States Sanitary Commission was established on June 13, 1861 by President Lincoln, for the purpose of supporting the Northern Armies with supplies and medical care. Each State had its own...
DescriptionMember of the Nation Guard???s Fifth Regiment from Paterson stands watch on the corner of Main Street and Van Houten Street. 225 soldiers were ordered to protect the downtown district by Governor...
Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
DescriptionThe single strongest predictor of civil war is a nation having had one in the past, and preventing the recurrence of civil war has thus become the critical problem for both scholarship and policy. The...