When horrific things happen, how a person responds can make a difference in the rest of one's life. In this collection, learn how some individuals triumphed in the face of unspeakable tragedies.
Bookcover image of Stalingrad: The Fateful siege 1942 - 1943, by Anthony Beevor.
In 1858, an enslaved woman named Ann Maria Jackson and her seven children (ranging in age from three or four to sixteen) were about to be sold at a pu...
The Table of Contents page from the book, Olaudah Equiano: The Interesting Narrative.
This is a facsimile of the telegram which General Hooker had his assistant send to President Lincoln, after the Union's defeat at Chancellorsville: ...
This is a facsimile of the telegram which General Burnside sent to President Lincoln, advising him of the Fredericksburg battle results. "Our lo...
Bookcover image of Stand Firm Ye Boys from Maine: The 20th Maine and the Gettysburg Campaign, by Thomas A. Desjardin.
John Newton commanded a ship - The African - in the summer of 1752. It was a slave ship, with 250 slaves aboard. This image, from the Cowper &a...
Bookcover image of Civil War In Photographs, by William C. Davis.
Prior to his election as President of the United States, Herbert Hoover was the U.S. Food Administrator. This image depicts Hoover's food conser...
Image of a pamphlet called General Observations for the Plantation of New England, written by John Winthrop in 1629. Click on the image for a better ...
Bookcover image of The Killer Angels: A Novel of the Civil War, by Michael Shaara. Amazon provides details about this acclaimed book: In t...
Theo van Gogh (Vincent's brother) married Johanna in December of 1888. They had a son - Vincent - but were separated by Theo's death in January ...
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