When the Civil War ended, former Union soldier Dorence Atwater sought this person`s help to publish a list of soldiers who had died while interned at the Confederate Andersonville prison camp in Georg
Daily Quiz for June 23, 2007
This writer volunteered in hospitals during the Civil War and later captured his experiences in several powerful poems.
Daily Quiz for June 22, 2007
SEATO, the regional defense organization created to protect members from communist expansionism, formally ended in this year:
Daily Quiz for June 21, 2007
He was the first to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross:
Daily Quiz for June 20, 2007
This U.S. president was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor by President Bill Clinton in January 2001.
Daily Quiz for June 19, 2007
Pope Leo X awarded the title of "Defender of the Faith" to this person in recognition of his writings in support of the Catholic Church:
Daily Quiz for June 18, 2007
He was the originator of the military strategy known as the "Anaconda Plan."
Daily Quiz for June 17, 2007
Following this man?s attempt to broker an end to the Civil War, Lincoln?s Secretary of Navy, Gideon Welles, said he had "found himself involved in the meshes of his own frail net."
Daily Quiz for June 16, 2007
Edward I, king of England, was opposed by this Prince of Wales when he invaded in 1277:
Daily Quiz for June 15, 2007
Forced to flee Nicaragua by the Sandinista revolution in 1979, President Anastacio Somoza Debayle was subsequently assassinated here in 1980:
