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A two day fire that broke out during the British Military occupation of the Revolutionary War. It destroyed about a third of the city.
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The first one in the US was built by Hiram Moore. Usually pulled by horse, mule or ox.
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Mexican troops launched an assault on the Alamo mission killing all of the Texian defenders
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A confrontation over the boundary between New Brunswick and Maine. Many were captured but none were killed.
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An armed conflict between America and Mexico. It started after the American annexation of Texas.
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The news of gold brought 300,000 people to California from the rest of the US and abroad.
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He was best known as a commander in the Confederate States Army. He commanded the army of North Virginia in the Civil War.
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A battle that was fought in Prince William County, Virginia. The first major battle of the Civil War. The confederates won it.
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He won the battle of Shiloh and took control of Kentucky and most of Tennessee. He was a general of the union army
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He was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth in the Fords Theatre in Washington, DC
