Elizabeth Keckley’s “Behind the Scenes”
Elizabeth Keckley was an activist, renowned dressmaker, and successful businesswoman, and an associate of prominent Washingtonians during the mid-1860s. Keckley was also …
The Captivity Narrative of John McCullough
Captivity narratives, especially those related to Europeans and Americans captured by American Indians, have been popular in this country since the 17th …
Charles Engle, 82nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry
The Civil War was fought by Americans from across the existing states, as well as recent immigrants to the country, doing their …
Intrinsically Bound: The United States Marine Corps
On November 10, 1775, the following resolution was proposed by John Adams, future President of the United States, and carried by the …
A Life and Character Peculiarly Distinguished: Deborah Sampson in the Revolutionary War
In the United States, many of us grow up learning about the heroes of the Revolutionary War, including such names as George …
A Great Moral Curiosity!
On today’s date, October 20th, in 1848, a Shaker Family Concert took place in Fairfield County, Ohio, that promised quite the spectacle. …
Broad Spheres of Gold
“And thy life be as sweet, and its last sunset sky/ Golden-tinted and fair as thy own Pumpkin pie!” — From “The …
Paving the Way: Ohio and the National Road
When Thomas Jefferson signed the enabling act that authorized residents of the Ohio Territory to take steps toward statehood in 1802, that …
War Is Hell: William Tecumseh Sherman, Atlanta, and the March to the Sea
During the final year of the Civil War, Ohio native William Tecumseh Sherman was given command of the Union’s Western Armies as …
Spinning Dreams of Long, Long Ago: Spindles and Spinning Wheels
Long before the advent of written history, humans were using sticks to spin fibers together into long strands, which could then be …
