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Fred Leonard BLACKMON, Congress, AL (1873-1921)

BLACKMON Fred Leonard , a Representative from Alabama; born at Lime Branch, Polk County, Ga., September 15, 1873; moved with his parents to Calhoun County, Ala., in 1883; attended the public…

Dr. Mary E. Walker

The Question: I understand that more than 3,400 men and one woman have won the Congressional Medal of Honor. Who was the woman? The Answer: On…

Walt Whitman: Eighteen Sixty-One

Eighteen Sixty-OneArm'd year—year of the struggle, No dainty rhymes or sentimental love verses for you terrible year, Not you as some pale poetling seated at a desk lisping cadenzas piano,…

William Tecumseh Sherman

William Tecumseh Sherman is the U.S. Civil War general who famously said, "war is hell" -- and proved it with a destructive campaign through the South that burned the cities of Atlanta, Georgia and…

Howard, Oliver Otis

(Encyclopedia) Howard, Oliver Otis, 1830–1909, Union general in the Civil War, founder of Howard Univ., b. Leeds, Maine, grad. Bowdoin College, 1850, and West Point, 1854. Made a brigadier general of…

Tennessee Area Codes

Area codes Selected cities423Chattanooga, Johnson City615Nashville, Gallatin731Jackson865Knoxville, Oak Ridge901Memphis931Columbia, ClarksvilleSource: North American Numbering Plan Administration.…