The country still had numerous questions concerning Kansas as being a free state or a slave state. Buchanan had appointed Robert Walker of Mississippi...
Buchanan was finally elected president in 1856. It was a sectionally divided election with the slave states voting for the Democrats and the northern ...
Another invaluable service initiated by Clara was the establishing of a Bureau of Records of missing men of the Union Army, compiled from prison and h...
Senator Benton had long been an advocate of an overland trade route to the Pacific Coast. From here goods could be shipped directly to Asia. Benton ar...
Shortly after leaving school, whilst staying with his aunt and uncle, Bader decided that he wanted to join the RAF. His uncle obviously persuaded him ...