Ely Samuel Parker
1828 – August 31, 1895 Ely Samuel Parker was General Ulysses S. Grant’s personal secretary for the last years of the American Civil War. … Read more
Emancipation Proclamation
1863 Issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation stated that people held in slavery in areas designated in rebellion … Read more
Enrollment Act
March 3, 1863
Erasmus Darwin Keyes
May 29, 1810 – October 14, 1895 A prominent Union general officer, Erasmus D. Keyes was one of the original five corps commanders of … Read more
Erastus Bernard Tyler
April 24, 1822–January 9, 1891 Brigadier General Erastus B. Tyler was a Union officer who participated in many of the major battles of the … Read more
Felix Kirk Zollicoffer
May 19, 1812 – January 19, 1862 Tennessee-native Felix Kirk Zollicoffer was a newspaperman, congressman, and Confederate general who was killed at the Battle … Read more
Fifteenth Amendment
February 3, 1870 Approved by Congress on February 26, 1869, ratified by the states on February 3, 1870, and certified by Secretary of State … Read more