(George), a 1970 novel by E. L. Konigsburg; George Kirrin, a Famous Five character known simply as George; the title character of Curious George, a series of illustrated books written by Hans and Margaret Rey and a children's TV program on PBS Kids; George, a magazine founded by John F. Kennedy, Jr; George Beard, a character in Captain Underpants

John is a common English name and surname: . John (given name) John (surname) John may also refer to: . New Testament Works. Johannine literature. Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John; Johannine epistles. First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John; Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John; Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John; Book of …

Dorris Alexander "Dee" Brown (February 29, 1908 – December 12, 2002) was an American novelist, historian, and librarian.His most famous work, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (1970), details the history of the United States' westward colonization of the continent between 1830 and 1890 from the point of view of Native Americans

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Abraham Lincoln, anche noto in italiano come Abramo Lincoln (Hodgenville, 12 febbraio 1809 – Washington, 15 aprile 1865), è stato un politico e avvocato statunitense.. Fu il sedicesimo presidente degli Stati Uniti d'America, dal 4 marzo 1861 fino al suo assassinio avvenuto nell'aprile 1865. Guidò l'Unione alla vittoria nella guerra di secessione americana, la più cruenta mai …

The U.S. Congress passed the Confiscation Act of 1862 in July 1862. It freed slaves whose owners were in rebellion against the United States, and the Militia Act of 1862 empowered the President to use free blacks and former slaves from rebels states in any capacity in the army. President Abraham Lincoln was concerned with public opinion in the four border states that …

The Battle of Brice's Cross Roads, also known as the Battle of Tishomingo Creek or the Battle of Guntown, was fought on Friday, June 10, 1864, near Baldwyn, Mississippi, then part of the Confederate States of America.A Federal expedition from Memphis, Tennessee, of 4,800 infantry and 3,300 cavalry, under the command of Brigadier-General Samuel D. Sturgis, was defeated by …

Andrew Johnson (Raleigh, 29 dicembre 1808 – Elizabethton, 31 luglio 1875) è stato un politico e militare statunitense.Johnson fu eletto nel 1865 come vicepresidente di Abraham Lincoln e gli succedette alla massima carica quando il suo predecessore fu assassinato, diventando il 17º Presidente degli Stati Uniti d'America.Johnson è ritenuto dalla maggior parte degli storici tra i …

The Western Theater was an area defined by both geography and the sequence of campaigning. It originally represented the area east of the Mississippi River and west of the Appalachian Mountains.It excluded operations against the Gulf Coast and the Eastern Seaboard, but as the war progressed and William Tecumseh Sherman's Union armies moved southeast from …