Month: March 2020
Posted in U.S. Grant
Grant Appoints Elizabeth Van Lew Postmaster for Richmond & Gen. Longstreet Collector of the Port of NOLA March, 1869
Elizabeth Van Lew ran a Union spy ring in Richmond, Virginia, the Confederate capital. James Longstreet was a Confederate general commanding a corps of infantry…
March 1, 1869 Nevada First State to Ratify 15th Amendment Barring Racial Exclusion from Voting
On March 1, 1869 Nevada became the first state to ratify the 15th Amendment banning racial exclusions in voting. Gold Hill Daily News Tuesday, Mar…