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American people of the Black Hawk War | HearLore
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American people of the Black Hawk War
Winfield ScottOn the 13th of June 1786, a boy named Winfield Scott was born near Petersburg, Virginia. He grew up on Laurel Hill, a plantation owned by his father William…
Claiborne Fox JacksonClaiborne Fox Jackson entered the world on the 4th of April 1806 in Fleming County, Kentucky. His father Dempsey Carroll Jackson owned tobacco plantations…
Jefferson DavisJefferson F. Davis was born on the 3rd of June 1808 at a family homestead in Davisburg, Kentucky. He was the youngest of ten children born to Jane and Samuel…
Albert Sidney JohnstonAlbert Sidney Johnston graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1826. He finished eighth out of forty-one cadets in his class and…