The Battle of Stanardsville in Virginia was a minor skirmish in the war but typical of the small battles which dotted its duration involving both infantry and cavalry. Led by General Custer, union troops were heading for Charlottesville but were overwhelmed by Confederate forces and were forced to retreat.
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After three centuries of rule, the Filipino people were tiring of Spanish control. By 1886. there was widespread discontent surrounding the lack of education and investment in infrastructure,. It was felt that the Filipino people were being exploited and kept illiterate and poor while the Spanish profited.
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Before the arrival of the Spanish in the 16th century, the natives here already had extensive trade routes with China . An eye witness account says that as the Spanish arrived, boats from China and Arabia were docked in the port, trading gold jewellery and porcelain.
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Virginia colonists saw the Native Americans growing tobacco and, from 1613, the colonists quickly adopted tobacco as their primary mechanism of getting wealthy. There started a ‘gold-rush type boom that lasted through the 1620s.
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On the night of April 14, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln was shot by the dashing young actor, John Wilkes Booth, at Ford’s Theatre in Washington City. While Lincoln lay dying, his assassin was making his escape into Southern Maryland.
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