On December 15, 1864, Hood's force had been decisively defeated by the Union army under the command of Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas at the Battle of Nashville. Before daybreak on December 16, the Confederates retreated in confusion to Franklin. Hood tried to rally his men at Franklin but to no avail. Hood finally turned his Confederate forces southward along the Natchez Trace toward Mississippi, and eventually took command at Tupelo.
Antique chamber pot in painted porcelain For about two centuries, the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, to perform the same profane but essential function of the current water, was the small seat, a small portable wooden crate with a vase inside. To make it more comfortable, the seat was
Marie Antoinette and Fersen meet for the first time during a masked ball (from the film Marie Antoinette) It is unknown if the queen of France Marie Antoinette and the Swedish conte by Fersen have had a proper relationship, understood also in a carnal sense, but certainly their bond was so
Mentions about her appear in the notes and memories of fellow prisoners from Kozielsk. She stayed there since December 1939 and shared the fate of thousands of other victims of the Katyn massacre. How did she end up in an officers camp without even having a military rank? Why did she have to die?
West Berlin, May 14, 1970, 9:45 am local time. Andreas Baander , who is serving a three-year sentence (for arson of department stores in Frankfurt), is transferred from the citys Tegel prison to the reading room of the Institute for Social Research to meet journalist Ulrike Meinhof , to discuss writ