Brief Life History of Lizzie
When Lizzie Tracewell was born in 1859, in Wood, Virginia, United States, her father, Benjamin F Tracewell, was 28 and her mother, Angeline J Bloomer, was 24.
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1861 · The Battle of Manassas
The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.
Name Meaning
English (northern): habitational name from a place in Lancashire (formerly in Yorkshire), named in Anglo-Scandinavian as ‘Breith's stream’, from the Old Norse byname Breithr meaning ‘broad’ (which possibly replaced earlier Old English Brægd, meaning ‘trick’) + Old English well(a) ‘spring, stream’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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