Today in History - May 19

Johns Hopkins was born on May, 19, 1795, in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, to a Quaker family.  Continue reading.

On May 19, 1863, General Ulysses S. Grant attempted to take the Confederate stronghold at Vicksburg, Mississippi.  Continue reading.

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