In July 1863 Confederate General John Hunt Morgan led about 2,000 cavalrymen across the Ohio River into Indiana…
Vicksburg, Mississippi, sat on high bluffs over the Mississippi River and was a key Confederate stronghold.
On November 19, 1863, President Lincoln spoke at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
The Battle of Gettysburg was fought July 1 to 3, 1863, in and around Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. It was…
President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863. It declared enslaved people in areas in…
The Battle of Antietam was fought on September 17, 1862, near Sharpsburg, Maryland. It remains the bloodiest single…
On March 9, 1862, the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia fought the first battle between ironclad warships…
The First Battle of Bull Run, also called First Manassas, was fought on July 21, 1861, near Manassas,…
The Civil War began on April 12, 1861, when Confederate batteries opened fire on Fort Sumter, a federal…
Ohio's 2026 governor's race features Democrat Dr. Amy Acton, Republican Vivek Ramaswamy, and Libertarian Don Kissick. The winner…
Dr. Amy Acton's campaign has focused on affordability, public education, and health care, according to news coverage of…
In January 2026 Dr. Amy Acton chose David Pepper as her running mate for lieutenant governor.
Dr. Amy Acton announced her campaign for governor of Ohio on January 7, 2025, filing paperwork as a…
Dr. Amy Acton lives in Bexley, a community on the east side of Columbus.
From 2022 to 2023 Dr. Amy Acton served as president and CEO of RAPID 5, a Columbus nonprofit…
In 2022 USA Today named Dr. Amy Acton its Ohio honoree for Women of the Year, a program…
In 2021 the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation honored Dr. Amy Acton with a Profile in Courage Award.
On June 11, 2020, Dr. Amy Acton resigned as director of the Ohio Department of Health and became…
Ohio's primary was scheduled for March 17, 2020. As COVID 19 spread, Governor DeWine sought to postpone in…
In spring 2020 Ohioans tuned in each afternoon as Governor DeWine, Lieutenant Governor Jon Husted, and Dr. Amy…
In March 2020 Dr. Amy Acton advised Governor DeWine as Ohio became one of the first states to…
In February 2019 Governor Mike DeWine named Dr. Amy Acton director of the Ohio Department of Health. She…
Before leading the state health department, Amy Acton worked at The Columbus Foundation, one of the largest community…
Amy Acton served on the faculty of the Ohio State University College of Public Health, teaching as a…