Today in history
Subtitle: May 6
Publisher: Library of Congress
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Subjects: Discovery and exploration; Explorers; Biography; Generals
Other titles: May 6
Description: Presents the accomplishments of Robert E. Peary who was born on May 6, 1856 and led an expedition that reached the North Pole on April 6, 1909. Also includes biographical information on Confederate General James E. Longstreet who was seriously wounded on May 6, 1864 at the Battle of Wilderness near Fredericksburg, Virginia.
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Illustrated by digitized items from the American Memory historic collections compiled by the National Digital Library Program of the Library of Congress.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Table of contents: title: Northward over the great ice; title: General James Longstreet.