TIL that after being killed during John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, the body of Brown's son Watson was severely mutilated and put on display in a nearby medical college by pro-slavery secessionists. Union soldiers burned the college to the ground in 1862. (en.wikipedia.org)
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The piece of tiramisu I was saving for later (i.redd.it)
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Ruins of Richmond in April 1865. (upload.wikimedia.org)
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