A biography said "it was by dying when he did," in 1863, that which Confederate general achieved his military fame?

In 1995, Governor George W. Bush signed a law letting Texans carry what concealed for the first time since the 1870s? A bill signed in 1968 made which holiday a federal holiday on the second Monday in October? A bill signed in July 1996 allowed taxpayers to sue which agency for up to $1 million over reckless collection actions? A bingo hall opened by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation in 1986 grew into which huge Connecticut casino resort? Which biographical reference work was first published in London in 1849? "A Bird's-Eye View of Paris" and "The Bells" are chapters in which 1831 novel? A black cat in 1969 and a fan's grab at a foul ball in 2003 have been blamed for the woes of which baseball team? What word names a black layer of dirt that has built up on a surface?