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Book Review Of The Killer Angels
566 wordsBetween the days of July 1, 1863 and July 4, 1863, the Civil Wars outcome was decided. These four days have been known as the Battle of Gettysburg, the turning point of the war. In The Killer Angels, Michael Shaara brings us a vivid image of what the battle was like. Shaara's work is very impressive. He is able to capture how things were during the Civil War. The fate of the country was resting on that war so the novel adds a great deal to the readers mind. Shaara was able to bring to the reader...
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Confederate Army President Lincoln
1,208 wordsThe Civil War was one of momentous proportion. It was disastrous in terms of human life, because more Americans died in this war that any other war in history. This paper is mainly about and around those involved on the battlefield in the final months of the civil war. It will also refer to the leading men behind the Union and Confederate forces. The war was coming to an end by January of 1865. At that time, Federal, Union, armies were spread throughout the Confederacy and the Confederate Army h...
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1,407 wordsIn a variety of ways, ranging from the popular movie Glory, to a planned memorial in Washington, D. C. , African-American soldiers who fought for the Union during the Civil War have begun to receive the praise and recognition they have long deserved. But there were other African-Americans who fought in the Civil War who have been largely forgotten -- those who fought on the side of the Confederacy. Throughout the entire war, the slaves worked as noncombatant soldiers. Working as cooks, launders,...
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Naval Operations During The Civil War
1,743 wordsAt the beginning of the Civil War in 1861, there was little reason to suspect that the United States Navy would play a very big role in the war. The Confederate Navy had absolutely no navy, nor did they have the ability to create one. The south did not contain a single plant that could create a marine engine. (Carrison, page # 17) The government of the Confederate States got underway in the spring of 1861, totally unprepared from a naval standpoint to uphold the independence it had declared. (Co...
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Thirteenth Amendment Racial Equality
1,352 wordsThe Era of Reconstruction following the Civil War was a period marked by an intense struggle to restore a worn-out and devastated society. The war, which was aimed at confronting the national problem of slavery, only led to subsequent dilemmas over emancipation and an undefined condition of freedom. Some had naively believed that ending slavery would solve the problem of racial inequality, overlooking the prejudice and uninviting atmosphere towards blacks. Questions over how to reinstate a dislo...
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Confederate Army President Lincoln
1,266 wordsThe American Civil War was a war of epic proportion. Never before and not since have so many Americans died in battle. It was truly tragic in terms of material losses, financial losses, and irreplaceable human life. By January of 1865, the war that started nearly four years earlier was coming to an end. Federal (Union) armies were spread throughout the south and the Confederate Army had shrunk extremely in size. In the year before, the North had lost an enormous amount of lives, but had more tha...
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Robert E Lee Battle Of Bull Run
1,078 wordsThe Battle of Antietam was a one-day confrontation between 41, 000 Confederates under the command of General Robert E. Lee and 87, 000 Union troops commanded General George B. McClellan. The stage for Antietam was set when Lee undertook an invasion of the North in late Summer 1862. The war's course was changed. The day marked the Turning Point of the Civil War, after which the North's superior numbers and resources become an inexorable force. Soon after the smoke cleared, Abraham Lincoln used th...
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Bull Run E Lee
366 wordsT he Campbell Chronicle of Virginia Earlier today there was a bloody battle Fought near Bull Run, a small stream About thirty miles southwest of Washington D. C. This battle marked the second battle Of Bull Run. This war was brought about due To the Norths failure to capture Richmond. Now the North planned to unite the armies of McClellan and Pope, to ambush the city. This Plan failed however because Popes army was held Back by Robert E. Lee of the Confederates. To Make matters worse then Stonew...
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Mexican War Civil War
1,456 wordsGeneral Lee said, to be a good soldier you must love the army, to be a good general you must be prepared to order the death of the thing you love, and therein lies the great trap of soldiering. When you attack you must hold nothing back. " Thomas J. Jackson was both a good soldier and a good general. In the Mexican War he fought with all his heart for his country. When the Civil War came, he was a general. He never hesitated to send his men forward. He held nothing back. George McClellan also fo...
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Civil War Era War Of 1812
1,083 words... included the phrase "All we ask is to be let alone", which injury specified the most immediate, tangible Confederate war aim: defense from invasion. " Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era, James McPherson, (p. 310). Slavery was not the major issue or cause for going to war. Slavery handicapped Confederate foreign policy. "The first Southern commissioners to Britain reported in May 1861 that "The public mind here is entirely opposed to the government of the Confederate States of America o...
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1,928 wordsThe political, economic, and military strength of the Union was much greater than that of the Confederacy. However, the war did last four years. The Confederacy proved itself resilient on many occasions. Throughout the war the tide constantly shifted, and with that, so did the political, economic, and military strength of either side. Although each side had its share of military successes, in the end, the superior Northern economy, centralized government and overwhelming manpower would eventuall...
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1,504 wordsThe Merrimac was the first ironclad ship built by the Confederacy. It was built to do battle with the Union Navy. The Confederates were the first to bring forth a warship of this kind. The Union was in control of a navel yard named Gosport. In April of 1862, the South started to advance on this navel base and the North had little choice but to flee. While leaving they tried to destroy whatever they could in a desperate attempt to prevent the Confederacy from gaining more military power with Unio...
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Battle Of Bull Run Confederate Army
549 wordsOn 29 May, 1861, Irvin McDowell was given command of the Army of the Potomac, which consisted of about 30, 000 men, who, with the exception of 700 or 800 regulars, were almost entirely raw recruits. With these troops, in response to the public demand for some immediate action, he was ordered, on 16 July, to march against the Confederate army, posted at Manassas Junction under General Beauregard. His plan of campaign had been carefully studied out, and its principal feature was to turn the enemy'...
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African Americans In The Civil
1,246 words... Being allowed to prove themselves in an engagement was now the greatest challenge African Americans faced. Robert Shaw of the 54 th Massachusetts demanded that his regiment be given the opportunity to engage in battle and not just the menial tasks assigned to them (Fincher). Many other commanders also demanded the same things for their troops. They believed their regiment had been well trained and prepared for battle. The black soldiers were eager to prove that they were not different then t...
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1,687 wordsBattle of Gettysburg In the following essay I am going to speak about the battle of Gettysburg because I personally find the American Civil war extremely interesting due to its further impact on the development of the US society as well as I also want to know more about this battle. Hollywood has created several movies that picture the Battle of Gettysburg, once again adding up to the notion that this battle was extremely important in the lives of the future US citizens. Many of us have heard ab...
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Men And Women Civil War
605 wordsEspionage, the practice of spying, held a major part in the victory of the Union and the defeat of the Confederates. Men and women spies became widely known for their spying. The plot to burn New York became a major event in the loss of the Confederates. And Civil War ciphers became the form of transferring messages between spies and officers. Spies of the war were both men and women. Most of these spies became well known for their spying. Confederate woman spy, Belle Boyd, was one of them. She ...
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802 wordsThis is a story about an African-American woman who died when she was 110 years old. My story will tell about how one woman went from a slave named Ticey to a legend by the name of Jane Pitman. A slave girl named Ticey was going about her normal everyday duties when she heard the sound of slow, tired horse hooves coming down the path of the plantation she lived on. Then she saw them. Through all the cuts, bruises and battle wounds she could tell they were the Confederate soldiers. Her master saw...
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618 wordsIronclad ships were also a big part in the Civil War, two of the most famous ironclads were the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia a. k. a. Merrimack. The Monitor was built on Mar. 9, 1862 at Hamton Rds. VA. by John Ericsson they, for 4 hours the Monitor and the Merrimack battled. The Confederate ironclad was destroyed by its own crew to prevent it from being captured. The Confederates planned to build several ironclads that could challenge and defeat the wooden frigates and gunboats of the union....
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2,457 wordsThe American Civil War I. Background The groundwork for the Civil War was laid many years before its actual start on April 12, 1861 with the firing on Fort Sumpter. One of the main reasons for the war; slavery, had been going on since before the formation of the United States. However it wasn t until the early 1850 s that anyone had a real problem with slavery. From then on, it was only a matter of time before the greatest war ever fought on American soil would begin. In 1850, the Fugitive Slave...
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2,244 wordsThe War Of Northern Aggression Analyzed FromThe War Of Northern Aggression Analyzed From The Confederate Viewpoint Thesis: The world today is blinded from the truth about the Civil War just like they are the truth of the creation vs. evolution debate. They? re blinded in the same way as well, misleading text books. The truth is that the North, Lincoln, etc. weren? t as great as they claimed to be, and that they went to illegal measures for an unjust cause. The public school system was used as a ...
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