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The Second Battle Of Bull Run
702 wordsThe year is 1862, during the Civil War. My name is Jack Trance and I am eighteen years old. I am a soldier that has to fight in the 2 nd Battle of Bull Run. The battle is going to take place in my hometown of Manassas, Virginia. I cannot wait. It is going to be so great I have heard that the 1 st Battle of Bull Run was hell, but this one won't be. It " ll be great because I'm in it and I am fighting for my country and the people of Virginia. I am proud to be a part of the Confederate Army. Augus...
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Robert E Lee Killer Angels
1,421 wordsDrive half an hour north of Washington, D. C. and you will find verdant rolling hills and flat, rich farmland, broken here and there by granite outcroppings and dark poplar forests. A place of great beauty and serenity. Close your eyes a moment, efface the houses and stores and gas stations from your mind's eye, and it looks pretty much as it did in July, 1863. That summer its green fields were stained red with the blood of 50, 000 Americans dead and wounded. 50, 000. In just three days of slaug...
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L 864 Johnston L 862 Johnston General
363 wordsJoseph Johnston was a Confederate general and American army officer. Johnston was born in Farmville, Va. , on February 3, l 807. Johnston was often recognized for his defensive abilities but criticized for being overly cautious. He was often wounded and known for his bravery in the Seminole and Mexican wars. He was looked down on as an able officer and became the quartermaster general of the army. In April of l 86 l, Joseph Johnston followed his state into the Confederacy and was appointed a gen...
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Dred Scott Decision Kansas Nebraska Act
2,058 wordsThis is just a small example of the doubt and hatred that was bestowed on the African American soldiers. However, during the war, they proved themselves to be brave and courageous men on and off the battlefield on many occasions. Despite deep prejudices and harsh criticisms from the white society, these men were true champions of patriotism. The cause of the Civil War was tension between the North and the South. The sectional division between the areas began in colonial times, largely resulting ...
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Lee General Army
275 wordsOn September 4, 1862 General Robert E. Lee crossed the Potomac into Maryland with 40, 000 picked troops. He was confident of victory. The outcome would surprise everyone. Due to the lost orders of General Lee, the Union Army was aware of his plans. Word got back to Lee and he knew he had to move quickly. On September 16 General George B. McClellan confronted Lee's army of northern Virginia at Sharpsburg, Maryland. At dawn on September 17 General Hooker's Corps mounted a powerful assault on Lee's...
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Public School System Whites And Blacks
1,129 wordster> 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. Theyre blinded in the same way as well, misleading text books. The truth is that the North, Lincoln, etc. werent 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 tool of the government and still is to skew the American mind into believing whatever it wants. For ex...
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South Carolina 000 Troops
422 wordsOn November 12, 1864, Sherman marched out of Atlanta toward the Atlantic coast. Tracing a line of march between Macon and Augusta, he carved a sixty-mile wide swath of destruction in the Confederacy's heartland. The only forces the Confederacy could bring to oppose him was Wheeler's cavalry and a motley collection of militia and over and under-aged reserves of perhaps 14, 000 troops; certainly no match for the 62, 000 Union veterans Sherman had kept with him upon leaving Atlanta. His army marche...
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Battle Of Gettysburg Union Armies
479 wordsThe novel The Killer Angles, by Michael Shaara, gives a story like depiction of the American Civil War at the Battle of Gettysburg. In this novel we see the views of both Confederate and Union armies. The officers for both sides in this novel used to go to war with each other but are now on different sides according to their political views. In the end both armies realized the war had accomplished nothing but all the deaths of soldiers. During the novel, the armies are going to war against their...
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Civil War Began Robert E Lee
1,290 wordsOn February 11, 1861, Lincoln left Springfield to take up his duties as president. Before Lincoln reached the national capital, Jefferson Davis was inaugurated as President of the Confederate States of America. When Lincoln reached Washington on February 23, he found the national government incapable of meeting the crisis. Congress fruitlessly debated compromise. The national treasury was near bankruptcy; the civil service was a riddled with secessionists; and the miniscule armed forces were bei...
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Harpers Ferry Union Troops
1,220 words... r. Also, if you think about it, Lee brought his troops across a river hindering reinforcements and then splitting his forces. Its like when you think of Ben Franklin and his arrows. One is weak, but 4 or so will last longer. Once McClellan got Special Order 191, which was the name for General Lees plan, he was excited. McClellan wrote President Lincoln and informed him of the situation and was very confident of success. General Jackson moved with great haste to Martinsburg and Harpers Ferry....
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Strong Minded Union Army
1,508 words... d vehicle. The staff, aside from the medical officers and hospital stewards, was mostly made up of the convalescents. They were frequently weak and weary, often snappish and irritable. They did not like the dirty work they performed. They wanted to go home. The surgeon-in-charge, as the hospital commander was titled, was often in a dilemma. If he returned the patient to his regiment too soon, the man might relapse or die on the road to his unit. If he tried to hold on to the man too long, he...
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Second Class Citizens Civil Rights Movement
1,554 wordsThe key goals of Reconstruction were to readmit the South into the Union and to define the status of freedmen in American society. The Reconstruction era was marked by political, not violent, conflict. Some historical myths are that the South was victimized by Reconstruction, and that the various plans of Reconstruction were corrupt and unjust. Actually, the plans were quite lenient, enforcing military rule for only a short period of time, ignoring land reform, and granting pardons easily. The t...
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Grant Is Promoted Unconditional Surrender General
332 wordsGrant proved his leadership and strategy when he captured Fort Donelson in Tennessee. This was the first major victory for the Union. This was where Grant said a famous line when the confederate general Simon B. Buckner requested an armistice. General Grant's answer to this was "Yours of this date proposing Armistice, and appointment of Commissioners, to settle terms of Capitulation is just received. No terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted. I propose to move imme...
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Joy Luck Club Fall In Love
1,113 wordsChinese Culture vs. American Culture Chinese and Americans are very different, right? The Chinese believe that the family is more important than the Individual. Americans dont conform to the family, but do we not all try to fit into a social group or other group? Are we really that different from the Chinese? In traditional Chinese culture, women are subservient to men, ancestors are worshipped, and baby males are precious while baby girls are a burden. These ideals were true of people living in...
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Robert E Lee North And The South
687 wordsRobert Edward Lee was born in Stratford in January 19, 1807. His father was Light Horse Henry. He had three brothers and two sisters, yet he was the youngest. His family was also was very rich. Robert E. Lee went to United States Military Academy. He spent much of his time in his library. His classmates admired him because of his leadership and devotion. He graduated in 1829. He had a high honor at West Point, he even became a superintendent at West Point. He improved the buildings and courses. ...
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Civil War Constitutional Convention
2,092 wordsTHE LIFE OF A BLACK CIVIL WAR HERO: ROBERT SMALLS BY JIMMY K. A. CROSS 1 OCTOBER 1998 The United States of America was founded on the principles of equality and opportunity for all. In the 1800 s these principles were not strictly adhered to by all and a tremendous battle ensued. That battle was the United States Civil War in which northerners, wishing an end to slavery, found themselves at war with southerners, who wanted slavery to remain in place. The Civil War was a conflict that saw the ric...
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Helped To Shape Union Soldiers
882 wordsThe Killer Angels In the Killer Angels, the author Michael Shaara tells the story of the battle at Gettysburg during the civil war by re-creating events up to and during the battle. Shaara divides the book into four major sections: Jun 29, July 1, July 2, and July 3 of 1863. Throughout the book Shaara recreates the thoughts and individual feelings of both union and rebel soldiers. An interesting element of this battle was the soldiers themselves. This battle took place during the third summer of...
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Killer Angels Civil War
697 wordsThe Killer Angels Joseph E. Seguin Ms. Weis U. S. History AP 5 December 1996 THe Killer Angels Opinion and Commentary In the novel The Killer Angels, Mr. Shaara's historical accuracy is unquestionable. He has written this fabulous (Pulitzer Prize winning) novel. Although the heroic suicidal charge of the 10 th Minnesotans on the second day of the battle was left out, Shaara focuses on Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain and the 20 th Maine which makes up for the lapse. It is safe to say that no ...
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Ulysses S Grant Amendment To The Constitution
1,300 wordsIn U. S. history, Reconstruction refers to the time period following the Civil War and to the process by which the states of the confederacy were readmitted to full membership in the union. The period was marked by struggles between political parties about how reconstruction should proceed and between the president and congress over who should direct it. Reconstruction aroused violent controversy over constitutional powers of federal government to intervene in a states affairs. Northern democrat...
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Battle Of Bull Run Uncle
847 wordsGeneral? Stonewall? Jackson was one of the most widely well known leaders in the American Civil War. He was second best only to the famous General Lee, who also greatly admired him. His tactics are still studied today in Military Institutes around the world. On January 21, 1824, Thomas Jonathan Jackson was born in Clarksburg, Virginia to Jonathan Jackson, an attorney and Julia Beckwith Neale. They had three other children; Elizabeth, Warren, and Laura Ann. When Jackson was two years old his fath...
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