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Confederacy Essays and Term Papers
Confederate States Naval Technological AdvancesI have always enjoyed finding information about the Civil War, especially the Confederacy. To go along with that, I enjoy books about the Navy and military. I found my opportunity for a good and fun paper by combining these two into one subject. This subject is the Naval innovations, and ...
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Confederate States Of America"Don't kneel to me. You must kneel to God only, and thank him for the liberty you will enjoy hereafter" (Brinkley 414). President Abraham Lincoln spoke these words to a former slave that kneeled before him while walking the streets of the abandoned Confederate capitol of Richmond in 1865. ...
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People of the Civil WarUlysses S. Grant
Ulysses Simpson Grant served effectively with Zachary Taylor's army at Monterey during the Mexican war. Right when the war began Grant obtained a position on the staff of General George McClellan.
During the war he showed courage in both physically and morally manners. ...
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Example of a Socratic DialogueSocratic Dialogue: Take 1
Mayor Mitch Landrieu vs the statue of Robert E. Lee
(Conversation takes place in warehouse, location undisclosed)
Mayor Landrieu: Well Lee, I guess you're out.
Statue of Lee: Yes, I can tell. View in here is not nearly as good ...
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Emancipation ProclamationThere is much discussion about Lincoln's order abolishing slavery in the states "in rebellion". Though the did not free any slaves right out nor make any drastic changes it was a very necessary, very big step taken. Lincoln began an essential phase that the country had to get through in order ...
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Shermans MarchE-mail: klotzsta@pilot.msu.edu
Sherman’s March In November of 1864, Major General William Tecumseh Sherman cut a 300-mile long, 60-mile wide corridor of destruction across the Confederate State of Georgia. He burned every thing in his path. He torched plantations, bridges, crops, factories, and ...
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Civil War - The Myth Of The Lost CauseFollowing the defeat of the Confederacy and to lift the morale of a shattered people momentum gathered to enshrine the Myth of the Lost Cause which would transform the Southern soldier living and dead, into a veritable hero.
In order to come to terms with defeat and a look of failure in the eyes ...
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Battle Of VicksburgThe Vicksburg Campaign was one of the most decisive campaigns of the Civil War and also one of the greatest campaigns in history. Vicksburg, Mississippi, perched upon a steep bluff along the east bank of the Mississippi River was of strategic importance to the north and south. The opening of ...
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William Tecumseh ShermanIf the question was asked, "Who was and still is the most hated and despised man in the history of the South" the response would be . From the onset of hostilities in the Atlanta Campaign on May 6, 1864 and the march to the Sea ending two days before Christmas 1864 with him capturing Savannah, no ...
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The Battle Of GettysburgIn July of 1863, General Robert E. Lee's Army Of Northern Virginia of 75,000 men and the 97,000 man Union Army Of The Potomac under General George G. Meade met, by chance, when a Confederate brigade sent forward for supplies observed a forward column of Meade's cavalry.
Of the more than 2,000 land ...
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Jefferson Daviswas born on June, 3rd, 1808, in Christian County, Kentucky. He was educated at Transylvania University and at the U.S. Military Academy. After his graduation in 1828, he served in the army until bad health forced him to residn in 1835.
He was a farmer in Mississippi from 1835 to 1845. Then ...
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Civil War - The Battle Of VicksburgThe Civil War split our nation, Americans fighting Americans, brother against brother. The war lasted four long years, a key battle fought westward was the turning point in the war: the Battle of Vicksburg.
Between Cairo, Illinois, and the Gulf of Mexico, the Mississippi River twists and winds ...
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With Malice Toward None By SteStephen B. Oates is a professor of history at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and the author of eight other books, including The Fires of Jubilee and To Purge This Land with Blood. His task in this biography was to perpetuate Lincoln as he was in the days he lived. His purpose of this ...
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Abraham LincolnAlthough other states such as Indiana lay claim to his birth, most sources agree that was born on February 12, 1809, in a backwoods cabin in Hodgeville, Kentucky. In an interview during his campaign for the presidency in 1860 Lincoln described his adolescence as "the short and simple annals of ...
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Women Of The Civil WarMany people overlook the role of women in war. It is said even by
women that the men go off to fight, and the women stay home and wait. Well
here is a paper about women who didn't sit home and wait for their husbands,
brothers, fathers, sons, and sweethearts to come back. They did something
to ...
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The 1800s Were A Tumultuous Time For The USThe 1800's were a tumultuous time for the United States of America.
At that time the south was typically slave and the northerners were
traditionally for freedom. The slave states of the south and the
abolitionist in the north were quarreling and the government recognizing
that made efforts to ...
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Two Views On The Confederate Flag’s Controversial IssueThe Confederate Battle Flag has been the object of significant controversy during the past several years. Proponents of the flag argue that it has its place in history and should be held in high esteem to honor those who bravely fought for the Southern cause. Others view the flag as a symbol of ...
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Abraham Lincoln And Jefferson DavisIn this report I compare two great historical figures: Abraham Lincoln,
the 16th president, steered the Union to victory in the American Civil War and
abolished slavery, and the first and only president of the Confederate States of
America, Jefferson Davis. Abraham Lincoln was the President of ...
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Jefferson Daviswas born on June, 3rd, 1808, in Christian County, Kentucky. He was educated at Transylvania University and at the U.S. Military Academy. After his graduation in 1828, he served in the army until bad health forced him to residn in 1835.
He was a farmer in Mississippi from 1835 to 1845. Then ...
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