Confederate forces under the command of General Pierre G.T. Beauregard on April 12‚ 1861. This action began the Civil War. Anaconda Plan U.S. General-in-Chief Winfield Scott’s plan to defeat the Confederacy: blockade the southern and eastern coasts‚ seize control of the Mississippi River so as to break the Confederacy in two‚ and then strike from all sides at once. When Scott and President Abraham Lincoln released the details of this plan‚ journalists and others scoffed at its lengthy development time
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French and the English colonies because it prevented the English from expanding westward. The French shared the land with the Natives and allied with them. The Natives were the Iroquois Confederacy. This possession of land by the French led to much bloodshed between the French‚ English‚ and Natives. Iroquois Confederacy: They were the most powerful native group. It consisted of 5 different tribes that created a defensive alliance. They defeated their one enemy forged trading relationships with the
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Although 180‚000 black men served in the union army‚ equality even as soldiers was still not provided for black men. Letters from desperate people to those in positions of power can illuminate what the conditions at the times were. In Hannah John’s letter to president Lincoln‚ the mother of a black soldier reveals an impassioned plea to the highest-ranking official at the time‚ clearly showing how black people felt that they could now seek hope through their government – which had once forsaken them
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ALLUSION PROJECT Civil War Part 1 A nation in four decades had been multiplied several times its territory‚ purchase of Louisiana to France‚ Florida to Spain‚ the annexation of Texas and the subsequent war with Mexico (1846-1848) ambient. The political states of north and south had been mounded by the interest of the second in their plantations and the conservation of slavery‚ while the firs inclined towards trade; shipping and financial interests on one side were the debtor farmers‚ and other
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Our Founding Fathers endeavored directing the harmonization of decree with liberty‚ albeit‚ with extreme caution‚ dividing authority amidst federal and state governments; responsive to both the colonial aversion and disappointment of confederacy. The division and blend of national authorities‚ and state‚ allowed for additional participation from citizens in government; the provision of mechanisms for the incorporation of new programs‚ policies‚ and defense against tyranny. The construction of the
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Sherman ’s March Donald G. Campbell Grand Canyon University Civil War and Reconstruction HIS 310 (OL101) Professor Karl M. Golemo August 1‚ 2010 Sherman ’s March William Tecumseh Sherman (February 8‚ 1820 – February 14‚ 1891) was a U.S. Army general that had graduated from West Point. While serving in the army he left the army for a civilian career but rejoined the army at the outbreak of the Civil War. He fought at the Battle of bull Run‚ Vicksburg Campaign and the Battle of Chattanooga
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days the Confederates began their siege of the fort‚ and it surrendered. The border between North and South was drawn. Kentucky‚ Missouri‚ and Maryland remained in the Union‚ while Virginia‚ North Carolina‚ Tennessee‚ and Arkansas joined the Confederacy. Lincoln called upon the Union states to send 75‚000 militiamen‚ and he established a blockade of all Confederate ports. In leading the Union through the Civil War‚ Lincoln took powers no previous President had ever assumed. He did not wait until
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Spies had a huge impact on the Civil War. Spies would transfer information from either Confederacy to Union or from Union to Confederacy. Life as a spy was extremely dangerous. If you were a male caught spying you were sentenced to death in front of a firing squad. For women the sentence was less severe‚ most would just get imprisoned‚ but if caught with very serious information or spying for a second time after being imprisoned‚ they would be killed. Spies had to be extremely quick thinkers in
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The Memory of the Civil War in American Culture is a collection of essays that all revolve the central theme of the “geography of Civil War memory.” As editors Alice Fahs and Joan Waugh explain in their introduction‚ that geography incorporated both “physical and symbolic spaces” (2). The memory of the Civil War has been contested in numerous arenas and over the course of time; the strengths of this volume are the wide array of subjects it covers and how it shows change over time. In broad terms
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Assignment 5: U.S. History to ReconstructionIn 1861 most Southerners thought that the Confederacy was favorite to win the war. The Confederacy’s sheer size – 750‚000 square miles – was a major asset‚ making if difficult to blockade‚ occupy and conquer. Confederate forces did not have to invade the North: they simply needed to defend. The fire-power of the rifle-musket meant that battlefield tactics now favored the defender. The Union‚ having no option but to attack‚ was bound to suffer heavy casualties
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