During the American Civil War‚ the Union and the Confederacy went through many different generals at the head of their armies. These generals ranged from very skilled‚ highly educated generals to battle bred‚ tacticians who were always one step ahead of the enemy in the battles. Today‚ I will be writing about one of the generals that does not get enough recognition in writings about the Civil War‚ General Winfield Scott Hancock. Hancock was one of the bravest‚ most liked commanders of the Union army
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attempt at elections he won even without the support of the southern states. By the the time he got inaugurated as president the southern states already left the union and formed the confederacy to try and stop Abraham from doing something about slavery. The civil war then officially started April 12‚ 1861‚ when the confederacy attacked the union controlled fort Sumter in South Carolina. From his experience in the blackhawk war and now as Commander-in-Chief‚ the highest position in the U.S army‚ Abraham
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Lincoln is remembered as being the president to abolish slavery‚ however the truth is different. He was in favor of segregation. On september 18‚ 1858 at a debate at Charleston‚ Illinois Lincoln said “I will not say then that i am not‚ nor have ever been.‚ in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the whites and black races”. Continuing on that‚ Lincoln voiced his opinion that blacks should not have the right to vote‚ serve on juries‚ be in government‚ or marry into
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bloodiest wars in history- more than 620‚000 people died by fighting for the Union or the Confederacy. All those lives that got sacrificed‚ but‚ we still‚ to this day‚ fail to understand the reasons they perished for they stood for what was right in their eyes. The Union was anti-slavery and despised the act. They fought to make sure that in the future‚ slavery and racism wouldn’t exist anymore. The Confederacy fought for the fact that slavery is good and should stay for generations to come- but they
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Civil War/Reconstruction Test Matching: In the space provided‚ write the term identified by each description. Choose your answers from the list below. |Fort Sumter Appomattox Courthouse Battle of Antietam Freedman’s Bureau | |Border states Siege of Vicksburg Andrew Johnson Ulysses S. Grant | |Scalawags carpetbaggers Robert E. Lee
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the insurrection of conflict for women’s suffrage (to no prevail). When President Lincoln was elected into office in 1860‚ the nation had fragmented into two: the Northern Union and the Southern Confederacy‚ no longer being a “united nation”. The apportioning standards between the Union and the Confederacy dealt with the issues of slavery and black citizenship‚ political division between Democrats and Republicans‚ and the unstable economy within the South due to the Reconstruction with North booming
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President Abraham Lincoln is credited with freeing the slaves‚ though that was not his initial intent. Lincoln believed that slavery went against the Declaration of Independence. The idea that all men are created equal was not being followed with slavery. At first Lincoln was not concerned with freeing slaves‚ but only conserving the union. His position evolved over time with event after event until he finally came to an abolitionist way of thinking. The first event was the Kansas-Nebraska Act
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The Artillery of the Potomac Army at Gettysburg‚ achieved victory through the “King of Battle” and integration of the Union maneuver commanders (Steve‚ 2014). Combat experience demonstrated seasoned leadership. The superiority of the Union artillery over their confederate counterparts was not only the number of guns employed‚ but also‚ it was the manner of how the Union commanders employed the artillery under their command (Steve‚ 2014). Proper integration of assets can determine the battlefield
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Virginia: The Stars and Bars were the first official flag of the Confederacy. Although a striking likeness is shared between this flag and to the Union’s “Stars and Stripes‚” the symbols are representations of two nations at war; two very different places and mindsets. The Confederate Stars and Bars were flown from March‚ 1861‚ to May‚ 1863 and throughout that time this flag would gain stars at the same rate that the confederacy gained states into their union‚ until a final count of thirteen. The
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Synopsis Jefferson Davis was born in Christian County‚ Kentucky‚ on June 3‚ 1808. After a distinguished military career‚ Davis served as a U.S. senator and as Secretary of War under Franklin Pierce before his election as the president of the secessionist Confederate States of America. He was later indicted for treason‚ though never tried‚ and remained a symbol of Southern pride until his death in 1889. Quotes "I regarded the separation of the States as a great‚ though not the greater evil." –
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