Tecumseh A Native American leader of the Shawnee and a large tribal confederacy. Tecumseh meaning "Shooting Star" or "Panther Across The Sky". During the War of 1812‚ Tecumseh’s confederacy allied with the British in The Canadas (the collective name for the colonies of Upper Canada and Lower Canada)‚ and helped in the capture of Fort Detroit. American forces killed Tecumseh in the Battle of the Thames‚ in October 1813. His confederation fell apart‚ the British deserted their Indian allies at the
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Lee and George Meade were seeking to crush their opponent’s army and win the war. Lincoln encouraged many of his commanders‚ including Meade‚ to use the Northern army’s sheer numbers to crush the Confederacy. While Lee hoped to crush the Union army’s morale with his own troops and superior strategy. With the victory of the battle of Gettysburg‚ the North gained a crucial boost in morale but lost many troops in a less than total victory. Inversely
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famous generals. Robert E. Lee‚ general of the confederate army and Ulysses S. grant‚ general of the Union forces. Detailed plans for battle and battle strategies are explored for both the Union and the Confederacy. Lincoln’s hopes and fears for the end of the war and the end of the Confederacy are exposed as the book counts down the days leading up to his death. Important battles such as the battle for High Bridge are documented through primary
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also a battle during this era that broke out over the Mississippi River that was used to divide the North and South in December of 1862. In April 30‚ 1863‚ located at a small town Southern of Virginia‚ in Spotsylvania‚ was another battle that the Confederacy won. Next was the “Siege of Vicksburg” May 18‚ 1863 and was the final major military action during the campaign. Now a 2 day battle and surely a hot one (July 1‚ 1863) in Gettysburg‚ PA that’s remembered as the most engaged war of the Civil War
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Wilkes Booth and assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. The Civil War which was led by President Lincoln and the president of the Confederacy Jefferson Davis lasted for four years. John Wilkes Booth was a famous actor and well respected. Booth decided to take part in a conspiracy that included kidnapping Lincoln and holding him hostage until the Confederacy was restored. As Booth’s obsession grew‚ so did his hatred against Lincoln. Booth settled on the idea that kidnapping was not enough‚ Lincoln
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are the Mohawks‚ Oneidas‚ Onondagas‚ Cayugas‚ and Senecas. They were known as the Iroquois Five Nation Confederacy‚ and had joined together during the nineteenth century during a period of constant violence. They joined together because of this because they did not want to be a part of the violence‚ thus making it warfare outlawed amongst its’ members. They separated themselves into a confederacy or culture. Different cultures left
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blood flinging everywhere as shouts start to seize‚ why the violence? In February of 1861‚ Texas was the seventh state to secede from the Union‚ two months later a bloody battle was engaged between the Union‚ the North‚ and those who seceded‚ the Confederacy. After all Texas has been through to receive independence and gain an annexation to the United States‚ why have they entered another war? Texas enlisted into the Civil War believing they had the right to make their own decisions on states’ rights
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According to Document B‚ 20‚000-25‚000 Confederates were killed during the battle. Compared to the Union‚ they had many more deaths and wounded men. The Union had 23‚040 deaths‚ but had much more men left than the Confederates. This toll on the Confederacy made them realize they had almost no hope for the rest of the war. This negative mentality added to the significance of this Civil War turning point. Another reason the Battle of Gettysburg was a turning point of the Civil War was how much hardship
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mercantile‚ were known above all else as a warrior people. What they had in common though‚ was that they all formed monarchies. Each city state developed independently into having kings and palaces. Coming together as a loose Jason Stapleton 10/10/2016 confederacy‚ while still being independent. They all also built their palaces on hills and surrounded them by walls made of stone. Being separate‚ independent city states‚ their economies were different‚ but had
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When Abraham Lincoln became president of the United State a civil war broke out which lasted a whole four years‚ reasons were many and one of which is for stopping the slavery which was legal in the 11 southern states South Carolina‚ North Carolina‚ Texas‚ Florida‚ Alabama‚ Georgia‚ Louisiana‚ Mississippi‚ Virgina‚ Tennessee and Arkansas‚ they made the Confederate Unites States of America or CSA. The states that did not break away were called the union or the north. The war was fought primarily as
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