during the Civil War (1861-1865). The Civil War lasted 4 years with nearly 50 major battles. Charley served in 4 of them. It was the Unions vs. the Confederates. The Confederate believed in slavery and the Unions did not. In 1860 Abraham Lincoln was elected president of the united states. March 4‚ 1861 seven slave states with cotton-based providence formed the Confederates. Hostilities began on April 12‚ 1861‚ when Confederate forces fired upon fort sumter. The first bloodshed of Civil War was on April
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the native people would forever alter‚ and in some instances destroy‚ the lives of future generations of Indians. One of the most startling examples of this was the decimation of the Lakota Indians by the 7th Calvary at Wounded Knee‚ South Dakota in 1890. Their leader‚ Big Foot‚ certainly was feeling the hopelessness and frustration of his people living on the Cheyenne River Reservation having to rely on the handouts from corrupt government officials for survival. It is likely‚ compelled by the desire
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The American Civil War is probably the most horrific episode in American history. The two belligerents of the war were the Union army‚ comprised of the northern states‚ and the Confederate army‚ comprised of the southern slave states which had voted to secede from the Union. In essence‚ the North did not want the South to secede from the Union because the North relied on the South for agriculture. On the other hand‚ the South wanted to secede because they had grown tired of the federal government
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Effects of the Spanish Civil War From 1936 and 1939‚ the Spanish Civil War had taken place. As a consequence‚ about 500‚000 people died‚ and the Nationalist had taken power with Francisco Franco as the new Spanish leader. The 17th of July of 1936‚ war had erupted in Spain rising tensions between the Republicans and the Nationalists‚ leading to military conflicts through out Spanish territory. Consequently‚ foreign aid had been provided to both sides‚ including countries such as Germany‚ and the
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In Brian Michael Bendis’s final panel in the comic “Civil War: The Confession”‚ Tony Stark‚ who is wearing his Iron Man suit‚ sits next to the dead body of Captain America as he explains to him why he believed the civil war between superheroes had to happen and why he chose to fight. The only text provided in this panel comes from Tony Stark saying “It wasn’t worth it”‚ referring to the war between the superheroes and losing his best friend‚ Captain America in the aftermath of the battle. Although
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The topic of the American Civil War sparked interest in me for being one of the most influential historical time frames of all. I wanted to do a topic where I can constantly learn new things: both minutiae and huge details. On the other hand‚ the topic of the American Civil War was too broad of a NHD project. To condense the topic‚ I researched subcategories by watching documentaries. The documentaries mainly focused on achievements of men and their wartime efforts‚ that constant pattern had me thinking
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The civil war is looked at as a man’s fight and everything they did in it but you rarely hear about women that did just as much as some men if not more. Women contributed to the civil war in ways that may be surprising because it is not acknowledged as much as it should be in history. All women helped fight in the Civil War in some way whether they were a part of the union‚ confederate or even if they were slaves. During the civil war women did a wide variety of things that were very helpful to both
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The Civil War took place between 1861 to 1865. The war was fought to determine the survival of the Union or independence for the Confederacy. In January 1861 among the 34 states that were present then seven of the Southern slave states affirmed their withdrawal from the United States. Their departure led to the formation of the Confederate States of America. They steadily grew with the allegiance of six more states. The Confederacy was never diplomatically accepted by overseas countries even though
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Madison Thacker Webb US History 22 May 2014 Amputation during the Civil War When people picture the Civil War amputations‚ they often picture piles of limps stacked around a battlefield and a surgeon as a butcher. However‚ this picture is not true to the real nature of battlefield medicine. Amputation was the most common surgery throughout the Civil War. The Civil War leads to advancement in amputation and quality of life for those who had amputation. Artificial limbs also came into the picture
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Associate Program Material History of Rock Worksheet Write a 500- to 750-word explanation regarding the role of plate tectonics in the origin of igneous rocks. | Plate tectonics play a major role in the origin of igneous rocks. Igneous rocks are called fire rocks and are formed either| |underground or above ground. Underground‚ they are formed when the melted rock‚ called magma‚ deep within the earth becomes trapped| |in small pockets. As these pockets of magma cool slowly underground
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