contained valuable resources‚ it split the Confederacy in half‚ and it proved that General Grant was a more than adequate leader and strategist. The Key to the Confederacy and Resources Lincoln and Jefferson Davis‚ the president of the Confederate States of America‚ both believed that Vicksburg was the key to the South because of the resource rich location. Vicksburg’s location being near the Mississippi River was
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5 February 1997 In 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 the Union‚ and Jefferson Davis struggled to lead the Confederacy to independence in the U.S. Civil War. Lincoln was treasured by the African Americans and was considered an earthly
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The Confederate Army Of The South Eric Vlasin Mrs. Person American Literature November 19‚ 2013 The Civil War‚ the war that rocked the United States in the late 1800’s‚ a war of a divided country‚ The war of the north and the south. The South wanting to secede from the nation‚ is what flared the war into action‚ and the South would soon be in danger. The South in the civil war‚ what did they plan‚ what did they have‚ and who were the leaders? The average soldier‚ and unshaven
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Social Factors of The Civil War This book follows differing social structures within The Confederate States of America and how those clashing cultures led to multiple changes of strategy in the mountain regions of the Confederacy. All of these combined factors led to multiple tragic events within the Confederacy. The main social groups that are discussed in the book are Rural and Urban Confederates‚ Confederate Mountaineers‚ and Unionist. It is important to understand each of the different social groups
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personal duty to protect their homes‚ their families’ and their independent way of life‚ at all costs. The men of the Forth Texas Battalion‚ Confederate States of America (CSA) were by no means different. These Texas Soldiers of the 4th Infantry were part of over 70‚000 Texans that would take up arms in support of the Confederate Army during the Civil War. The state required that all able bodied men 18 to 45 years old enlist in the Army. These particular Texans had a deep reputation to uphold. When
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The Civil War and Reconstruction were two major events in 19th century America. The Civil War started in 1861 and ended in 1865. The war was against the North‚ who were called the Yankees‚ and the South‚ who were called the Confederates. The Reconstruction occurred in 1865 and ended in 1877. This period was about rebuilding the South after the war. The movie‚ Gone with the Wind¸ is focused on these two periods of time and gives the audience a visual perspective of what happened during these events
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Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States. He is also one of the most famous presidents ever. He kept the country together during the Civil War. He was also assassinated shortly after the end of the war. Abraham Lincoln did not agree with the concept of slavery. He wasn’t born "The Great Emancipator‚" though. He became The Great Emancipator‚ a major part of which included signing the Emancipation Proclamation. One interesting fact‚ though‚ is that he only freed the slaves in the
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Civil War Timeline 1834 – Village of St. Joseph created‚ a busy Lake Michigan port with a long history of trade (local) 1837 – Michigan joins the Union as a free state (local) 1843 – Quaker & Abolitionist James E. Bonine arrives in Cass County (abolition) 1847 – Kentucky Slave Raid‚ Cass County (abolition) 1849 – Henry Morton builds home‚ still standing in Benton Township (local) 1850 – New‚ stricter Fugitive Slave Act passed (abolition) 1857 – Sojourner Truth settles in Michigan and speaks
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Civil War: Fought 1861-1865‚ the American Civil War was the result of decades of sectional tensions between the North and South. Focused on slavery and states rights‚ these issues came to a head following the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860. Over the next several months eleven southern states seceded and formed the Confederate States of America. During the first two years of the war‚ Southern troops won numerous victories but saw their fortunes turn after losses at Gettysburg and Vicksburg in
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Reconstruction Of America Reconstruction and the Myth of the lost cause has been misinterpreted and in some cases not even taught by most teachers. The reconstruction failures has affected race relations throughout the United States. According to Jennifer Schuessler from the article Taking Another Look At the Reconstruction Era‚ she defines reconstruction as the period of time from the year 1865 through 1877. Reconstruction is when most federal troops were taken from the South and white Democrats
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