Introduction The Battle of Gettysburg took place during July 1-3 in 1863‚ and it’s the most well-known battle of the American Civil War. It began April 12‚ 1861‚ when the Confederates bombarded Union soldiers at Fort Sumter‚ which is located in South Carolina‚ without the knowledge or consent of either army leader‚ Robert E. Lee or George G. Meade. It ended May 9‚ 1865‚ when Robert E‚ Lee surrendered the last Confederate army to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse. The Battle of Gettysburg
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Life at a prison camp during the American Civil War was not an easy one. It is estimated that nearly 56‚000 men died in various camps throughout the country (Hall). That casualty rate is much greater than that of any battle. This high mortality rate was not on purpose but mostly caused by carelessness‚ ignorance‚ and lack of supplies. James Robertson‚ a history professor at Virginia Tech‚ stated “Intent and malice were never intended.” In the Civil War‚ two out of every three soldier deaths was caused
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decided to volunteer for the military and he served under the command of Andrew Jackson in the Black Hawk War. Lincoln was a United States Representative from the year of 1847-1849. He was also a lawyer. Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president and he was in office
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The Civil War was the bloodiest event in the history of the United States. Prohibition of slavery was enshrined by the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution‚ which entered into the force on December 18‚ 1865 (slavery in the rebellious states was abolished in 1863 by the presidential decree). The war has not resolved all the problems facing the country. Some of them have found a solution in the Reconstruction of the South‚ which lasted until 1877. Other issues‚ including the provision of the African
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It can be said the driving cause for all Soldiers during the civil war was their determination to preserve what they felt was most important‚ to the bitter end. For Southerners in particular‚ the fuel that fed their determination was their 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
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battles 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
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The American Civil War provided many chances for improvements in technology‚ but some of the new technology that was developed was in military technology. Many of the new developments involved taking previous technology and developing it for the military. An example would be lights used in lighthouses. The lights were originally used to warn ships of the land and with technology developments they were used to spot soldiers from the fortresses. Although‚ the Union and Confederate Armies took previous
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The Gettysburg Address is a speech that was both written and spoken by President Abraham Lincoln. President Lincoln was elected in 1860 and was serving his first term which was also during the Civil War. The cause for the speech was that a three-day long battle ensued between the Union and the Confederates which resulted in thousands of wounded and dead soldiers. Lincoln was requested to speak at the battlefield in Gettysburg‚ Pennsylvania‚ both recognizing the Union victory but also recognizing
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Slavery; North The North during the civil war era saw no need for slavery as factory production boomed. Most of the workers in the factories were woman and children who worked for a low wage‚ so slavery was not a hot commodity. The political cartoon to the left is considered a northern view based upon how the north fought for the freedom and equality of slaves. The cartoon depicts the blacks and the whites uniting through a waltz. The definition of Amalgamation is to unite or combine two. In the
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The Leap Forward It took only four short years to change the tactics‚ practices‚ and attitude on war entirely. The technology used in today’s warfare is in no doubt in direct correlation from the great advancements during the Civil War. All advancements are due largely to the industrial revolution that was taking full effect in England; this eventually grew roots in America. By the 1850s the industrial revolution had engulfed America allowing production on an enormous scale. However the northern
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