The Union’s leader was Major General: Ulysses S. Grant. The Confederates’ leader was Lieutenant: General John C. Pemberton. The Union engaged 75‚000 soldiers in combat with 34‚000 Confederate soldiers. THE FIRST ATTEMPTS TO CAPTURE VICKSBURG The first attempt to capture Vicksburg was in the summer of 1862. It is regularly called The First Battle of Vicksburg. The First Battle of Vicksburg was made up of extended bombarding from Union naval vessels. It ended when the ships withdrew. During the
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raided and pillaged Spanish towns in the northern Philippine islands in retaliation for Spanish attacks‚ and terrorised the Spanish invaders with their constant piracy. The Spanish were prepared to conquer Mindanao and the Moluccas after establishing a fort in 1635‚ but the Chinese threatened the Spanish with invasion which forced them to pull back to defend Manila. At one point several thousand Chinese who were evicted by the Spanish joined the Moros. The Moros were a Muslim people with a tradition of
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April 12‚ 1861‚ the Civil War officially began. The first battle of the Civil War was fought at Fort Sumter‚ located near Charleston‚ South Carolina. After two days of battle‚ “Major Robert Anderson‚ garrison commander‚ surrendered the fort…(civilwar.org) to General Beauregard and the Confederate Army. The fate of the country looked bleak but Lincoln was prepared for the long war ahead. After the capture of New Orleans and a string of victories in various battles‚ the tide of the war turned in favor
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Along with that that he tried to build a bridge between his journeys and the memories of his grandmother. He tried to draw as many as incident he remembers. Between all of them the most unforgettable incident was when the Fort Sill soldiers stopped them from performing the traditional sacred event of the sun-dance. She was only ten years old when all the Kiowa’s came together for the last time to perform the ritual. Finally the writer’s journey in the story ends at Rainy
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from 1450 to 1525‚ greatly promoted by economical‚ technological‚ political‚ and religious factors‚ launched a major turning point in world history. The economy of late fifteenth century played an important role in European conquest. The Ottoman capture of Constantinople in 1453 caused Europeans to turn to sub-Saharan Africa to supply their demand for slaves. In addition‚ the Muslim Ottoman Turks controlled the eastern Mediterranean‚ which brought about the discovery of new sea routes. The search
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Klan is now known all over the world. At first formed as a small social club to preserve the white culture‚ slowly became large racists group of extremists threatening the black community. In 1865‚ after the Civil War‚ in Pulaski‚ Tennessee Nathan Bed Forrest and six other ex confederate soldiers met and formed the organization. At first the member’s ideas did not sound like anything harmful or racist. It looked like the Klan would be on the side of the poor. The Klan spread
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The word Shiloh is said to be Hebrew for “place of peace‚” however‚ in April of 1862‚ the Battle of Shiloh became the site of one of the deadliest conflicts in Civil War history. With over 23‚000 casualties‚ the battle‚ fought in Pittsburg Landing‚ Tennessee played an important role in Union’s progress in the western theater. The Battle of Shiloh proved to be more challenging and complex due to the surprise attack initiated by the Confederates. Despite the commanders’ poor use of mission variables
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Klan(KKK) had a huge impact on civil rights by being the first terrorist group the United States had seen. The Ku Klux Klan are a racist group which was at its peak in early to mid 1900s when they had about four million members. The group started in Pulaski‚ Tennessee in 1866 by mainly ex confederate soldiers (History.com). The first grand wizard was Nathan Bedford Forrest who was an ex confederate general. Today‚ the KKK has about 5‚000 to 8‚000 members mainly
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violence came into play was because the south‚ over the course of one hundred years‚ had to get rid of their slaves and then they were not be able to segregate black people in public. That is why the Klu Klux Klan (KKK) was formed. The KKK was formed in Pulaski Tennessee by a group of confederate war veterans. The KKK went from a small group to a
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Gadsden purchase - is a 29‚670-square-mile (76‚800 km2) region of present-day southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico that was purchased by the United States in a treaty signed by James Gadsden‚ the American ambassador to Mexico at the time‚ on December 30‚ 1853. It was then ratified‚ with changes‚ by the U.S. Senate on April 25‚ 1854 and signed by President Franklin Pierce‚ with final approval action taken by Mexico on June 8‚ 1854. The purchase was the last major territorial acquisition in
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