After his surprising triumph at the Battle of Chancellorsville‚ Virginia‚ in May 1863‚ Robert E. Lee drove his Army of Northern Virginia in its second attack of the North—the Gettysburg Campaign. With his armed force in high spirits‚ Lee expected to gather supplies in the inexhaustible Pennsylvania farmland and remove the battling from war-desolated Virginia. He needed to debilitate Northern urban communities‚ debilitate the North’s craving for war and‚ particularly‚ win a noteworthy fight on Northern
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Justify the title of the story‚ “The Address”. The story revolves around the author‚ who‚ after a long period of time‚ has come to her former neighbor‚ Mrs. Dorling to claim her possessions back; the possessions being lent to Mrs. Dorling by the author’s mother as a ‘refuge’ at the time of war. The author’s mother gave Mrs. Dorling’s ‘Address’ to the author to re-acquire their belongings back when the terrible situation of war gets back to normal. For the frustration of the author‚ as she reaches
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social landscape of our great nation. Gettysburg effectively ended the Confederate Army’s offensive capabilities and essentially ended the war. General Lee’s ego and his desire to crush the Union Army on the field of battle led to the Confederate defeat at Gettysburg. Victories just prior to the main battle exhausted his men
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nation‚ the Confederate States of America (made up of the southern states). One of the deadliest battles of the war was the Battle of Gettysburg. The battle lasted from July 1‚ 1863 until July 3‚1863. This battle is recognized as the deadliest battle to take place on U.S. soil. In 2011‚ the History Channel made a documentary about the Battle of Gettysburg entitled‚ Gettysburg. This documentary was produced by Mary Lisio‚ Ben Fox‚ Christopher Cowden‚ Vlokkie Gordon‚ and David Wicht. It was written by Richard
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Summary of George Washington’s “Farewell Address” Scott Craiger GOVT –D12 Prof. Jesse Chupp July 23‚ 2012 The Farewell Address is a speech given by George Washington in 1796 to the people of the United States. This speech was delivered close to the end of Washington’s second term in the Presidential office. The Farewell Address will‚ ultimately‚ be a key element of Washington’s legacy as it was one of the most memorable speeches in American history. In this speech‚ Washington hope
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Gettysburg The movie Gettysburg directed and written by Ronald F. Maxwell‚ is a historical film based on the 1974 historical novel by Michael Shaara which won the Pulitzer Prize. The movie came out in 1993 and starred Tom Berenger‚ Martin Sheen‚ and Stephen Lang. The movie takes place in 1863 and is about the Northern and Southern forces fighting at Gettysburg in the decisive battle of the American Civil War. The film is based on the novel “The Killer Angels”. It was released on October 8th
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During the three days battle of Gettysburg‚ the fate of the US as a united nation was at stake. A Confederate victory would have resulted in the country splitting into two‚ but the Union was victorious which kept the country united. Through analysis of the battle‚ there are significant lessons that are relevant that this generation can use as consideration. First‚ is the importance of timing. For leaders or anyone making any decision‚ the timing is just as critical to the effect‚ if not more
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is called a theme. In The Killer Angels Shaara’s theme was freedom for the slaves. The Northerners truly believed that the slaves deserved to be free‚ and their desire to set slaves free was the cause of the Civil War. Just before the Battle of Gettysburg‚ Colonel Lawrence Chamberlain of the 20th Maine gave a speech to a group of mutineers. He told them that the war in which they were fighting was unlike any war in history. The war in which they were fighting was not for money‚ property or power
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The three most important battles that took place during the US Civil War (1861-1865) were the Battle of Fort Sumter‚ the Battle of Gettysburg‚ and the Battle of Antietam. The first shots of the Civil War took place during the Battle of Fort Sumter (April 12th - 13th‚ 1861). There were no casualties as a result of this battle‚ however‚ it is the event that sparked everything to follow. During the secession crisis that followed President Abraham Lincoln’s election in November 1860‚ many threats were
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As one of the biggest turning points and the most important battle in the Civil War takes place from July 1 to July 3 1863. On May 1863 Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia had won by a whooping score smashing victory over the Army of the Potomac at Chancellorsville. As General Lee was feeling lucky he decides he should go and invaded the North a second time ‚ as the first invasion had ended at Antietam just the previous fall. As bringing the conflict out of Virginia into the North
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