Alexander Miles was born in Ohio on May 18‚ 1838. While Miles’s exact birthplace and birthdate are unknown‚ it is believed that he was born in Pickaway County near the town of Circleville‚ being the son of Michael and Mary Miles. Alexander Miles ended up moving to Waukesha‚ Wisconsin later in his life where he got a job as a barber. After a move to Winona‚ Minnesota‚ he met and got married to Mrs. Candace J. Dunlap‚ who was living in La Porte‚ Indiana. She was a widow who had two children with her
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN A TRUE LEADER By: Isaac Noble Who Is Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln was the 16th republican president during the Civil War. He Showed INTEGRITY Abraham Lincoln showed a lot of integrity throughout his career. Obviously he was willing to compromise; however‚ those around him could be confident his principles would not change from day to day depending upon the circumstances around him or his perceived popularity at the time. Lincoln showed integrity by following his principles
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Kim Eastridge Jennifer Pena‚ Instructor History 132 C31‚ C21 January 23‚ 2013 Black Americans Following the Civil War Southern black Americans faced many challenges following the Civil War. Although several major improvements were made‚ life for blacks in the South was far from perfect. This process of hoping to rebuild the war-torn South is known as the Reconstruction Era. There were many policies implemented during this time with the intentions of helping freed slaves. Initially Reconstruction
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Abraham Lincoln had many nicknames during his lifetime—the Rail Splitter‚ The Great Emancipator‚ The Liberator‚ Father Abraham‚ Uncle Abe—but perhaps none of these is as widely recognized and referenced today as the nickname‚ “Honest Abe.” But do you know why people called Lincoln "Honest Abe?" The roots of this nickname start in his early working life. As a young man‚ Abraham Lincoln worked as a general store clerk. One evening he was counting the money in the drawers after closing and found that
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The Battle of Fort Sumter took place on April 12‚ 1861 and continued on until April 14‚ 1861. Union troops had 80 men total‚ Confederate troops with 500 men. No men were killed‚ wounded‚ missing or captured during the battle. A total of 580 men had been involved with this battle. On December 26 Robert Anderson‚ the Union’s commander‚ moved his men from Fort Moultrie to Fort Sumter. Confederate’s commander‚ Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard (P. G. T. Beauregard) sent off aids on Thursday‚ April
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Douglas MacArthur Douglas MacArthur is a name most Americans should know. Born and raised in a military family MacArthur rose to become one of the most important Generals in U.S. history. MacArthur played important roles in World War I and II as well as in the Korean conflict. MacArthur was a very controversial figure being a great general but having a burning desire to destroy the communist governments that might have led to World War III. Born in the barracks of unnamed military base in Little
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"I walked with a firm step through a thousand of his friends‚ was stopped‚ but pushed on.” On April 14‚ 1865 Abraham Lincoln was killed amidst the play‚ “Our American Cousin‚” by a Confederate sympathizer and former spy by the name John Wilkes Booth. These were the words of John Wilkes Booth‚ describing the frightening‚ historical moments in which he was on his way to kill the President‚ Abraham Lincoln. John Wilkes Booth‚ unlike what many people think‚ had many reasons for his strong‚ unprecedented
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Resignation Preferment has no allurements to compensate me for its trials and temptations. My only ambition is to be useful. — Thomas J. Jackson There were mixed feelings about Jackson’s appointment to a separate command. Some thought—and the head of the Bureau of War‚ Robert Kean‚ was among them—that Jackson might not perform as well with a separate command as he had as a subordinate. The decision was generally received with favor by the public‚ however. “He will prove himself an instance
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After the Civil war‚ President Lincoln reconstruction plans for the United States was to unify and reconcile the north and the south. Republican dislike President Lincoln reconstruction plan due to their belief that the south should be punished. Due to assassination of President Lincoln‚ President Andrew Johnson’s carried on with the reconstruction for the south. President Johnson plans range from disallowing freed slave’s freedom‚ returning land and property back to southerners‚ and establishing
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1. Why did Reconstruction end? Reconstruction is where the government try to reunite the Union states and Confederate states as one and help rebuild the Southern states. Lincoln proposed the ten percent plan where only ten percent of the population in the Southern states only had to take the oath to the Union‚ but the government rejected the plan and went the Congress’s plan. Their plans was over fifty percent of the population to take the oath‚ but Lincoln vetoed it. After Lincoln’s assassination
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