Washington Ellis‚ Joseph‚ American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson Freeman‚ Douglas Southall‚ Lee (Robert E. Lee) Goodwin‚ Doris Kearns‚ Team of Rivals (Abraham Lincoln’s cabinet) Isaacson‚ Walter‚ Benjamin Franklin. McCulloch‚ David‚ John Adams. McCulloch‚ David‚ 1776 (American Revolution) Philbrick‚ Nathaniel‚ Mayflower: A Story of Courage‚ Community‚ and War Remini‚ Robert‚ The Life of Andrew Jackson Shaara‚ Michael‚ The Killer Angels (Civil War novel) Sinclair‚ Upton‚ The
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The challenges that the Union and the Confederacy faced during the Civil War were very different. Critical weaknesses that seemed unfit for war‚ plagued the opposing American forces‚ and would serve to be a continuous obstacle that would need to be conquered by patriotism of the people‚ for their opposing views. To allow for both sides to be competitive‚ the efforts put forth had to mold to the varied needs of the armies by both the civilian population and their militaries. To the people in the south
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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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The Lincoln Memorial‚ designed after the temples of ancient Greece‚ is America’s foremost memorial to the 16th president. It is an example of neoclassical architecture. The building is in the form of a Greek temple and contains a large seated sculpture of Abraham Lincoln. Setting on the National Mall‚ the monument stands as the nation’s tribute to one of their greatest leaders. It took from 1901 to 1914 for construction to begin. Everything in the monument has some sort of meaning to it. Lincoln
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I am reading To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and I am on page 281. This book is about racism‚ which is showcased in a trial. A low-class white family‚ the Ewells‚ are suing a black man‚ Tom Robinson‚ on accounts of raping Mayella Ewell. The case mostly boils down to Ewell’s word against Tom Robinson’s word. The only concrete evidence is the bruises Mayella sustained. In this journal‚ I will be predicting and questioning. G- After reading the entire trial besides the verdict‚ I predict that
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Four Page Report on Personal Memoirs of U.S. Ulysses S. Grant The Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant is one of the two books that I selected off of the United States Army Chief of Staff Reading List to read. This book covers one of the most upended and delicate times in our countries long and eventful history. This book was written by former United States’ President and Army General Ulysses S. Grant and it covers the majority of his United States Army Career and military combat action in two major wars
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Battle of Gettysburg Michael Shaara portrays the terrible butchery of the three days fighting through the vividly rendered thoughts and emotions of men in his book The Killer Angels. The men in which Shaara brings to life are that of General Robert E. Lee‚ Major General John Buford from The South and from the North‚ Brigadier General Lewis Armistead‚ and Colonel Joshua Chamberlain. Shaara’s rendition leading up to the battle and the battle itself presents the views‚ thoughts‚ and relationships
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The Battle of Gettysburg The Battle of Gettysburg was a defining battle of the Civil War. It marked a turning point for the Union as well as for the Confederates‚ though it was not the final battle to be fought. There were many events prior the actual battle that had led to this clash (Berkin 442). The United States was undergoing great changes in the mid 1800’s. Populations in both the North and the south grew tremendously. The main increase from the North was largely due to the many
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Confederate Army. The railroads that ran through Petersburg were the locomotion that shipped many of the supplies that General Lee and his troops needed to Richmond‚ the ‘capital’ of the south‚ thus “General Ulysses S. Grant cut off all of Petersburg’s supply lines ensuring the fall of Richmond…” (National Park Service). The fall of Richmond was a critical and final blow to General Lee and the confederate army. General Ulysses S. Grant was upset with the Union army’s inability to capture Richmond‚ therefore
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Battle of Gettysburg Fact Sheet 1) General Robert E. Lee was in overall command with Generals Longstreet‚ Hill‚ Ewell‚ Heth‚ Pickett‚ Stuart and others in charge of different units. (Confederates) 2) General Meade was in overall command with Generals Buford‚ Reynolds‚ Doubleday‚ Hancock and others in charge of different units. (Union) 3) There were 95‚000 Union troops involved and 75‚000 Confederate troops involved. 4) There were about 23‚040 Union casualties and 22‚000 to
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