Avoiding the Grave at Andersonville: Three Young Men from Leopold, Indiana, Survive the Civil War Prison

Forrest's regiment under the command of Col. William L. Duckworth. The captured men were mainly from Carroll, Henderson and McNairy Counties with some recruits from Henry, Weakley, Benton, Madison, Gibson, Hardin, and Decatur counties. These men suffered horribly during the time they were prisoners. Two-thirds of them died within a year of the capture. Their high mortality rate can be attibuted both to the prison to which they were sent and to the actions of their captors. One group within…

massive grave, were the remains of nearly 13,000 Union prisoners of war who died of disease and starvation between February 1864 and May 1865. This is Andersonville. No person who comes to Andersonville can leave without profound soul searching. Moral, ethical and factual questions come to mind. How could something as horrible as this happen? Who was responsible? Have the guilty been punished (Roberts xii)? History books forget Andersonville, the American people want to forget Andersonville, and the…

“Uncle Tom’s Cabin” fired up the South to defend themselves and to prevent slavery from being abolished. Most of the conflicts between the states were viewed as small issues, but neither did people realize that economy was something that led to one of America’s bloodiest war. The Civil war had many root causes, but the economic differences between the South and North was the primary reason. One cause of the Civil war was the economic and social differences between the North and the South. During the…

a book written by James McPherson, with the help of diaries and letters written by soldiers from the Confederate and Union forces, he is able to formally detail accounts on why men fought in the civil war. Consequently, McPherson is able to shed light on the mentality and motives that soldiers possessed that made them fight in the war. Although we will never truly know why soldiers fought in the civil war, this book most definitely gives readers evidence that soldiers had certain values and morals…

Introduction The term “Cold War” refers to the second half of the 20th century, usually from the end of the World War II until 1990, when the Soviet Union collapsed. Since the 1940s and 1950s the scholars have disagreed on the topic of the origins of the Cold War. There are several groups of historians and their interpretations are very different, sometimes even contradictory. The three main schools are the orthodox, the revisionist and the realist. The classification is not completely accurate…

the animals out of public view. This is because no agencies have any guidelines that are set to monitor training sessions, which is where most of the abuse is being given (Ringling vs. Reality). This company is supposed to be looked up to by many young children but in reality, they force great pain on the objects that make them the most money- the animals. Life on the road can be very harsh for these animals, most of which are supposed to be living in the vast plains and forests of the world.…

The Civil War Life As the Civil War battled on between the North and South, the war was very hard on soldiers, civilians, the physical environment, and future welfare. Each was affected in its own way, but all would be affected a long time to come even after the war. In the Civil War, and all wars, the most impacted is the soldiers.The soldiers life was a very tough life, even off of the battle field. Soldiers actually spent more time off the battlefield, then on, training, standing guard, writing…

tariffs to protect its own products from cheap foreign competition. Before the Civil War, the federal government’s chief source of revenue was the tariff. There were few other sources of revenue. The tariff paid for most improvements made by the federal government, such as roads, turnpikes, and canals. To keep tariffs low, the South preferred to do without these improvements. The expanding Northwest Territory, which was made up of the present-day states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin…

the war, the federal government created the Internal Revenue Service to collect these taxes. The federal government also became the sole issuer of paper money when it consolidated the nation’s money supply. This gesture made the government a significant power in the nation’s financial future and ended several state banks ability to create paper money. The federal government became the largest employer in the country as a result of the Civil War. Up until that time, America relied on crops from farmers…

States has been involved in many wars throughout history. Americans have fought and died in many wars such as the war for independence in World War I to Desert Storm. One of the bloodiest wars in our nation’s history is without a doubt is the Civil War. Prior to the beginning of the Civil War, the country was divided by the issue of slavery. When President Lincoln was elected to office, several states seceded from the Union. During this war, “Over six hundred thousand men died, and hundreds of thousands…