Coldstream Guards Book Report

His writing style is colloquial, which is reflected in the fact that title of the work, Company Aytch, includes a phonetic transcription of the letter H. Watkins adds humor to his stories of even the most gloomy and gruesome of events, showing his own resilient nature and demonstrating the way in which soldiers can detach oneself to deal with the horrors of combat. 3,200 men from Watkins’ part of the state fought in the Confederate military, but only he and 65 others survived to see the surrender (p. 229). Throughout his time in the infantry, he only succumbed to major injuries in two battles: once he was shot in his foot and was sent off to a hospital in Montgomery, Alabama, and the second time he was running away from Union soldiers towards the end of the war and was shot in his hand and thigh. Countless times, however, shots went through his hat or missed him narrowly, hitting nearby trees. If one is to gain anything from Watkins’ stories, it is that the man is unbelievably

My great-great-great grandfather, Captain Bill Strong, was a brute, well known throughout Breathitt County, Kentucky at first by his Civil War fame, but also his terrible feudal era. In Spring of 1870, Amis and his sons went to Strong’s field and began firing at him while Strong was plowing. Captain Strong then ran to his house, grabbed his gun and shot JOhn Amis through both thighs. Once John recovered him, his father and brothers started warfare with Captain Strong. The next day the Amis family set out to Strong’s house and began firing at it, killing Strong’s negro; Captain Strong called for reinforcements because he was not well armed to fight them off.

Will spends most of his time thinking deaply with his brain to come up with any solution to his problems, while Sir Keren, the traitor, continues to hold Alyss hostage and lays the foundation for an even bigger threat to the country of Araluen. the Skandians who Will befriended in his previous Fife shipwreck just north of Macindaw. a grand champion knight rides into town and is eager to help. Now Will not only has fierce warriors on his side, he also has someone he least expected to come his best friend Horace.

As the British advanced in columns against the Americans in an effort to save the Americans limited supply of ammunition, it is said he ordered his men, “Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes!” When the Redcoats were within several dozen yards, the Americans let loose with a lethal barrage of musket fire, throwing the British into

By March 1863, Union forces had taken control of the sugar-planting region and reported that all the slaves had come within their lines. Fellow sugar planter Andrew McCollam reported that he had only a few hands left and he doubted he would be able to do more than manage the seed cane. Viguerie, along with hundreds of Louisiana soldiers, including William A. Bisland of Terrebonne, surrendered on May 26, 1865 in New Orleans. Viguerie was paroled to New Iberia, Louisiana on June 6, 1865. He was released shortly after. Louisiana was the only region deep within the Confederacy, where Union authorities implemented experimental Reconstruction policies during the Civil War. Louisiana responded to President Abraham Lincoln 's plan to readmit southern states into the Union by selecting delegates to write a new constitution. The Constitution of 1864 abolished slavery and disposed of Louisiana 's old order of rule by planters and merchants, although it did not give African Americans voting power. It was the first state charter to incorporate Lincoln 's conciliatory approach and was the leading test case for postwar policy. Lincoln 's Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 did not apply to Union-held territory. Thus, slavery continued in the thirteen Louisiana parishes under Union control. After much debate, delegates to the

Confederate Colonel John Singleton Mosby was quite the character. Known as the “Gray Ghost”, his strategy of rapid military assaults against Union troops proved deadly effective (Wheeler, thewashingtonpost.com, 2012). He sported a plumed hat and scarlet-lined grey cloak as he directed his troops, Mosby’s Rangers, straight from the saddle (Wheeler, thewashingtonpost.com, 2012). Their mission was to harass and discourage Union soldiers in stationed Virginia (Wheeler, thewashingtonpost.com, 2012). Their success was blatantly obvious as they killed hundreds of Union soldiers during their many conflicts (Wheeler, thewashingtonpost.com, 2012).

“I remember just how these men looked as we rode up the little hill where their camp was. The red light of the morning sun was streaming upon them as they lay head towards us on the ground. And every man had a round red spot on top of his head, about as big as a dollar where the redskins had taken his scalp. It was frightful, but I was grotesque, and the red sunlight seemed to pain everything all over. I remember one man had on buckskin beeches” (McClure).

These men were witnessing a horrific sight which no man or women or even children should go through or see. I felt much remorse for these Indians. The actions by the soldiers were inexcusable and uncalled-for. On page 203, Black Elk was told of what happened by Dog Chief, it started when the soldiers went and taken the Indians weapons and one of them, wrestled for Yellow Bird’s, who resisted, then the officer was shot and then Big Foot was shot by another officer. The rest was seen by Black Elk.

The author introduces an educated African American doctor named Ossian Sweet. Sweet was a child of slaves sent away to create a prosperous life he deserved. He was a wealthy black man who decided to rent a home in an all-white neighborhood with his wife and child even after being warned not to. In his preparation of the uproar his white neighbors would have, he brought several black colleagues and friends of his along with an assortment of guns to defend his newly acquired house. Boyle describes how Sweet saw “the scene he’d dreaded all his life”- a mob of hateful white people looking to end his life. In an act of defense a shot

Wexler’s attention to these details ensures that the lynching victims are more than flat “symbols,” constructed by a foreign and long past semiotic system, to the reader. She writes, for instance, of George Murray, or Dorsey, who had “returned [to Monroe] from the army” (167), after “four and one-half years” of service, in September 1945, that he was a man who had “love for music,” “skill as a farmer,” and a memorable smile (99). In this respect, Wexler accomplishes the same empathy for an innocent victim as the NAACP, in 1946, might have done, and in similar style—as she contends, in parallel fashion to the deceased victims’

Thomas Goodrich is an author that focuses most of his writings about the American Civil War. This book “Black Flag Guerrilla Warfare on the Western Border, 1861-1865” depicts some of the most violent guerrilla fighting that took place along the Kansas and Missouri border. He is very objective about presenting this sinister side of the Civil War. Mr. Goodrich’s book portrays the horrific death, destruction, merciless killings, rapes, and the millions of dollars worth of property seized or destroyed by the guerrillas on both the Union and Confederate side. This book tells about the brutality of what happened to men when they surrendered. They were told they would be treated as prisoners of war only to be executed, and their bodies

The whites called for British Troops to evacuate me. In the night I slipped across the river to never return to Illinois. I would not give up, I banded together 1500 followers. In April of 1832 we waged war to take back our home. We followed the river rock course for 50 miles. The war lasted 15 weeks. Two Thirds of my followers were dead.. The war was named the Black Hawk War. I had escaped but then captured six weeks later. I met with President Andrew Jackson and he sent me to Fortress Monroe, Virginia. Little did I know I would be used for entertainment soon. I was taken to tour large cities and crowds of people came to see “Chief Black Hawk and his Warriors.” In the Sauk there were no chiefs only leaders, but there was the american public’s lack of understanding. I returned to Rock Island in 1833. My arch enemy was there, Keokuck. I was released under his custody. By then I was tired, broken and very old. The war was a disaster, and I brought shame to myself. The Americans saw me as famous and admirable but my people saw me a cowardice and disgraced. The next five years I lived along the Iowa River with my wife and children. Today is October 2,

In the speech, "Black Hawk's Surrender Speech, 1832 " Black Hawk claims to have foughten with the white men to avenge his nations wrongs, when in reality he was fighting for his nations estability and freedom. In Paragraph 1 Black Hawk states, " The bullets flew like birds in the air, and whizzed by our ears like the wind through the trees in the winter. " The word "bullets" indicates there is violence occuring between the indians and another oppenent. Also, the phrase "and whizzed by our ears like the wind..." can also indicate that not only violence is occuring, but we can assume there is a war taking place. In Paragraph 2 Black Hawk also mentions an attempt from the white men trying to take the indians territory.

The romanticized version of the Civil War creates a picture of the North versus the South with the North imposing on the South. However, after reading “The Making of a Confederate” by William L. Barney, one can see that subdivisions existed before the war was declared. The documents analyzed by Barney primarily focus on the experiences of Walter Lenoir, a southern confederate and a member of the planter elite. His experiences tell a vivid story of a passionate and strongly opinioned participant of the Civil War as well as demonstrate a noticeably different view involving his reasoning when choosing a side. Between analyzing this fantastic piece of literature and other resourceful documents from “Voices of Freedom” by Eric Foner, one

That meant that families that were left behind had to not eat for months waiting for payment. Some women were disguised as men and were in the Confederate ranks. Also Choctaw Indians from Oklahoma were in the Confederate ranks. A Confederate soldier usually fought what he believed in. There were few deserters among the Confederates. Those that did abandoned the fight were tired of starving, being away from their families, and were afraid to die. Those that were caught were often hung or executed by a firing squad. Some deserters were spared, only to be branded by hot iron and thrown out of camp. The Confederate Army did not have a general in chief until late in the war. Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederate States of America, had to serve as the commander in chief and provide war strategy to the ground forces and the navy. The strength of the Confederate Army was half the strength of the Union Army. It is estimated that seven hundred fifty thousand to one million soldiers served at some time in the Confederate Army. Robert E. Lee took control of the Confederate Army as general in chief in January 1865. Some factors in lack of supplies included poor railroads, lack of central government, and the inability of the State Government to provide funding at the right time. This also played a major role in important ports and oceans being captured from the Confederacy. Confederate