General Benjamin Mcculloch : An Esteemed Virginian Planter Mother, And Alexander Mcculloch

People are judged through their actions and characteristics, but racism can easily blur a person’s perspective. In Almost Free: A Story About Family and Race in Antebellum Virginia, Samuel Johnson, a former slave, fights for his freedom with the help of influential white friends he made throughout his life. Eventually he buys his freedom and petitions the court to stay in Virginia, where his family resides. Even after emancipated, he works hard to free his family and petitions the court in their cause. Despite his relationships, family values, and law abiding, Samuel Johnson’s skin color ultimately acts as boundary in his Virginia society.

Hiram Ulysses Grant was born on April 27, 1822, in Point Pleasant, Ohio. Born into a middle class family, he was the first son of Jesse Root Grant, a tanner and businessman, and Hannah Simpson Grant. A year after his birth, his family packed their bags and moved to Georgetown, Ohio. Here Grant spent the majority of his childhood, one he deemed “uneventful.” The son of an outgoing father and reserved mother, Grant took after the latter, characterized as shy in his childhood. He was abhorrent toward the idea of taking over his father’s tannery business, a fact his father slowly came to realize. So rather than inheriting his father’s business, Grant was arranged to enter the United States Military Academy at the age of 17.

As Martha Ballard writes in her diary, "A womans work is never Done as the Song says and Happy is shee [sp] whose strength holds out to the end of the rais [race]." Women, like Ballard, contributed useful and skilled labor, though it was often derided, mocked, or overlooked. However, the work of women varied greatly, due to location, social class, race, time-period, and more. This essay will focus on two very different groups of women, early female settlers of the Chesapeake area during the seventeenth century and the Native American women of the Iroquois Confederacy, spread across northeastern New York and Ontario during the same time period. Through the analysis, the necessity of the study of women 's work will become evident; it aids historians in understanding women 's past: including gender perceptions, the myriad of experiences faced by different women, and the changes over that occurred over time.

Robert E. Lee was born on January 19, 1807 at Stratford in Westmoreland County, Virginia. He was the youngest son of Major-General Henry “Light Horse Harry” Lee and his second wife, Ann Hill (Carter) Lee. His siblings from his father’s first wife are Philip Ludwell Lee, Lucy Grymes Lee, Henry Lee, and Nathaniel Greene Lee. His siblings from his father's second wife are Algernon Sidney

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

During the late 16th century and into the 17th century, European nations rapidly colonized the newly discovered Americas. England in particular sent out numerous groups to the eastern coast of North America to two regions. These two regions were known as the Chesapeake and the New England areas. Later, in the late 1700's, these two areas would bond to become one nation. Yet from the very beginnings, both had very separate and unique identities. These differences, though very numerous, spurred from one major factor: the very reason the settlers came to the New World. This affected the colonies in literally every way, including economically, socially, and politically.

During the late 16th and early 17th century, England quickly colonized the Americas. England guided several groups to the eastern coast of North America to two specific regions. These regions were known as the Chesapeake and the New England areas. Although by the late 1700s these two areas would merge into one nation, in the beginning they offered a sharp contrast with one another. Even though they did share English nationality and a determination to expand at Native Americas’ expense, the religions, social structures, local communities, families, and living standards in the two regions differed entirely.

Battling in war was a breeze for him, the real battle was serving as the president of the United States of America. Andrew Jackson served as a war hero and also as president, with enough charisma to be successful while doing so. Andrew Jackson was born in Lancaster South Carolina, on March 15th 1767. Andrew was the son of Elizabeth Hutchinson Jackson and Andrew Jackson, and had two older brothers Hugh and Robert. His father passed away in February of 1767 causing his widowed mother to raise the children alone. Andrew's parents were both immigrants from Scottland as well as Ireland. In 1765 Andrew's father came with his wife to America. As a young child Andrew suffered many traumatic events including the death of his oldest brother. Hugh

William Lloyd Garrison was born in December 1805 in Newburyport, Massachusetts to Frances Maria and Abijah Garrison. In 1809 William’s father, a merchant sailing master, deserted the family after the Congressional Embargo Act of 1807 impacted commercial shipping and left

Lucius Bellinger Northrop was born on September 8, 1811 in Charleston, South Carolina. He was first part of the United States Military Academy in West Point. He spent time there and became friends with Jefferson Davis. He grew up to become the Commissary- General of the Confederate States of America. Northrop really only got this job because of his friend Jefferson Davis who later became the Confederate president. In Northrop's new job, he was responsible for the supply chain that transported food, clothing, and forage to the southern armies. Northrop particularly worked with the supply chain to the Army of Northern Virginia. He also was in charge of supplying prison camps that held federal prisoners. In his job he also had many logistical

Between the years of 1812-1885, Martin R. Delaney was an African-American abolitionist, physician, journalist, and soldier. Delaney was one of the first three black men that attended to the Harvard Medical School as well as the first African-Americans to be a field officer for the Union Army during, the Civil War. After the war he worked in the "Freedmen's Bureau" in 1865 and wrote his model contract for landowners and Sharecroppers

Lamar began to study law. He ran an unsuccessful campaign for a seat in the U.S Congress in 1833. Lamar’s brother Lucius died in 1834. Because of his loss, Lamar started traveling to where he arrived in texas and then part of Mexico. He decided to stay there near his friend James Fannin. As a result of staying in Texas, he started to participate in the Texas Revolution. He joined Sam Houston’s army in Spring 1836 and participated in the Battle of San Jacinto. On the before the battle, Lamar rescued two soldiers that were surrounded. This act drew a salute to the Mexican line. He was then elected as vice-president of the Republic of Texas under Houston.

Henry Knox was born on July 25, 1750. When he was younger his father died due to stress. Later in life he owned a bookstore. During that time Henry Knox was a member of the Sons of Liberty. He was also part of the Boston Massacre. He then married Lucy Flucker in 1774. A little after that he joined the Continental Army and fought in the battle of Bunker hill. After the battle he and George Washington talked and it was decided that he would be the Colonel of the Grenadier Corps. Fast forwarding Knox helped direct George Washington in the battle of Trenton. He was then promoted to Grenadier-General. Also on January 3, 1777 he got a commendation since he helped turn around a losing battle. Around that time a Frenchman named Duncondray

One of the most important things in anyone's life is a family. Family affects one’s childhood, morals, views, and learning, and is vital to the development of a person. Those who grow up in stable families are allowed to learn and grow as people in a warm and safe environment. However, many people grow up in unstable families, and that impacts them and leaves its mark on each person who grew up without a loving mother and father. In The Death of a Confederate Colonel, by Pat Carr, Renny is a slave on the Birdsong plantation during the Civil War.

Mothers of Invention: Women of the Slaveholding South in the American Civil War is a work by Drew Gilpin Faust, a renowned American historian and current President of Harvard University. Published in 1996 by the University of North Carolina Press in Chapel Hill, this is one of the several literary works by Faust describing history of the Civil War and of the American South. This nonfiction book includes 257 pages detailing the struggles and labors of the women on the Southern home front during the American Civil War, as well as 67 pages of notes, a bibliographic note, and an index. The book illustrates the hardships of wives and their children during the war and describes many changes they endured throughout the nineteenth century.