James Patterson Informative Speech

and his mother died of tuberculosis. Poe then went to a foster house where he

The Civil war kicked off and many key people were responsible for important things that happened in the war. Ulysses S. Grant was one of them. He was born in 1822. He was a skilled warrior and rose to the rank of captain in the military. He resigned from the military in 1854. Grant tried farming for a little and was not successful., so he rejoined the military as a general in the Civil War. Then he served for president in 1869 for two terms and died in 1885.(National...)

South Grammar School at the age of 8 years old. The next year he went to George Brownell's English

The President of the Union at this time, Abraham Lincoln, had instructed Major General Pope to defend Washington incase of a Confederate attack. He was also told to take his army to Gordonsville to distract the Confederates away from McClellan's army. On the Confederate side, General Lee was confident enough to take

1861 to 1865 he led the United States during the Civil War. He ended slavery and helped keep the union from falling apart during the war. In 1860 he received 40% of the presidential vote, but by 1865 he became popular (Holzer, Harold.). Even though his feeling towards slavery did not change Lincoln's decision to fight. He believed it was his job as president to maintain the Union.(Abraham Lincoln). Abraham Lincoln’s strategy was to advance at the Confederates at the same time. His goal for the Union armies was to destroy opposing forces. Changing generals many times he found a general that would fight aggressively, Ulysses S. Grant. (Holzer, Harold.) McDowell, Fremont, McClellan, Pope, Buell, Burnside, and Rosecrans looked harmful to Abraham Lincoln when they failed to bring success to the Union (Abraham Lincoln). He often visited his fighting grounds to see if his strategy was being used. He was dissatisfied until he found Ulysses S. Grant. During the war, Lincoln wrote the Emancipation Proclamation, for the freedom of all slaves. In 1863 the Gettysburg Address was delivered to the United States, letting the federal army fight to keep the Union (ebscohost). The Emancipation Proclamation seized property of those fighting against the Union (Abraham Lincoln). Their victory was achieved April 9, 1869, but less than a week later Abraham Lincoln was assassinated (ebscohost). Abraham Lincoln was a great president, and ended the

After he graduated from Union College in 1854 he studied law. “His legal career in New York City was noted for two cases- one in which he secured the freedom of Negro slaves in New York who were traveling between two slave states, and another in which he secured equal rights for Negroes in seating and in service on city transportation.” He became involved with politics and became vice president in 1880, and sworn in as president in 1881. (Doren 14)

On september 19,after a long and painful 11 weeks fighting infections (which were most likely from the doctor using unwashed hands and non-sterilized equipment) Garfield died. Many modern Physicians say that if Garfield had been treated with clean equipment, he would not have died. Candice Millard even goes as far as to say that if he had been left alone by the doctors, he would have lived.

When Thomas was only 8 years old his father and sister, Elizabeth, died of typhoid fever.

went to work to support his family. He was hired as a apprentice to a bookseller were he

pneumonia and was dying. The journey was slow because of his illness and he did not want to risk trying

Andrew Jackson was born in South Carolina on March 15th 1767. He was the third son of

The American Civil War began on April 12, 1861 when the Southern United States seceded from the union. The first battle, taking only thirty-four hours, caused Lincoln to officially rally troops against the South. Most Northern Americans would eventually learn to love Lincoln’s courage; however, many Southern Americans would despise Lincoln. Throughout the civil war many lives were lost, and many families were torn apart. Lincoln would remain a strong figure throughout the war. He would give his people hope, he would give his people courage, and he would give his people strength. Around the time the Civil War was drawing to a close, Lincoln was being reelected. The general of the Confederacy, Robert E. Lee, surrendered after a battle in Virginia. His troops surrendered in April, a little over a

     It all started in a small town in Westmoreland county called West Overton. He was born in 1849 into a wealthy family not his parents but his grandfather had some money. His grandfather was Abraham Overholt, who was a wealthy rye whiskey distiller. As he was growing up his grandfather gave him a job as a bookkeeper. And that was the job that made him want to become a

During this time he was appointed to the position of superintendent for the Louisiana Military Academy in 1859. However, after the onset of the Civil War Sherman left his post as the Superintendent and went north where he became a Colonel in the 13th United States Infantry . General Sherman later experienced combat at the first Battle of Bull Run, where he led a division of General Tyler’s men. Unfortunately, he lost the battle, but President Abraham Lincoln saw his promise and promoted him to Brigadier General on August seventh, 1861.

The President can hire and fire the Generals who would have engaged the Confederacy's troops (primarily General Robert E.Lee's forces) and so as Commander-in-Chief he and his best advisers saved the military volunteers and drafted soldiers and other troops to keep fighting on many fronts. He also kept up diplomatic pressures to keep outside countries and their trade from abetting the Confederate exports and deal-making. His moral authority is what sustained the Union Cause during dark hours of Gettysburg (July 1-2-3, 1863) and his oratorical skills are what still endear him to Americans of all kinds ! Lincoln did his best to make sure that the union won the civil war. The Northern armies won the war, and the rebellious states returned to the Union.